Setting Linux Server Time

Question

The time on the hypervisor is different from the time on the control server. How do I fix it?

Environment

All OnApp versions

Answer

This is primarily used for static Hypervisors. If you are seeing this issue on cloudboot HVs you will want to contact technical support.

At the command prompt of the server with the incorrect time run the following commands when logged into the HV as root:

cd /etc/
ls -alk localtime
$  -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1 Apr  4  2011 localtime
ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/America/Toronto localtime (this is an example, put in what timezone is appropriate for the cloud)
ls -alk local*
$  lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 1 Dec 21 18:38 localtime -> /usr/share/zoneinfo/America/Toronto 
service ntpd restart