Login to the vcsa appliance using https appliance ip 5480.
Set time vcenter server appliance.
Administrator your domain name which is the vcenter single sign on user with the password and domain name that you set during the deployment of the appliance.
When you enable periodic time synchronization vmware tools sets the time of the guest operating system to be the same as the time of the host.
In vsphere 5 5 this user is administrator vsphere local.
When upgrading or migrating from vsphere 6 5 or 6 7 to vsphere 7 0 if.
To avoid time synchronization issues ensure that the following is correct before installing migrating or upgrading a vcenter server.
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How to configure the ntp on the vcenter server appliance 6 0 vcsa posted on october 9 2015 by ganadmin we have various methods to configure and verify the ntp settings in psc vc and during the installation itself we have to point the correct ntp setup and if we want to change or update the configuration then pls follow the below methods.
In the navigator on the left hand side select time.
The vami in vcenter server appliance 6 has been removed.
Back up your appliance to a set of files while vcenter server is still up and running with native backup and restore.
Protect the vcenter server appliance and related services with native high availability ha and a recovery time objective of less than 10 minutes.
Vami is the management interface that you usually connect to on port 5480 for most vmware appliances.
See add or replace ntp servers in the vcenter server appliance configuration.
Configure the time synchronization settings.
In case the time settings in your vsphere network change you can edit the vcenter server appliance and configure the time synchronization settings by using the commands in the appliance shell.
Vsphere provides native active passive ha capability certified for vcenter server appliance.
The esxi host running the source vcenter server is synchronized to ntp or ptp.
In the time zone pane click edit.
The change can t be made from logging into the normal vcenter server appliance web client you would use for managing the cluster you have to log directly into the vcenter appliance.
In the vcenter server appliance management interface click time.
Configure the system time zone settings.
The default user with super administrator role is.
Prior to vcenter 6 you could connect to your vcsa appliance on port 5480.
Access the appliance shell and log in as a user who has the administrator or super administrator role.
In the time synchronization pane click edit.
In vsphere 6 0 when you install vcenter server or deploy the vcenter server appliance with a new platform services controller you can change the vsphere domain.
