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I built a Centos 6.9 VM in VMware Fusion with Synchronize Time turned off and I followed this doc:

https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/1006427?sliceId=1&dialogID=373948728&docTypeID=DT_KB_1_1&stateId=1+0+373966292

However, I still have the problem when I pause & resume the VM, the clock is still off as it doesn't resync automatically.

This is what I have:

uname -a

Linux demo.bluetalon.local 2.6.32-696.el6.x86_64 #1 SMP Tue Mar 21
19:29:05 UTC 2017 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

ntpd --version

ntpd 4.2.6p5

ntpd 4.2.6p5@1.2349-o Thu Oct 26 10:57:32 UTC 2017 (1)

/boot/grub/grub.conf

default=0

timeout=5

splashimage=(hd0,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz

hiddenmenu

title CentOS 6 (2.6.32-696.el6.x86_64)

    root (hd0,0)

    kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.32-696.el6.x86_64 ro root=/dev/mapper/vg_cdh-lv_root rd_NO_LUKS rd_LVM_LV=vg_cdh/lv_root rd_NO_MD SYSFONT=latarcyrheb-sun16 crashkernel=auto  KEYBOARDTYPE=pc KEYTABLE=us rd_LVM_LV=vg_cdh/lv_swap rd_NO_DM LANG=en_US.UTF-8 rhgb quiet clock=pmtmr divider=10

    initrd /initramfs-2.6.32-696.el6.x86_64.img

/etc/ntp.conf

# For more information about this file, see the man pages

# ntp.conf(5), ntp_acc(5), ntp_auth(5), ntp_clock(5), ntp_misc(5), ntp_mon(5).

tinker panic 0

driftfile /var/lib/ntp/drift



# Permit time synchronization with our time source, but do not

# permit the source to query or modify the service on this system.

restrict default kod nomodify notrap nopeer noquery

restrict -6 default kod nomodify notrap nopeer noquery



# Permit all access over the loopback interface.  This could

# be tightened as well, but to do so would effect some of

# the administrative functions.

restrict 127.0.0.1

restrict -6 ::1



# Hosts on local network are less restricted.

#restrict 192.168.1.0 mask 255.255.255.0 nomodify notrap



# Use public servers from the pool.ntp.org project.

# Please consider joining the pool (http://www.pool.ntp.org/join.html).

server 0.centos.pool.ntp.org iburst

server 1.centos.pool.ntp.org iburst

server 2.centos.pool.ntp.org iburst

server 3.centos.pool.ntp.org iburst



#broadcast 192.168.1.255 autokey    # broadcast server

#broadcastclient            # broadcast client

#broadcast 224.0.1.1 autokey        # multicast server

#multicastclient 224.0.1.1      # multicast client

#manycastserver 239.255.254.254     # manycast server

#manycastclient 239.255.254.254 autokey # manycast client



# Enable public key cryptography.

#crypto



includefile /etc/ntp/crypto/pw



# Key file containing the keys and key identifiers used when operating

# with symmetric key cryptography.

keys /etc/ntp/keys



# Specify the key identifiers which are trusted.

#trustedkey 4 8 42



# Specify the key identifier to use with the ntpdc utility.

#requestkey 8



# Specify the key identifier to use with the ntpq utility.

#controlkey 8



# Enable writing of statistics records.

#statistics clockstats cryptostats loopstats peerstats

The only way to sync time is to run:

service ntpd stop;ntpd -gq;service ntpd start;date

Any idea how to fix this?

I decided NOT to use NTP but use Vmware Tools instead.

vi /etc/yum.repos.d/vmware.repo



[vmware-tools]

name=VMware Tools for Red Hat Enterprise Linux $releasever - $basearch

baseurl=http://packages.vmware.com/tools/esx/latest/rhel6/$basearch

enabled=1

gpgcheck=1

gpgkey=http://packages.vmware.com/tools/keys/VMWARE-PACKAGING-GPG-RSA-KEY.pub



sudo yum install -y vmware-tools-esx-nox