Adding an NTP Service

The

HostConfigManager.dateTimeSystem

property contains a

HostDateTimeSystem

data object. This object allows you to perform NTP and date and time related configuration.

Query and update the date and time information by using one of the methods defined in

HostDateTimeSystem

Modify the

HostDateTimeSystem.dateTimeInfo

property, which contains a

HostDateTimeInfo

object, to set up NTP. The NTP information is stored in the

HostDateTimeInfo.ntpConfig

property, which is a

HostNtpConfig

object. The

HostNtpConfig

objects’s

server

property contains a list of time servers, specified by IP address or fully qualified domain name.

You can start and stop the NTP daemon and retrieve information about it by using the

HostServiceSystem

object.

VMware vSphere SDKs and Tools 8.0