VMWare Powershell NTP Service Setup

VMware Powershell NTP Service Setup

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#
#   Setup NTP on a new host
#

$vcs = Read-Host "vCenter"
$user = Read-Host "userid"
$pw = Read-Host "Password for $user" -AsSecureString
#convert $pw to plain text
    $pass = [Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal]::PtrToStringAuto(
        [Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal]::SecureStringToBSTR($pw))

connect-viserver -Server $vcs -User $user -Password $pass

$pass = " "
clear-host

foreach ($VMHost in (Get-VMHost -Name privh*)) {
"    $VMHost"
    $ntp=get-vmhostservice -vmhost $VMHost | Where {$_.Key -eq 'ntpd'}
"        $ntp"
   set-vmhostservice -hostservice $ntp -policy "automatic"
   restart-vmhostservice $ntp -confirm:$false
}

disconnect-viserver -confirm:$false