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The time in my guest VM is faster than the host time by about 20-30 minutes. What can can I do so that the time in the guest is the same as on the host?










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          For a Linux host, first install the DKMS (Dynamic Kernel Module Support) package on the guest machine (source):



          $ sudo apt-get install dkms


          Then install Guest Additions into guest system:



          $ sudo apt-get install virtualbox-guest-additions


          Also, here are descriptions of some commands to tune VirtualBox time synchronization.






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            On recent distributions, you will change those packages for virtualbox-guest-dkms and virtualbox-guest-utils.

            – Yvan
            May 11 '18 at 9:39



















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          The following setup allows my guest to reliably maintain a time that is accurate to within 1 second of my host. It is tested with the host running VirtualBox 4.3.26 and the guest running the same version of VirtualBox Guest Additions. As for VirtualBox 5.x, I haven't thus far had any need to make these configuration changes; the time has automatically been in sync.



          Reference: https://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch09.html#changetimesync





          On the host, list VMs to ascertain the name of the relevant VM.



          $ VBoxManage list vms | awk '{print $1}'
          "CentOS6"




          On the host, configure time synchronization parameters for the guest by running the commands below. First set $VMNAME with its appropriate value. If the value of $VMNAME contains a space, it should of course be quoted.



          $ VBoxManage guestproperty set ${VMNAME} "/VirtualBox/GuestAdd/VBoxService/--timesync-interval" 10000
          $ VBoxManage guestproperty set ${VMNAME} "/VirtualBox/GuestAdd/VBoxService/--timesync-min-adjust" 100
          $ VBoxManage guestproperty set ${VMNAME} "/VirtualBox/GuestAdd/VBoxService/--timesync-set-on-restore" 1
          $ VBoxManage guestproperty set ${VMNAME} "/VirtualBox/GuestAdd/VBoxService/--timesync-set-threshold" 1000


          The values of the time parameters above have been constrained to multiples of 10. It may be tempting to set timesync-set-threshold to 10000 instead, but this can risk a rather drastic time change when it's triggered, and may therefore break applications.





          On the host, view the updated relevant values for the guest. These can be reconfirmed at any time.



          $ VBoxManage guestproperty enumerate ${VMNAME} | grep timesync | sort
          Name: /VirtualBox/GuestAdd/VBoxService/--timesync-interval, value: 10000, timestamp: 1402110397618554000, flags:
          Name: /VirtualBox/GuestAdd/VBoxService/--timesync-min-adjust, value: 100, timestamp: 1402110777505446000, flags:
          Name: /VirtualBox/GuestAdd/VBoxService/--timesync-set-on-restore, value: 1, timestamp: 1402110904964050000, flags:
          Name: /VirtualBox/GuestAdd/VBoxService/--timesync-set-threshold, value: 1000, timestamp: 1402110660162295000, flags:




          On the guest, stop and disable all internal NTP and related timekeeping services. They should not be used as they are likely to interfere with VirtualBox. On a CentOS 6 guest:



          $ sudo /sbin/chkconfig ntpd off
          $ /sbin/chkconfig --list | grep ntp
          ntpd 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off
          ntpdate 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off




          On the guest, restart the service named vboxadd-service. Assuming Guest Additions was previously installed, this service would have been installed and enabled. On a CentOS 6 guest:



          $ /sbin/service vboxadd-service status
          Checking for VBoxService ...running
          $ sudo /sbin/service vboxadd-service restart
          Stopping VirtualBox Guest Addition service [ OK ]
          Starting VirtualBox Guest Addition service [ OK ]
          $ /sbin/service vboxadd-service status
          Checking for VBoxService ...running




          If the time on the guest is not yet synced, reboot the guest.






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          • Thanks! The final step of restarting the vboxadd-service service is what got things working for me, and doesn't seem to be documented (at least at the link you gave).

            – j_random_hacker
            Feb 7 '18 at 16:56



















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          I give an other solution to sync time between guest & host without installing Virtualbox guest addition :




          1. Install NTP on your guest, and de-comment these lines in /etc/ntp.conf.


          disable auth
          broadcastclient



          1. Activate broadcast on your host. For linux users, edit your /etc/ntp.conf file and configure the line


          broadcast 192.168.123.255 


          For Windows users, activate the “Windows Time” service. You can then read this page to configure it to broadcast time






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            For a Linux host, first install the DKMS (Dynamic Kernel Module Support) package on the guest machine (source):



            $ sudo apt-get install dkms


            Then install Guest Additions into guest system:



            $ sudo apt-get install virtualbox-guest-additions


            Also, here are descriptions of some commands to tune VirtualBox time synchronization.






