Synchronizing the Time in the Guest with the Host Operating System

The VMware Tools service can synchronize the date and time in the guest operating system with the time in the host operating system once every minute. To enable time synchronization for a Windows guest, see Setting Options with VMware Tools. To enable time synchronization for a Linux or FreeBSD guest, see Setting Options with VMware Tools. To enable time synchronization for a NetWare guest, see Setting Options with VMware Tools.

Synchronizing Guest Time in Response to System Events

The service synchronizes the date and time in the guest with the time in the host in response to various system events. These events include when you

Take a snapshot. In the virtual machine's configuration file (.vmx), this setting is represented by the time.synchronize.continue option.

Revert to a snapshot. In the virtual machine's configuration file (.vmx), this setting is represented by the time.synchronize.restore option.

Resume a suspended virtual machine. In the virtual machine's configuration file (.vmx), this setting is represented by the time.synchronize.resume.disk option.

Shrink the virtual disk. In the virtual machine's configuration file (.vmx), this setting is represented by the time.synchronize.shrink option.

Disabling Time Synchronization

If you want to completely disable time synchronization in the guest, open the virtual machine's configuration file (.vmx) in a text editor and set the following options to FALSE.

tools.syncTime

tools.synchronize.restore

time.synchronize.resume.disk

time.synchronize.continue

time.synchronize.shrink

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