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Created December 22, 2011 13:08
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ESX NTP configuration in a nutshell
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ESX_NTP_Config
cat << EOF | tee /etc/sysconfig/clock
ZONE="US/Eastern"
UTC=false
ARC=false
EOF
rm -f /etc/localtime
ln -s /usr/share/zoneinfo/US/Eastern /etc/localtime
cat << EOF | tee /etc/ntp.conf
restrict default kod nomodify notrap nopeer
restrict default ignore
0.north-america.pool.ntp.org
1.north-america.pool.ntp.org
2.north-america.pool.ntp.org
3.north-america.pool.ntp.org
driftfile /var/lib/ntp/drift
EOF
cat << EOF | tee /etc/ntp/step-tickers
0.north-america.pool.ntp.org
1.north-america.pool.ntp.org
2.north-america.pool.ntp.org
3.north-america.pool.ntp.org
EOF
service ntpd start
chkconfig --level 345 ntpd on
hwclock --systohc
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