Time Sync Compliance

Summary

This monitor will sync the machine's time with us.pool.ntp.org.

Monitor

1. Navigate to Endpoints > Alerts > Monitors

   

2. Click the Create Monitor button.

   

3. This screen will appear.

   

4. Name: Time Sync Compliance
   Description: This monitor will sync machine time with us.pool.ntp.org.
   Type: Script
   Family: Desktop Operating System
   Severity: Others

   

5. The Conditions tab will start looking like this:

   

6. Set the Repeat every to 24 Hours:

   

7. Disable the Ticket Resolution section by clicking the Automatically resolve button.

   

8. Paste this PowerShell script in the Script box.

   $S = 'W32Time';
   $peerList = 'us.pool.ntp.org';
   $syncOutput = '';
   if ((Get-Service $S).Status -ne 'Running') 
   {Try
      {Start-Service $S -Confirm:$False -ErrorAction Stop | Out-Null}
   catch 
      {return "Failed to start $S Service. Reason: $($Error.Exception.Message)"}
      };
   $syncOutput += w32tm /config /manualpeerlist:$peerList;
   Start-Sleep -Seconds 5;
   $syncOutput += "`n" + (W32tm /resync /force);
   if ($syncOutput -match 'The computer did not resync') 
      {return 'Failed: The computer did not resync.'} 
   else 
      {return 'Success: The computer resynced successfully.'}

   

9. Set Failed to the Script Output box.

   

10. Select the required client or group to target from the Select Targets button.

    
    

11. Monitors Final Look

    

12. Click the Save button to save the monitor set.