Linux server time getting out of sync frequently.

[Roderick]

Never had this problem myself. I use VMware 3.5 and Linux RedHat 5, 
Fedora (even though VMware doesn't support it). I installed the VMware 
tools and I use NTP to set the time on the Linux virtual server.

Grtz,
Roderick


John Horne wrote:
> On Tue, 2008-05-27 at 12:46 -0700, bruce wrote:
>   
>> as i thought!!
>>
>> you're going to need to do some research, because i can't recall where the
>> info is for your issue.
>>
>> rhel/vmware is known to cause timing issues with the rhel guest os.
>>
>> search google for things like: vmware linux timing sync (etc..)
>>
>> 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.
>
>
>
> John.
>
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