Simple configuration fails with InvalidOperation error

[gonzametal]

Describe the bug

I wrote a simple configuration using vSphereNode under powershell 7.3.6 (powercli and vspheredsc modules are correctly installed and imported. This is the configuration:

Configuration Test {
    Import-DscResource -ModuleName VMware.vSphereDSC
    vSphereNode 'esxinode.contoso.ar' {

        VMHostNtpSettings NTPSettings {
            Name = 'esxinode.contoso.ar'
            NtpServer = @('10.9.0.1')
            NtpServicePolicy = 'on'
        }
    }
}

Then I call this lines

Connect-ViServer -Server 'esxinode.contoso.ar' -Credential $Credential -force
$dscconfig = New-VmwDscConfiguration -Path .\vmware_dsc.ps1 -Verbose
$dscconfig | Start-VmwDscConfiguration -Verbose

This last line gives me the following error:

InvalidOperation: c:\Users\xxx\Documents\PowerShell\Modules\VMware.PSDesiredStateConfiguration\1.0.0.16\Classes\Public\DscConfigurationRunner.ps1:280
Line |
 280 |          $moduleVersion = $DscResource.ModuleName.RequiredVersion.ToSt …
     |          ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
     | You cannot call a method on a null-valued expression.

I do not know how to debug this situation.

Reproduction steps

The configuration is run against a esxi server (not vcenter). It has a trial license (not expired)

Every time I run Start-VMWdscconfiguration i get this error

Expected behavior

NTP settings configured as desired

Additional context

$PSversiontable is

Name                           Value
----                           -----
PSVersion                      7.3.6
PSEdition                      Core
GitCommitId                    7.3.6
OS                             Microsoft Windows 10.0.19045
Platform                       Win32NT
PSCompatibleVersions           {1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0…}
PSRemotingProtocolVersion      2.3
SerializationVersion           1.1.0.1
WSManStackVersion              3.0