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              On recent distributions, you will change those packages for virtualbox-guest-dkms and virtualbox-guest-utils.

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              May 11 '18 at 9:39
















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            For a Linux host, first install the DKMS (Dynamic Kernel Module Support) package on the guest machine (source):



            $ sudo apt-get install dkms


            Then install Guest Additions into guest system:



            $ sudo apt-get install virtualbox-guest-additions


            Also, here are descriptions of some commands to tune VirtualBox time synchronization.






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              On recent distributions, you will change those packages for virtualbox-guest-dkms and virtualbox-guest-utils.

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              May 11 '18 at 9:39














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            For a Linux host, first install the DKMS (Dynamic Kernel Module Support) package on the guest machine (source):



            $ sudo apt-get install dkms


            Then install Guest Additions into guest system:



            $ sudo apt-get install virtualbox-guest-additions


            Also, here are descriptions of some commands to tune VirtualBox time synchronization.






            share|improve this answer















            For a Linux host, first install the DKMS (Dynamic Kernel Module Support) package on the guest machine (source):



            $ sudo apt-get install dkms


            Then install Guest Additions into guest system:



            $ sudo apt-get install virtualbox-guest-additions


            Also, here are descriptions of some commands to tune VirtualBox time synchronization.







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              On recent distributions, you will change those packages for virtualbox-guest-dkms and virtualbox-guest-utils.

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              On recent distributions, you will change those packages for virtualbox-guest-dkms and virtualbox-guest-utils.

              – Yvan
              May 11 '18 at 9:39








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            On recent distributions, you will change those packages for virtualbox-guest-dkms and virtualbox-guest-utils.

            – Yvan
            May 11 '18 at 9:39





            On recent distributions, you will change those packages for virtualbox-guest-dkms and virtualbox-guest-utils.

            – Yvan
            May 11 '18 at 9:39













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            The following setup allows my guest to reliably maintain a time that is accurate to within 1 second of my host. It is tested with the host running VirtualBox 4.3.26 and the guest running the same version of VirtualBox Guest Additions. As for VirtualBox 5.x, I haven't thus far had any need to make these configuration changes; the time has automatically been in sync.



            Reference: https://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch09.html#changetimesync





            On the host, list VMs to ascertain the name of the relevant VM.



            $ VBoxManage list vms | awk '{print $1}'
            "CentOS6"




            On the host, configure time synchronization parameters for the guest by running the commands below. First set $VMNAME with its appropriate value. If the value of $VMNAME contains a space, it should of course be quoted.



            $ VBoxManage guestproperty set ${VMNAME} "/VirtualBox/GuestAdd/VBoxService/--timesync-interval" 10000
            $ VBoxManage guestproperty set ${VMNAME} "/VirtualBox/GuestAdd/VBoxService/--timesync-min-adjust" 100
            $ VBoxManage guestproperty set ${VMNAME} "/VirtualBox/GuestAdd/VBoxService/--timesync-set-on-restore" 1
            $ VBoxManage guestproperty set ${VMNAME} "/VirtualBox/GuestAdd/VBoxService/--timesync-set-threshold" 1000


            The values of the time parameters above have been constrained to multiples of 10. It may be tempting to set timesync-set-threshold to 10000 instead, but this can risk a rather drastic time change when it's triggered, and may therefore break applications.





            On the host, view the updated relevant values for the guest. These can be reconfirmed at any time.



            $ VBoxManage guestproperty enumerate ${VMNAME} | grep timesync | sort
            Name: /VirtualBox/GuestAdd/VBoxService/--timesync-interval, value: 10000, timestamp: 1402110397618554000, flags:
            Name: /VirtualBox/GuestAdd/VBoxService/--timesync-min-adjust, value: 100, timestamp: 1402110777505446000, flags:
            Name: /VirtualBox/GuestAdd/VBoxService/--timesync-set-on-restore, value: 1, timestamp: 1402110904964050000, flags:
            Name: /VirtualBox/GuestAdd/VBoxService/--timesync-set-threshold, value: 1000, timestamp: 1402110660162295000, flags:




