Hi-- On Dec 18, 2009, at 9:24 AM, Steve Polyack wrote: >> I haven't used Xen, but for ESX: I may be wrong, but I'm pretty sure that >> the vmtools available for FreeBSD do not support synchronizing the host time >> to the guest OS. I know it is supported (and works) for Linux, but by what >> mechanism I do not know. On OpenBSD the kernel can be built to present a >> device which will use the "synchronize time with guest" feature of VMware to >> provide a clock source which can be specified in ntpd.conf. >> >> Perhaps you're right and all it takes is the switch in ESX. I've disabled >> ntpd on one of my VMs and I'll see if it drifts any by tomorrow. > > FYI the system has started to drift on the order of 100ms every 6 hours.
OK. > This leads me to believe that the "synchronize time with guest" feature of > ESXi is not sufficient in FreeBSD with VMware tools. While using NTP, the > system would reliably keep in sync within 30ms of local NTP relays. You supposedly need to re-run it periodically or enable an internal in some .vmx config file; see "Enabling Periodic Synchronization": http://www.vmware.com/pdf/vmware_timekeeping.pdf If this doesn't work in FreeBSD guest VMs, has anyone filed a bug report with them? Regards, -- -Chuck _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
