Permanent Clock setting on RHEL 5.1

[santoshdhumal]

I have installed RHEL 5.1. While installing it, I have set the clock settings as well as the UTC settings.

Now I can see the time lag on the server. Every time I set it by using date command, but after some time there is a Time lag observed.

Please suggest me how to set the permanent date & time on RHEL 5.1

Thanks
Santosh

[anomie]

Do you have RHEL running under emulation (e.g. vmware) perchance? How bad is the time drift?

[daark.child]

Maybe setting up ntp may help.

[santoshdhumal]

Maybe setting up ntp may help.

Yes I have RHEL installed on VMware platform. Is it a know problem on VMware installations?

Time drift observed is very high. Initially it starts with few minutes and slowly time drift is hours.

Thanks
Santosh

[santoshdhumal]

Do you have RHEL running under emulation (e.g. vmware) perchance? How bad is the time drift?

Yes I have RHEL installed on VMware platform. Is it a know problem on VMware installations?

Time drift observed is very high. Initially it starts with few minutes and slowly time drift is hours.

Thanks
Santosh

[anomie]

Yes I have RHEL installed on VMware platform. Is it a know problem on VMware installations?

Yes, and it's a good idea to mention details like this when you start a thread. Otherwise you leave it up to people who are trying to help to guess (without all the info).

There is a vmware knowledgebase article you should read through.