            On the guest, stop and disable all internal NTP and related timekeeping services. They should not be used as they are likely to interfere with VirtualBox. On a CentOS 6 guest:



            $ sudo /sbin/chkconfig ntpd off
            $ /sbin/chkconfig --list | grep ntp
            ntpd 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off
            ntpdate 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off




            On the guest, restart the service named vboxadd-service. Assuming Guest Additions was previously installed, this service would have been installed and enabled. On a CentOS 6 guest:



            $ /sbin/service vboxadd-service status
            Checking for VBoxService ...running
            $ sudo /sbin/service vboxadd-service restart
            Stopping VirtualBox Guest Addition service [ OK ]
            Starting VirtualBox Guest Addition service [ OK ]
            $ /sbin/service vboxadd-service status
            Checking for VBoxService ...running




            If the time on the guest is not yet synced, reboot the guest.






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            • Thanks! The final step of restarting the vboxadd-service service is what got things working for me, and doesn't seem to be documented (at least at the link you gave).

              – j_random_hacker
              Feb 7 '18 at 16:56
















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            The following setup allows my guest to reliably maintain a time that is accurate to within 1 second of my host. It is tested with the host running VirtualBox 4.3.26 and the guest running the same version of VirtualBox Guest Additions. As for VirtualBox 5.x, I haven't thus far had any need to make these configuration changes; the time has automatically been in sync.



            Reference: https://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch09.html#changetimesync





            On the host, list VMs to ascertain the name of the relevant VM.



            $ VBoxManage list vms | awk '{print $1}'
            "CentOS6"




            On the host, configure time synchronization parameters for the guest by running the commands below. First set $VMNAME with its appropriate value. If the value of $VMNAME contains a space, it should of course be quoted.



            $ VBoxManage guestproperty set ${VMNAME} "/VirtualBox/GuestAdd/VBoxService/--timesync-interval" 10000
            $ VBoxManage guestproperty set ${VMNAME} "/VirtualBox/GuestAdd/VBoxService/--timesync-min-adjust" 100
            $ VBoxManage guestproperty set ${VMNAME} "/VirtualBox/GuestAdd/VBoxService/--timesync-set-on-restore" 1
            $ VBoxManage guestproperty set ${VMNAME} "/VirtualBox/GuestAdd/VBoxService/--timesync-set-threshold" 1000


            The values of the time parameters above have been constrained to multiples of 10. It may be tempting to set timesync-set-threshold to 10000 instead, but this can risk a rather drastic time change when it's triggered, and may therefore break applications.





            On the host, view the updated relevant values for the guest. These can be reconfirmed at any time.



            $ VBoxManage guestproperty enumerate ${VMNAME} | grep timesync | sort
            Name: /VirtualBox/GuestAdd/VBoxService/--timesync-interval, value: 10000, timestamp: 1402110397618554000, flags:
            Name: /VirtualBox/GuestAdd/VBoxService/--timesync-min-adjust, value: 100, timestamp: 1402110777505446000, flags:
            Name: /VirtualBox/GuestAdd/VBoxService/--timesync-set-on-restore, value: 1, timestamp: 1402110904964050000, flags:
            Name: /VirtualBox/GuestAdd/VBoxService/--timesync-set-threshold, value: 1000, timestamp: 1402110660162295000, flags:




            On the guest, stop and disable all internal NTP and related timekeeping services. They should not be used as they are likely to interfere with VirtualBox. On a CentOS 6 guest:



            $ sudo /sbin/chkconfig ntpd off
            $ /sbin/chkconfig --list | grep ntp
            ntpd 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off
            ntpdate 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off




            On the guest, restart the service named vboxadd-service. Assuming Guest Additions was previously installed, this service would have been installed and enabled. On a CentOS 6 guest:



            $ /sbin/service vboxadd-service status
            Checking for VBoxService ...running
            $ sudo /sbin/service vboxadd-service restart
            Stopping VirtualBox Guest Addition service [ OK ]
            Starting VirtualBox Guest Addition service [ OK ]
            $ /sbin/service vboxadd-service status
            Checking for VBoxService ...running




            If the time on the guest is not yet synced, reboot the guest.






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            • Thanks! The final step of restarting the vboxadd-service service is what got things working for me, and doesn't seem to be documented (at least at the link you gave).

