Unable to configure NTP on VMware ESXi 4.1
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- Created on Wednesday, 12 March 2014 10:56
- Last Updated on Wednesday, 12 March 2014 11:09
- Written by Daniel Paessens
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When configuring a time configuration on an ESXi 4.1 you could get the error: Call "HostDateTimeSystem.UpdateConfig" for object "dateTimeSystem" on ESXi failed.
We get this error through vCenter or on the host himself. Additionally we've noticed that the file /etc/ntp.conf is empty.
When editing this file, the contents remains empty.
The solution which worked for us, is to delete this file and to recreate it from scratch.
Example contents:
restrict default kod nomodify notrap nopeer
restrict 127.0.0.1
server 0.be.pool.ntp.org
server 1.be.pool.ntp.org
driftfile /etc/ntp.drift
Now we can alter the configuration from vCenter like all other systems