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2 (Optional) If no reference host exists in your environment, click Extract Profile from Host to
create a host profile.
3 Click the host profile you want to configure and select the Configure tab.
4 Click Edit Host Profile.
5 Select Advanced Configuration Settings > Advanced Options > Advanced configuration
options.
You can select specific sub-profiles and edit the syslog settings.
6 (Optional) To create an advanced configuration option.
a Click the Add sub-profile icon.
b From the Advanced option drop-down list select Configure a fixed option.
c Specify
Syslog.global.loghost
as the name of the option, and your host as the value of the
option.
7 Click Save to complete the host profile configuration.
What to do next
n Create a rule that applies the host profile to all hosts that you want to provision with the
settings specified in the reference host. For writing a rule in a PowerCLI session, see Write a
Rule and Assign a Host Profile to Hosts.
n For hosts that are already provisioned with vSphere Auto Deploy, perform the test and repair
compliance operations in a PowerCLI session, see Test and Repair Rule Compliance .
n Power on unprovisioned hosts to provision them with the new host profile.
Enable NTP Client on a Reference Host in the vSphere Client
When you collect logging information in large environments, you must ensure that log times are
coordinated. You can set up the reference host to use the NTP server in your environment, extract
the host profile and create a vSphere Auto Deploy rule to apply it to other hosts.
Procedure
1 Navigate to Home > Hosts and Clusters, and select an ESXi host that you want to use as a
reference host.
2 Select the Configure tab.
3 Under System, select Time Configuration and click Edit.
4 Select the Use Network Time Protocol (Enable NTP client) radio button.
This option synchronizes the time and date of the host with an NTP server. The NTP service on
the host periodically takes the time and date from the NTP server.
5 From the NTP Service Startup Policy drop-down list, select Start and stop with host.
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