Changing the Time on the ESX server itself

[woodsp]

Hello all,

I have created an ESX server and have three servers up and running on it. When I connect to the ESX server via the Infrastructure Client, the time is wrong on the ESX host, but correct on the virtual machines.

How do I change/set the time on ESX host itself and can this be done without closing the three virtual machines?

Thanks,

Paul

[Chris_S_UK]

just use the date command. for help, type:

date --help

[Texiwill]

Hello,

Set up NTPD on your ESX Server to sync to another machine on your network.

If you do not use NTP, then I suggest starting to use it.

Here are the steps:

Add your time sources by IP to /etc/ntp/step-tickers, 1 IP per line.

Comment out the line beginning with 'restrict' in /etc/ntp.conf

Add to the end of /etc/ntp.conf your time sources by IP in the form of:

server IP

Enable the firewall to allow ntpClient

Start/Enable the ntpd service: service ntpd start; chkconfig ntpd on

Best regards,

Edward

[esiebert7625 · Accepted solution]

How do I change the time on the ESX Service Console?

• Login to service console

• Type “date –s yyyymmdd” to set the date

• Type “date –s hh:mm” to set the time

How can I configure my ESX Server to automatically sync the time from a NTP source?

• Login to service console

• Edit /etc/ntp.conf with Nano or Vi

• Add the below lines to the OUR TIMESERVERS section

o restrict default kod nomodify notrap

o server 0.pool.ntp.org

o server 1.pool.ntp.org

o server 2.pool.ntp.org

• Save & exit

• Edit /etc/ntp/step-tickers with Nano or Vi

• Add the below lines

o 0.pool.ntp.org

o 1.pool.ntp.org

o 2.pool.ntp.org

o pool.ntp.org

• Save & exit

• Type “esxcfg-firewall –enableService ntpClient” or use VI Client to enable under ConfigurationSecurity ProfileProperties

• Type “service ntpd restart” – may say failed for stop if not currently running

• Type “chkconfig –level 345 ntpd on” to enable NTP daemon to autostart

• Type “hwclock –systohc” to set hardware clock to system clock

• Type “ntpdate –q 0.pool.ntp.org” to see the offset between local and ntp clock

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[juchestyle]

Eric,

Even I find your posts helpful! Great work!

Respectfully,

Matthew

[esiebert7625]

Thanks!