A new time provider plugin vmwTimeProvider is provided for Microsoft Windows native time synchronization service 'W32Time' running inside vSphere VMs. The plugin interacts with precision clock virtual device to provide underlying ESXi host time, as an alternative to NTP and Active Directory based time sources.
Prerequisites
Ensure to add a precision clock virtual device to the VM before using the vmwTimeProvider plugin.
Note: For information on how to add a precision clock virtual device to a VM, see
vSphere Virtual Machine Administration document.
Procedure
What to do next
You can check the status of the plugin post installation by running the following w32time command:
w32tm /query /status