NTP info gone and can't change it after 3.5 U2 upgrade

[Argyle]

I have a few HP BL460c G1 servers that where upgraded from ESX 3.5 U1 to U2 but after the upgrade the NTP server info is cleared and I can't edit the configuration via Virtual Center (Also U2)

I have the following error in the hostd.log:

Task Created : haTask-ha-host-vim.host.DateTimeSystem.updateConfig-4400

Timezone 'UTC' does not exist in the tz database

Timezone 'UTC' not part of tz database

Task Completed : haTask-ha-host-vim.host.DateTimeSystem.updateConfig-4400

Activation : Invoke done on

Throw vim.fault.HostConfigFault

Result:

(vim.fault.HostConfigFault) {

dynamicType = ,

msg = ""

}

Task Created : haTask-ha-host-vim.host.DateTimeSystem.updateDateTime-4401

Task Completed : haTask-ha-host-vim.host.DateTimeSystem.updateDateTime-4401

Attaching some pics of the error.

Any ideas? Not sure how to fix the "Timezone 'UTC' not part of tz database" message.

[Argyle]

Answering my own question with the help of the following post: http://communities.vmware.com/thread/117349?tstart=200&start=15 . It isn't related to U2. Basically, using time zone Etc/GMT+1 isn't supported. I changed it to Europe/Stockholm.

The server had:

# more /etc/sysconfig/clock

ZONE="Etc/GMT+1"

UTC=true

ARC=false

I followd KB 1436 at http://kb.vmware.com to edit and change to:

ZONE=Europe/Stockholm

UTC=true

ARC=false

Then did a:

cp /usr/share/zoneinfo/Europe/Stockholm /etc/localtime

The a:

service mgmt-vmware restart

And Virtual Center was happy again and NTP can be changed.

[ChristianFenebe]

Thanks, worked like you described.:D

I used Update 3 and Zone "Europe/Berlin"