Using The Add-On Products Program; Virtual Machine Clock Settings - Novell SUSE LINUX ENTERPRISE DESKTOP 11 SP1 - 8-18-2010 VIRTUALIZATION WITH ZEN Manual

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12.1 Using the Add-On Products
The Add-On Products program is available during the SLE operating system installation
and after installation at YaST > Software > Add-On Products. It allows you to install
additional products that may reside on a separate CD, ISO image file, or installation
source.
Because paravirtual machines present removable media, such as a CD inserted in the
CD reader, as a non-removable disk device, the Add-On Product program does not
recognize inserted CD as valid add-on product media.
To use the Add-On Products program on a paravirtual machine, you must set up the
add-on product media as a network installation source or copy the ISO image file to
the virtual machine's filesystem.
On fully virtual machines, you can use the Add-On Products program to specify add-
on product media as a network installation source, an ISO image file, or as a CD inserted
in the host's CD reader.

12.2 Virtual Machine Clock Settings

When booting, virtual machines get their initial clock time from their host. After getting
their initial clock time, fully virtual machines manage their time independently from
the host. Paravirtual machines manage clock time according to their independent wall-
clock setting. If the independent wallclock is enabled, the virtual machine manages its
time independently and does not synchronize with the host. If the independent wallclock
is disabled, the virtual machine periodically synchronizes its time with the host clock.
NOTE
OES 2 NetWare virtual machines manage clock time independently after
booting. They do not synchronize with the host clock time.
If a guest operating system is configured for NTP and the virtual machine's independent
wallclock setting is disabled, it will still periodically synchronize its time with the host
time. This dual type of configuration can result in time drift between virtual machines
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