VMs running 1 hour ahead of ESXi 3.5

[FinnMc]

Hi,

I have a number of SUSE VMs running on ESXi 3.5 Update 2. I have their clocks synced with the ESXi server, however they are running one hour ahead of the ESXi time.

I am unable to sync with an NTP due to firewall restrictions but as far as I can see the time is correct on the ESXi server.

Any ideas?

Thanks.

[Smiddie · Accepted solution]

possibly there is a difference in timezone settings between esxi and the vm's?

regards,

Raymond

[torra]

Which version of Suse is running? And which linux kernel version?

Older linux kernel have massive problems with timing? Sometimes you can solve the problem by BIOS settings, maybe a BIOS update.

Marjan

[FinnMc]

I think you might be right about the Timezones, on the SUSE VMs I get the following when I run the date command:

Fri Oct 17 12:26:55 IST 2008

Where as the ESXi server gives:

Fri Oct 17 11:28:43 UTC 2008

I'll have a play around in SUSE and see if I can set it to UTC.

Thanks for you help.

[FinnMc]

Is it possible to change the timezone on ESXi 3.5?

Thanks

Finn

[Dave_Mishchenko]

ESXi run in UTC and you can't change that. You can set it to sync with a NTP server and the times displayed in the VI client are based on the timezone of the PC running the client.

[luis_fk]

It could be some "daylight saving" configuration on the VMs.

I had some problems with some VMs this week, as the brazillian daylight saving starts only at this weekend, but it was configured to start at the last weekend.