VMHostNtpSettings

VMHostNtpSettings

Parameters

Parameter	Attribute	DataType	Description	Allowed Values
Server	Key	string	Name of the Server we are trying to connect to. The Server can be a vCenter or ESXi.
Name	Key	string	Name of the VMHost to configure.
Credential	Mandatory	PSCredential	Credentials needed for connection to the specified Server.
NtpServer	Optional	string[]	List of domain name or IP address of the desired NTP Servers.
NtpServicePolicy	Optional	ServicePolicy	Desired Policy of the VMHost 'ntpd' service activation.	Unset, On, Off, Automatic

Description

The resource is used to configure NTP Server property and the Service Policy of the 'ntpd' Service of a ESXi host.

Examples

Example 1

Updates the NTP Server array with the desired values and changes the 'ntpd' Service Policy to 'automatic' of the passed ESXi host.

param(
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)]
        [string]
        $Name,

        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)]
        [string]
        $Server,

        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)]
        [string]
        $User,

        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)]
        [string]
        $Password
)

$script:configurationData = @{
    AllNodes = @(
        @{
            NodeName = 'localhost'
            PSDscAllowPlainTextPassword = $true
        }
    )
}

Configuration VMHostNtpSettings_Config {
    Import-DscResource -ModuleName VMware.vSphereDSC

    Node localhost {
        $Password = $Password | ConvertTo-SecureString -AsPlainText -Force
        $Credential = New-Object System.Management.Automation.PSCredential($User, $Password)

        VMHostNtpSettings vmHostNtpSettings {
            Name = $Name
            Server = $Server
            Credential = $Credential
            NtpServer = @("0.bg.pool.ntp.org", "1.bg.pool.ntp.org", "2.bg.pool.ntp.org")
            NtpServicePolicy = "automatic"
        }
    }
}