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alex_vsphere
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Change time zone on esxi 6.7 host

Hello. Is there a way to change the time  zone on a ESXi host?

I try to generate a certificate for vCenter using my own CA, and when I import the certificate, I get an error. I did not get the error, sorry, but I have read that it could be related with the time zone. The ESXi hosts and vCenter have a different time zone then the CA has.

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nileshm
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you cannot set time zone on esxi host. You can either set the time manually or configure NTP server.

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SureshKumarMuth
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You cannot change the timezone of ESXi host

How can i change time zone in esxi 6.7?

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RickVerstegen
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You can use NTP, but you cannot change the timezone on ESXi.

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nileshm
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you cannot set time zone on esxi host. You can either set the time manually or configure NTP server.

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alex_vsphere
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Hello.

And thank you for your answers. I have configured the NTP server. And it does work. the strange thing is that in the vsphere client I still see UTC.

In vCenter, it shows the correct time, CEST.

Is this the way it should be?

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alex_vsphere
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Thank you all for your replies!

Best regards!

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Fränkie
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This is Not the solution! In The Netherlands we are on Winter-Time, now. That is CET. ESXi uses UTC.

No matter which time server I use, my server is still 1 hour behind.

You would think VMWare would have fixed this after so many versions, it's pretty embarrassing...

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bfkmnemonic
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VMware uses UTC on ESXi.

You time is determined by the OS timezone for guests, and you vSphere client. There is no issue as I am aware.

 

Are you sure the OS in configured in the correct timezone?

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