josh!!! thanks, you found the article that i was thinking of, and your steps are pretty much what i recall we ran into!!! -----Original Message----- From: redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Josh Miller Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2008 2:51 PM To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list Subject: Re: Linux server time getting out of sync frequently. John Horne wrote: >> as i recall, there are a few parameters you can set within the vmware app >> for the guest os, in order to sync the timing, and to stop the skew from >> occuring... >> >> i think you might also have to modify the kernel startup attributes. >> > The only solution I have found to work is to stop NTP on the guest and > simply run ntpdate (getting the time from other reliable server) every > hour or so via cron. The only 'solution' I have not tried is rebuilding > the kernel. Suggestions like use the PIT time source on the kernel > startup line may well improve the timekeeping, but it still loses time. Hi, coming into this late, but I have been very successful with the following solution: 1. make sure all ESX hosts are syncing time via NTP with a reliable source 2. disable NTPD in all guests 3. set each guest to sync time via VMware tools by setting tools.SyncTime=TRUE 4. in each guest, on the kernel line in grub.conf, set clock=pit and reboot That has been a bulletproof method for me with over 70 linux guests. re: http://www.vmware.com/pdf/vmware_timekeeping.pdf HTH, Josh Miller - RHCE, VCP -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