              – j_random_hacker
              Feb 7 '18 at 16:56














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            The following setup allows my guest to reliably maintain a time that is accurate to within 1 second of my host. It is tested with the host running VirtualBox 4.3.26 and the guest running the same version of VirtualBox Guest Additions. As for VirtualBox 5.x, I haven't thus far had any need to make these configuration changes; the time has automatically been in sync.



            Reference: https://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch09.html#changetimesync





            On the host, list VMs to ascertain the name of the relevant VM.



            $ VBoxManage list vms | awk '{print $1}'
            "CentOS6"




            On the host, configure time synchronization parameters for the guest by running the commands below. First set $VMNAME with its appropriate value. If the value of $VMNAME contains a space, it should of course be quoted.



            $ VBoxManage guestproperty set ${VMNAME} "/VirtualBox/GuestAdd/VBoxService/--timesync-interval" 10000
            $ VBoxManage guestproperty set ${VMNAME} "/VirtualBox/GuestAdd/VBoxService/--timesync-min-adjust" 100
            $ VBoxManage guestproperty set ${VMNAME} "/VirtualBox/GuestAdd/VBoxService/--timesync-set-on-restore" 1
            $ VBoxManage guestproperty set ${VMNAME} "/VirtualBox/GuestAdd/VBoxService/--timesync-set-threshold" 1000


            The values of the time parameters above have been constrained to multiples of 10. It may be tempting to set timesync-set-threshold to 10000 instead, but this can risk a rather drastic time change when it's triggered, and may therefore break applications.





            On the host, view the updated relevant values for the guest. These can be reconfirmed at any time.



            $ VBoxManage guestproperty enumerate ${VMNAME} | grep timesync | sort
            Name: /VirtualBox/GuestAdd/VBoxService/--timesync-interval, value: 10000, timestamp: 1402110397618554000, flags:
            Name: /VirtualBox/GuestAdd/VBoxService/--timesync-min-adjust, value: 100, timestamp: 1402110777505446000, flags:
            Name: /VirtualBox/GuestAdd/VBoxService/--timesync-set-on-restore, value: 1, timestamp: 1402110904964050000, flags:
            Name: /VirtualBox/GuestAdd/VBoxService/--timesync-set-threshold, value: 1000, timestamp: 1402110660162295000, flags:




            On the guest, stop and disable all internal NTP and related timekeeping services. They should not be used as they are likely to interfere with VirtualBox. On a CentOS 6 guest:



            $ sudo /sbin/chkconfig ntpd off
            $ /sbin/chkconfig --list | grep ntp
            ntpd 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off
            ntpdate 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off




            On the guest, restart the service named vboxadd-service. Assuming Guest Additions was previously installed, this service would have been installed and enabled. On a CentOS 6 guest:



            $ /sbin/service vboxadd-service status
            Checking for VBoxService ...running
            $ sudo /sbin/service vboxadd-service restart
            Stopping VirtualBox Guest Addition service [ OK ]
            Starting VirtualBox Guest Addition service [ OK ]
            $ /sbin/service vboxadd-service status
            Checking for VBoxService ...running




            If the time on the guest is not yet synced, reboot the guest.






            share|improve this answer















            The following setup allows my guest to reliably maintain a time that is accurate to within 1 second of my host. It is tested with the host running VirtualBox 4.3.26 and the guest running the same version of VirtualBox Guest Additions. As for VirtualBox 5.x, I haven't thus far had any need to make these configuration changes; the time has automatically been in sync.



            Reference: https://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch09.html#changetimesync





            On the host, list VMs to ascertain the name of the relevant VM.



            $ VBoxManage list vms | awk '{print $1}'
            "CentOS6"




            On the host, configure time synchronization parameters for the guest by running the commands below. First set $VMNAME with its appropriate value. If the value of $VMNAME contains a space, it should of course be quoted.



            $ VBoxManage guestproperty set ${VMNAME} "/VirtualBox/GuestAdd/VBoxService/--timesync-interval" 10000
            $ VBoxManage guestproperty set ${VMNAME} "/VirtualBox/GuestAdd/VBoxService/--timesync-min-adjust" 100
            $ VBoxManage guestproperty set ${VMNAME} "/VirtualBox/GuestAdd/VBoxService/--timesync-set-on-restore" 1
            $ VBoxManage guestproperty set ${VMNAME} "/VirtualBox/GuestAdd/VBoxService/--timesync-set-threshold" 1000


            The values of the time parameters above have been constrained to multiples of 10. It may be tempting to set timesync-set-threshold to 10000 instead, but this can risk a rather drastic time change when it's triggered, and may therefore break applications.





