Date: Sat, 09 Feb 2008 20:28:22 +0100 From: Peter Boosten <peter@boosten.org> To: Shawn Barnhart <swb@grasslake.net> Cc: FreeBSD <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Clock stabilization in VMWare hosted machines? Message-ID: <20080209202822.om3ysati0c4owoc4@www.boosten.org> In-Reply-To: <47ADFB65.707@grasslake.net> References: <47ADFB65.707@grasslake.net>
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Quoting Shawn Barnhart <swb@grasslake.net>: > I know this is a major nuisance, but I can't remember how I dealt with > it in the past. My most recent stab at using ntpd with minpoll 4 > polling of a local ntp time source isn't working, the clock drift > prevents any sync from happening (but I'll admit not trying some of the > more aggressive time adjustment options to ntpd). > > VMWare's documentation and support leans pretty heavily toward Linux > and I'm not finding a decent recommendation from them. > > I rebuilding a kernel with options HZ=100 to see if that makes a > difference, not sure why I remember that helping, but any other > strategies known to work? In my /boot/loader.conf: kern.hz="100" In the vmx-file: tools.synctime = "TRUE" I installed the vmware tools and ntpd That's about all. ntpdate -d 192.168.23.15: 9 Feb 20:26:47 ntpdate[45172]: adjust time server 192.168.23.15 offset 0.057667 sec Cheers, Peter -- http://www.boosten.org
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