The CentOS wiki link I mentioned [ http://wiki.centos.org/TipsAndTricks/VMWare_Server ], has instructions adapted from VMware knowledge base link mentioned by many of you [ http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1006427 ]. I have followed the instructions on CentOS wiki, but it doesn't seem to work. Most of the suggestions here are same as mentioned in the CentOS wiki/VMware knowledge base. Any comments or suggestions? - CS. On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 6:34 PM, Ray Van Dolson <rayvd at bludgeon.org> wrote: > On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 04:31:03PM -0700, nate wrote: >> Carlos Santana wrote: >> > Howdy, >> > >> > I am having time-drift issues on my CentOS VM. I had referred to >> > following documentation: >> > http://wiki.centos.org/TipsAndTricks/VMWare_Server , however it didn't >> > help. I used kickstart for creating this VM and I am listing important >> > steps in ref to timekeeping issue. Any comments or suggestion would be >> > appreciated. >> >> [..] >> > VMware Tools not installed. >> >> You should certainly install vmware tools, and enable time sync to >> the guest. Also don't run an ntp server in a Vmware VM. > > This is what I'd always thought, but the VMware KB link[1] referenced > in the other reply in this thread seems to indicate that best practice > is to use NTP + kernel w/ clock/divider options (unless it's new enough > to not need it) and to *not* use the VMware Tools host time sync. > > That said, you should certainly still have VMware Tools installed, it > just sounds like the host time sync is no longer preferred... > > Also note that they recommend you remove the local time source in > ntp.conf... > > Ray > > [1] http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1006427 > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >