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  • 1.  Timezone UTC to CET

    Posted Sep 20, 2013 06:16 AM

    Hi all guys,

    I need change UTC timezone to CET in my ESX5.1 farm.

    vCenter shows me Time/Date correctly but when I login in CLI mode Time is UTC with 2 hours less.

    Is there exist any kind method to change it ? I've noticed /usr/share/Zoneinfo doesn't exist.

    Any suggestions ??

    Best regards.



  • 2.  RE: Timezone UTC to CET

    Posted Sep 20, 2013 06:50 AM

    ESXi 5.5 uses UTC by default and it doesn't support changing the time zone



  • 3.  RE: Timezone UTC to CET

    Posted Sep 20, 2013 07:00 AM

    Yes I read that, but my question is : How can I set correctly time to CET,  UTC+2 ?

    Must I change manually all servers? How daylight is managed?

    Regards.



  • 4.  RE: Timezone UTC to CET

    Posted Sep 20, 2013 07:08 AM

    Configure the host to the NTP servers

    http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=2012069



  • 5.  RE: Timezone UTC to CET

    Posted Sep 20, 2013 07:08 AM

    By default its UTC but try if u have any linux server than change time zone on linux using zone file and and copy /etc/localtime file in ur ESX system.

    Before doing anything please take backup or original local time file on ESX.

    second option is configure with NTP server.

    Your Oscar



  • 6.  RE: Timezone UTC to CET

    Posted Sep 20, 2013 07:15 AM

    Just have an NTP server with time as UTC+2.

    Sync your machine with NTP server.

    -SatyS



  • 7.  RE: Timezone UTC to CET

    Posted Sep 20, 2013 07:08 AM

    ESXi can only be set to the UTC timezone.

    Please have a look here

    Regards,

    SatyS

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