From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 21 15:22:03 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1531A1065692 for ; Mon, 21 Dec 2009 15:22:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from korvus@comcast.net) Received: from mx04.pub.collaborativefusion.com (mx04.pub.collaborativefusion.com [206.210.72.84]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C420F8FC12 for ; Mon, 21 Dec 2009 15:22:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [192.168.2.164] ([206.210.89.202]) by mx04.pub.collaborativefusion.com (StrongMail Enterprise 4.1.1.4(4.1.1.4-47689)); Mon, 21 Dec 2009 10:22:01 -0500 X-VirtualServerGroup: Default X-MailingID: 00000::00000::00000::00000::::796 X-SMHeaderMap: mid="X-MailingID" X-Destination-ID: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-SMFBL: ZnJlZWJzZC1xdWVzdGlvbnNAZnJlZWJzZC5vcmc= Message-ID: <4B2F9298.1090206@comcast.net> Date: Mon, 21 Dec 2009 10:22:00 -0500 From: Steve Polyack User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD i386; en-US; rv:1.9.1.5) Gecko/20091214 Thunderbird/3.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Robert Fitzpatrick References: <4B23CD8A.50203@webtent.com> <4B291EB5.5040605@webtent.com> <4B2A9C1E.2010509@comcast.net> <4B2F8B07.6080309@webtent.com> In-Reply-To: <4B2F8B07.6080309@webtent.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: FreeBSD Subject: Re: slow clock on FreeBSD 7.2 on vmware X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 21 Dec 2009 15:22:03 -0000 On 12/21/09 09:49, Robert Fitzpatrick wrote: > On 12/17/2009 4:01 PM, Steve Polyack wrote: >> On 12/16/09 12:53, Robert Fitzpatrick wrote: >>>> I run multiple FreeBSD servers inside VMWare and I don't have this >>>> problem. Are you running VMWare workstation? Or ESX/ESXi? >>> >>> I am running VMware Server 2.0...thanks again. >> >> I would really recommend switching to VMware ESXi if at all possible. I >> have a lot of FreeBSD VMs running under ESXi 3.5 and 4.0 that work just >> great with kern.hz=100 and openntpd. > > I loaded ESXi and a FreeBSD 8.0 guest last night and this morning it > is still keeping time OK without any changes to loader.conf. > I'm trying to test this out now without openntpd, but with kern.hz=100 still set. You will definitely want kern.hz=100 or something lower than the default of 1000, otherwise your guests will use up a decent portion of your hosts CPU time, even when idle. Try it and see the difference. >> We actually kept everything running on Linux+VMware Server 1.0 until we >> could make the switch to ESXi; the VMware Server 2.0 product wasn't >> reliable for us at all and was a total pain to manage. > > I am using vSphere to manage, but I see even the standard version > requires licensing in the amount of $795. Is there a free management > software, or better yet, a way to manage via Linux? That's definitely > something I like about VMware Server, that I can manage via a browser. > I have not had any major problems with VMware Server 2.0 all running > on CentOS 5.x hosts. > ESXi can be managed by the VI (Virtual Infrastructure) Client, which I believe is windows-only, vSphere, or even the Remote-CLI and the barebones "service console" that can be unlocked. There is no browser management interface. Performance, however, is much better than VMware Server 1.0 and 2.0. -Steve Polyack