Get VMs that sync time with host

[MRoushdy]

Hello,

I need to Get VMs that sync time with host, and also disable this feature to force VMs to sync against the configured NTP server on the OS level.

Thank you,

[LucD · Accepted solution]

To disable that you can do

$spec = New-Object VMware.Vim.VirtualMachineConfigSpec

$spec.tools = New-Object VMWare.Vim.ToolsConfigInfo

$spec.tools.syncTimeWithHost = $false

Get-VM |

where{$_.ExtensionData.Config.Tools.syncTimeWithHost} |

ForEach-Object -Process {

   $_.ExtensionData.ReconfigVM($spec)

}

To set the NTP configuration inside your guest OS, depends on which guest OS you are running.

You can do that part via Invoke-VMScript

[Saeidmoradi68]

Hi. I can't run this command in powercli. how can run for all vm in vcenter in powercli. 

[LucD]

That "I can't run this command" is a bit vague I'm afraid.

[system_noida]

Hi @LucD ,

How can i import a Csv file to disable the time sync setting with host for some specific VMs.

Please can you help me.

$spec = New-Object VMware.Vim.VirtualMachineConfigSpec

$spec.tools = New-Object VMWare.Vim.ToolsConfigInfo

$spec.tools.syncTimeWithHost = $false

Get-VM |

where{$_.ExtensionData.Config.Tools.syncTimeWithHost} |

ForEach-Object -Process {

   $_.ExtensionData.ReconfigVM($spec)

}

[LucD]

Assuming you have a CSV with a column named Name, you could do

$spec = New-Object VMware.Vim.VirtualMachineConfigSpec
$spec.tools = New-Object VMWare.Vim.ToolsConfigInfo
$spec.tools.syncTimeWithHost = $false

$vms = Import-Csv -Path .\vms.csv -UseCulture
Get-VM -Name $vms.Name |
where{$_.ExtensionData.Config.Tools.syncTimeWithHost} |
ForEach-Object -Process {
   $_.ExtensionData.ReconfigVM($spec)
}