Reconfigure NTP on the Clustered Workspace ONE Access Nodes for Site Protection and Disaster Recovery for VMware Cloud Foundation

Configure NTP on the clustered Workspace ONE Access cluster nodes to keep them synchronized with the other SDDC components in the recovery VMware Cloud Foundation instance. You configure the time synchronization for all three nodes in the Workspace ONE Access cluster to use NTP sources from each VMware Cloud Foundation instance.

For the following procedure, use the VMware Cloud Foundation Planning and Preparation Workbook.

UI Procedure

Log in to the first node of the clustered Workspace ONE Access at <clustered_workspace_one_access_node>:22 by using a SecureShell (SSH) client as sshuser.
Configure the NTP source for the Workspace ONE Access appliance.
1. Switch to the super user by running the su command.
2. Edit the /etc/systemd/timesyncd.conf file.
3. ```
vi /etc/systemd/timesyncd.conf
```
4. Enter the values for the NTP servers according to your VMware Cloud Foundation Planning and Preparation Workbook and save the file.
Activate the NTP service.
1. To deactivate time synchronization with the ESXi host, run the command.
```
vmware-toolbox-cmd timesync disable
```
2. Restart the time synchronization service.
```
systemctl restart systemd-timesyncd
```
3. To verify the status of the network and the time synchronization services, run the commands.
```
systemctl status systemd-timesyncd
```
Repeat this procedure to configure the NTP service on the remaining clustered Workspace ONE Access nodes.

PowerShell Procedure

Start Windows PowerShell.

Replace the values in the sample code with values from your VMware Cloud Foundation Planning and Preparation Workbook and run the commands in the PowerShell console.

$sddcManagerFqdn = "sfo-vcf01.sfo.rainpole.io"
$sddcManagerUser = "administrator@vsphere.local"
$sddcManagerPass = "VMw@re1!"

$wsaRootPass = "VMw@re1!"
$ntpServer = "ntp.lax.rainpole.io"

Perform the configuration by running the command in the PowerShell console.

Set-WorkspaceOneNtpConfig -server $sddcManagerFqdn -user $sddcManagerUser -pass $sddcManagerPass -rootPass $wsaRootPass $dnsServers -ntpServer $ntpServer -vrslcmIntegrated