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Chapter 5 Installing and Using VMware Tools
Notifyifupdateisavailable–(Windows guestsonly)DisplaystheVMwareTools
iconwithayellowcautioniconwhenanupdateisavailable.
Updatebutton–(Windowsguestsonly)Becomesenabledwhenanupdateis
available.ClickingthisbuttonhasthesameeffectaschoosingVM>Update
VMwareToolsfromtheWorkstationmenubar.
Disable Time Synchronization by Editing the Virtual Machine
Configuration File
Avirtualmachineoccasionallysynchronizestimewiththehostevenifyouusethe
VMwareToolscontrolpanel(Optionstab)todisableperiodictimesynchronization.
Youcandisabletimesynchronizationcompletelybyeditingthevirtualmachine
configurationfile.
Youcanfollowthesestepstokeepafictitioustimeinyourguest,sothattheguestis
nev
ersynchronizedwiththehost.
To disable time synchronization by editing the virtual machine configuration file
1Poweroffthevirtualmachine.
2Openthevirtualmachine’sconfigurationfile(.vmx)inatexteditorandsetthe
followingoptionstoFALSE.
3 Saveandclosethefile.
Table 5-2. Time Synchronization Options
Option Name
Synchronization Occurs During the
Following Event
tools.syncTime Periodically(normallyonceperminute).
Time synchronizationisonlyforwardintime.
time.synchronize.continue Takingasnapshot.Timesynchronizationisonly
forwardintime.
time.synchronize.restore Revertingtoasnapshot.Timesynchronization
isonlyforwardintime.
time.synchronize.resume.disk Resumingasuspendedvirtualmachine.
Time synchronizationisonlyforwardintime.
time.synchronize.shrink Shrinkingavirtualdisk.Timesynchronization
ison
lyfo
rwardintime.
time.synchronize.tools.startup Bootingtheguestoperatingsystem.
Time synchronizationcanbeeitherforwardor
backwardintime.
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