On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 12:36 AM, Werf, C.G. van der (Carel) <c.g.vanderw...@uu.nl> wrote: > In my opinion you should NEVER use NTPD in a virtual machine….. > > Check out how NTPD works… it tries to adjust “software cycles”to “hardware > cycles”. > > “Hardware cycles” are a bit undefined in a virtual machine. > > Best way, in my opinion, is: > > - Adjust clock of host using NTPD. > > - Adjust clock of virtual machine to clock of host using the > appropriate Vritual tools. > (Vmware Tools etc).
VMware used to recommend use of vmware tools, but not any more. The latest info is always available in this knowledgebase article: http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1006427 Detailed description can be found in the section NTP Recommendations: "Note: In all cases use NTP instead of VMware Tools periodic time synchronization." Akemi