ESXi host does not synchronize time with NTP server
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ESXi host does not synchronize time with NTP server

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Article ID: 339920

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Products

VMware vSphere ESXi

Issue/Introduction

Symptoms:


  • The network time protocol daemon (ntpd) on an ESXi host does not synchronize time with the NTP server.
  • Ntpd service is running and synchronized to time sources, but stops responding and waits for the timer to expire.


Environment

VMware vSphere ESXi 5.0
VMware vSphere ESXi 5.1
VMware vSphere ESXi 5.5

Resolution

This issue is resolved in:


To work around this issue if you do not want to upgrade, restart the ntpd manually by running the command:

# /etc/init.d/ntpd restart


Additional Information

Troubleshooting NTP on ESX and ESXi 4.x / 5.x / 6.x
VMware ESXi 5.1, Patch Release ESXi510-201404001
VMware ESXi 5.0, Patch Release ESXi500-201405001
ESXi ホストで時刻が NTP サーバと同期されない
ESXi 主机未与 NTP 服务器同步时间