This set of commands is aprt of our standard build process.
#Configure NTP server
Add-VmHostNtpServer -VMHost $esx -NtpServer servername
#Allow NTP queries outbound through the firewall
Get-VMHostFirewallException -VMHost $esx | where {$_.Name -eq
"NTP client"
} | Set-VMHostFirewallException -Enabled:$
true
#Start NTP client service and set to automatic
Get-VmHostService -VMHost $esx | Where-Object {$_.key -eq
"ntpd"
} | Start-VMHostService
Get-VmHostService -VMHost $esx | Where-Object {$_.key -eq
"ntpd"
} | Set-VMHostService -policy
"automatic"