ESX Time Source
set up ESX hosts with an NTP source…
VMWare KB
To configure NTP on the service console, you must:
Edit the following configuration files, as described in the following sections:
/etc/ntp.conf
/etc/ntp/step-tickers
/etc/hosts
For ESX Server 3.0 only, run the following command. This opens the appropriate ports and enables the NTP daemon to talk with the external server.
[root@esxhost]# esxcfg-firewall --enableService ntpClient
Restart ntpd.