I saw these come across the VMware RSS feed today, and I have personally had time problems in Linux VM’s, so I wanted to post these links.
Time in a Linux virtual machine jumps backward when using clock=pit
KB Article
1006086
Updated
Jan. 27, 2009
Time runs slower than real time due to lost timer interrupts
KB Article
1006088
Updated
Jan. 27, 2009
KB Article
1006113
Updated
Jan. 27, 2009
Time in virtual machine drifts due to hardware timer drift
KB Article
1006072
Updated
Jan. 27, 2009
Time runs too fast in a Windows virtual machine when the Multimedia Timer interface is used
KB Article
1005953
Updated
Jan. 27, 2009
KB Article
1005861
Updated
Jan. 27, 2009
Time drifts in virtual machines and the service console due to the HPET misreporting its frequency
KB Article
1006090
Updated
Jan. 27, 2009
I hope these help those of you that are having time issues in VM’s are able to
Thanks to VMware.
