# Prompts user for username/password and a file path to store the .html output in
$strFile 		= (Read-Host "Enter full path to HTML output file")
$strUser		= (Read-Host "Enter username for SSH connecting to your ESX servers")
$strPassword 	= (Read-Host "Enter password for connecting")

# Defines HEAD information for HTML formatting
$head = "<style>`n"
$head += "body {font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11px;}`n"
$head += "table {border-width: 1px;}`n"
$head += "td {border-width: 1px; padding: 2px; border-style: solid; border-color: #afafaf;}`n"
$head += "th {text-align: left;}`n"
$head += "</style>`n"

# Defines the servers you want to target
$servers="esx01","esx02"

$myCol = @()

# Loops thrue the servers array and runs plink.exe to check for ntpd status and date/time
foreach ($server in $servers)
{
	$myObj = "" | Select-Object "HostName", "HostTime", "NTPStatus"
	$myObj."HostName" = $server
	$myObj."HostTime" = .\plink.exe -pw $strPassword $strUser@$server "date"
	$myObj."NTPStatus" = .\plink.exe -pw $strPassword $strUser@$server "/etc/rc.d/init.d/ntpd status"
	$myCol += $myObj
}

# Converts array output to HTML
$myCol | ConvertTo-Html -Head $head |foreach { if ($_ -like "*<td>*stopped*</td>*") {$_ -replace "<td>", "<td bgcolor=#C45656>"} else {$_ -replace "<td>", "<td bgcolor=#51B350>"}} > $strFile

# SMTP settings if you want the status in a email. Just uncomment the lines below
#$smtpServer = “your mail server goes here”
#$msg = new-object Net.Mail.MailMessage
#$att = new-object Net.Mail.Attachment($strFile)
#$smtp = new-object Net.Mail.SmtpClient($smtpServer)
#$msg.From = “from@somebody.com”
#$msg.To.Add(”to@somebody.com”)
#$msg.Subject = “ESX ntpd status”
#$msg.Body = “Please find attached the ntpd status report”
#$msg.Attachments.Add($att)
#$smtp.Send($msg)

# Creats IE object, and launches the output file
$objIE = New-Object -com "InternetExplorer.Application"
$objIE.Navigate($strFile)
$objIE.ToolBar = 0
$objIE.StatusBar = 0
$objIE.Visible = $True