Date: Mon, 21 Dec 2009 09:49:43 -0500 From: Robert Fitzpatrick <robert@webtent.com> To: Steve Polyack <korvus@comcast.net> Cc: FreeBSD <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: slow clock on FreeBSD 7.2 on vmware Message-ID: <4B2F8B07.6080309@webtent.com> In-Reply-To: <4B2A9C1E.2010509@comcast.net> References: <4B23CD8A.50203@webtent.com> <op.u4zhl8bq5wvplz@jam-laptop> <4B291EB5.5040605@webtent.com> <4B2A9C1E.2010509@comcast.net>
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On 12/17/2009 4:01 PM, Steve Polyack wrote: > On 12/16/09 12:53, Robert Fitzpatrick wrote: >>> I run multiple FreeBSD servers inside VMWare and I don't have this >>> problem. Are you running VMWare workstation? Or ESX/ESXi? >> >> I am running VMware Server 2.0...thanks again. > > I would really recommend switching to VMware ESXi if at all possible. I > have a lot of FreeBSD VMs running under ESXi 3.5 and 4.0 that work just > great with kern.hz=100 and openntpd. I loaded ESXi and a FreeBSD 8.0 guest last night and this morning it is still keeping time OK without any changes to loader.conf. > > We actually kept everything running on Linux+VMware Server 1.0 until we > could make the switch to ESXi; the VMware Server 2.0 product wasn't > reliable for us at all and was a total pain to manage. I am using vSphere to manage, but I see even the standard version requires licensing in the amount of $795. Is there a free management software, or better yet, a way to manage via Linux? That's definitely something I like about VMware Server, that I can manage via a browser. I have not had any major problems with VMware Server 2.0 all running on CentOS 5.x hosts. --Robert
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