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VMware tips
Fixing time-management in vm-instances on VMware
Install the VMware tools in the guest os, then in the .vmx-file set the following parameters to TRUE:
- tools.syncTime - sync periodically
- time.synchronize.continue - sync after snapshot
- time.synchronize.restore - sync after reverting to a snapshot
- time.synchronize.resume.disk - sync after resume
- time.synchronize.shrink - sync after defragmenting a virtual disk
Do NOT run any other timekeepers in the guest operating system! (like the W32Time service on windows and the NTP daemon on UNIX systems). Read this pdf (written by VMware) for more details and background information.
