System time had gone backward in virtual machines

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Issue

  • From /var/log/messages time went backward always after vmci device registration in many VMware virtual machines:
===>>> Aug 14 12:48:48 server1 kernel: Registered vmci device.
       Aug 14 12:48:42 server1 selogrd[3241]: Unable to communicate with [x.x.x.x: RPC: Success#012]
===>>> Aug 14 12:43:50 server2 kernel: Registered vmci device.
       Aug 14 12:43:45 server2 kernel: Removing vmci device
===>>> Aug 14 12:45:24 server3 kernel: Registered vmci device.
       Aug 14 12:44:43 server3 kernel: Removing vmci device

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6
  • VMware virtual machines

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