[NTLUG:Discuss] Something OTHER than Top Post - VMWware Time Sync & Named

[David Simmons]

> On ESX server (VI3) we have to run the guest vmtools clock sync AND
ntp to
> keep our clocks in sync.. but it seems to work.

This seems (somewhat) counter-intuitive.  The time sync is part of
the vmware-tools....so why wouldn't the vmware-tools software sync the
time (if you have the config in .VMX setup?).  I would think that the
specialized time-sync software is built into vmware-tools?  no?

 -d ave