The VMware Host
Profiles feature enables you to create standard configurations for
ESXi hosts.
With
PowerCLI, you can automate creation and modifying of host
profiles.
Prerequisites
Verify that you are connected
to a host that runs
vCenter
Server
4.1 or later.
Procedure
1 | Get the host named
Host1 and store it in
the
$vmhost variable.
$vmhost = Get-VMHost Host1
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2 | Create a profile based
on the
Host1 host.
New-VMHostProfile -Name MyHostProfile01 -Description "This is my test profile based on Host1." -ReferenceHost $vmhost
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3 | Get the newly created
host profile.
$hp1 = Get-VMHostProfile -Name MyHostProfile01
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4 | Change the description
of the
HostProfile1 host
profile.
Set-VMHostProfile -Profile $hp1 -Description "This is my old test host profile based on Host1."
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