If you ever pulled an Azure VM back to onprem ESXi, don't neglect the clock!!
13 May 2026
2 min read
azure, vmware, linux, chrony
Azure virtual machines are pre-configured to use the Hyper-V hardware clock because Azure runs on a modified Hyper-V hypervisor. Now that the guest is sitting on ESXi, chronyd is still trying to talk to hardware that no longer exists.