Windows: enable VMware time sync where it was previously disabled: vmwareservice --cmd "vmx.set_option synctime 0 1" ...and to turn it back off: vmwareservice --cmd "vmx.set_option synctime 1 0" GNU/Linux: turn it on... vmware-guestd --cmd "vmx.set_option synctime 0 1" ...and turn it back off: vmware-guestd --cmd "vmx.set_option synctime 1 0"
Source: http://communities.vmware.com/message/617188;jsessionid=BE639AD9083D6D03FCF4390BD2434568