Re: How to sync esxi 5.0 with external NTP server

Hi ravi,

Welcome to the VMware Communities forums.

please follow below stesp if not .

1. Log on to the service console as the root user.
2. You are going to replace the content of /etc/ntp.conf, so make a backup copy of this file with the command:
   
   cp /etc/ntp.conf /etc/ntp.conf.bk
   
   
3. Edit the contents of the default /etc/ntp.conf (which the ESX installation creates for you), so the file looks like this:
   
   restrict 127.0.0.1
   restrict default kod nomodify notrap
   server 0.vmware.pool.ntp.org
   server 1.vmware.pool.ntp.org
   server 2.vmware.pool.ntp.org
   driftfile /var/lib/ntp/drift

Yours, Abbie