VMware 571775-B21 User Guide - Page 9

Using the VMware Tools Configuration Utility 3 Enter the command to determine whether time synchronization is enabled. utility-name timesync status For utility-name use the guest-specific program name. Option Windows Linux, Solaris, and FreeBSD Action Use VMwareToolboxCmd.exe. Use vmware-toolbox-cmd. 4 Enter the command to enable or disable periodic time synchronization. utility-name timesync subcommand For subcommand, use enable or disable. After you complete this procedure, the VMware Tools service enables or disables periodic time synchronization, as you specified. For information about the additional functionality this service performs, see "VMware Tools Service," on page 10. Disabling periodic time synchronization does not disable all VMware Tools time synchronization. To configure the virtual machine so that its time never synchronizes with the host, see "Disable Time Synchronization Completely," on page 9. Disable Time Synchronization Completely If you want to keep a fictitious time in a virtual machine, so that the clock in the guest is never synchronized with that on the host, you must disable time synchronization completely. A virtual machine occasionally synchronizes time with the host even if you do not turn on periodic time synchronization. To completely disable time synchronization, you must set some properties in the virtual machine configuration file. Prerequisites Power off the virtual machine. Procedure 1 Open the configuration (.vmx) file of the virtual machine with a text editor. 2 Add lines for the time synchronization properties and set the properties to FALSE. tools.syncTime = "FALSE" time.synchronize.continue = "FALSE" time.synchronize.restore = "FALSE" time.synchronize.resume.disk = "FALSE" time.synchronize.shrink = "FALSE" time.synchronize.tools.startup = "FALSE" 3 Save and close the file. VMware, Inc. 9