            On the host, view the updated relevant values for the guest. These can be reconfirmed at any time.



            $ VBoxManage guestproperty enumerate ${VMNAME} | grep timesync | sort
            Name: /VirtualBox/GuestAdd/VBoxService/--timesync-interval, value: 10000, timestamp: 1402110397618554000, flags:
            Name: /VirtualBox/GuestAdd/VBoxService/--timesync-min-adjust, value: 100, timestamp: 1402110777505446000, flags:
            Name: /VirtualBox/GuestAdd/VBoxService/--timesync-set-on-restore, value: 1, timestamp: 1402110904964050000, flags:
            Name: /VirtualBox/GuestAdd/VBoxService/--timesync-set-threshold, value: 1000, timestamp: 1402110660162295000, flags:




            On the guest, stop and disable all internal NTP and related timekeeping services. They should not be used as they are likely to interfere with VirtualBox. On a CentOS 6 guest:



            $ sudo /sbin/chkconfig ntpd off
            $ /sbin/chkconfig --list | grep ntp
            ntpd 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off
            ntpdate 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off




            On the guest, restart the service named vboxadd-service. Assuming Guest Additions was previously installed, this service would have been installed and enabled. On a CentOS 6 guest:



            $ /sbin/service vboxadd-service status
            Checking for VBoxService ...running
            $ sudo /sbin/service vboxadd-service restart
            Stopping VirtualBox Guest Addition service [ OK ]
            Starting VirtualBox Guest Addition service [ OK ]
            $ /sbin/service vboxadd-service status
            Checking for VBoxService ...running




            If the time on the guest is not yet synced, reboot the guest.







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            • Thanks! The final step of restarting the vboxadd-service service is what got things working for me, and doesn't seem to be documented (at least at the link you gave).

              – j_random_hacker
              Feb 7 '18 at 16:56



















            • Thanks! The final step of restarting the vboxadd-service service is what got things working for me, and doesn't seem to be documented (at least at the link you gave).

              – j_random_hacker
              Feb 7 '18 at 16:56

















            Thanks! The final step of restarting the vboxadd-service service is what got things working for me, and doesn't seem to be documented (at least at the link you gave).

            – j_random_hacker
            Feb 7 '18 at 16:56





            Thanks! The final step of restarting the vboxadd-service service is what got things working for me, and doesn't seem to be documented (at least at the link you gave).

            – j_random_hacker
            Feb 7 '18 at 16:56











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            I give an other solution to sync time between guest & host without installing Virtualbox guest addition :




            1. Install NTP on your guest, and de-comment these lines in /etc/ntp.conf.


            disable auth
            broadcastclient



            1. Activate broadcast on your host. For linux users, edit your /etc/ntp.conf file and configure the line


            broadcast 192.168.123.255 


            For Windows users, activate the “Windows Time” service. You can then read this page to configure it to broadcast time






            share|improve this answer






























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              I give an other solution to sync time between guest & host without installing Virtualbox guest addition :




              1. Install NTP on your guest, and de-comment these lines in /etc/ntp.conf.


              disable auth
              broadcastclient



              1. Activate broadcast on your host. For linux users, edit your /etc/ntp.conf file and configure the line


              broadcast 192.168.123.255 


              For Windows users, activate the “Windows Time” service. You can then read this page to configure it to broadcast time






              share|improve this answer




























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                I give an other solution to sync time between guest & host without installing Virtualbox guest addition :




                1. Install NTP on your guest, and de-comment these lines in /etc/ntp.conf.


                disable auth
                broadcastclient



                1. Activate broadcast on your host. For linux users, edit your /etc/ntp.conf file and configure the line


                broadcast 192.168.123.255 


                For Windows users, activate the “Windows Time” service. You can then read this page to configure it to broadcast time






                share|improve this answer















                I give an other solution to sync time between guest & host without installing Virtualbox guest addition :




                1. Install NTP on your guest, and de-comment these lines in /etc/ntp.conf.


                disable auth
                broadcastclient



                1. Activate broadcast on your host. For linux users, edit your /etc/ntp.conf file and configure the line


                broadcast 192.168.123.255 


                For Windows users, activate the “Windows Time” service. You can then read this page to configure it to broadcast time







                share|improve this answer














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