I have noticed a problem with time display on some images when they are run on VMware ESXi hosts vs. VMware Server 1.08 hosts.
A Windows 7 image reports the correct time when run on a VMware Server 1.08 host, however the same image running on an ESXi host reports the time 4 hours ahead (GMT), although it says EDT. Example: Fri Jul 8 11:52:05 EDT 2011 Fri Jul 8 15:52:05 EDT 2011 When I connect to the ESXi host via the vShpere client, the time is the correct EDT time, however when I ssh to the ESXi host and run date, it displays the GMT time. Interestingly, a WinXP image displays the correct EDT time on the ESXi host, as well as an Ubuntu image. Has anyone else seen this behavior with ESXi hosts? Mike Waldron Systems Specialist ITS Research Computing University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill CB #3420, ITS Manning, Rm 2509 919-962-9778
