Set Time Vcenter Server Appliance

Prior to vcenter 6 you could connect to your vcsa appliance on port 5480.

Set time vcenter server appliance.

Access the appliance shell and log in as a user who has the administrator or super administrator role. Set up one or more network time protocol ntp servers in the vcenter server appliance configuration. From the time zone drop down menu select a location or time zone and click ok. See add or replace ntp servers in the vcenter server appliance configuration.

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. In the vcenter server appliance management interface click time. Vami is the management interface that you usually connect to on port 5480 for most vmware appliances. Configure the time synchronization settings.

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. The vami in vcenter server appliance 6 has been removed. The default user with super administrator role is. In vsphere 5 5 this user is administrator vsphere local.

Configure the system time zone settings. The esxi host running the source vcenter server is synchronized to ntp or ptp. Back up your appliance to a set of files while vcenter server is still up and running with native backup and restore. When upgrading or migrating from vsphere 6 5 or 6 7 to vsphere 7 0 if.

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. To avoid time synchronization issues ensure that the following is correct before installing migrating or upgrading a vcenter server. For some unknown reason that i m yet to learn. Login to the vcsa appliance using https appliance ip 5480.

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 the navigator on the left hand side select time. In the time synchronization pane click edit. The target esxi host where the destination vcenter server is to be deployed is synchronized to ntp or ptp.

Vsphere provides native active passive ha capability certified for vcenter server appliance. 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.