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3. On the Profile name and Description page, enter the profile name and description, and then click NEXT.
Profile name can be up to 200 characters, and description can be up to 400 characters.
4. On the Associate Profile (s) page, select any one of the following profiles, or its combinations:
● System Profile—Selecting a system profile sets the configuration baseline for the hosts in the cluster. For Basic and
Advanced system profile types, the system profile name is displayed in the following format: Basic_<system profile
name>, Advanced_<system profile name>
● Firmware Repository Profile—Selecting a firmware repository creates the firmware or BIOS baseline for the hosts in the
cluster. Online repositories are not supported for baselining vSAN clusters.
● Driver Repository Profile—Selecting a driver repository creates the driver baseline for the hosts in the cluster. At a time,
you can associate maximum of 10 drivers to a baseline. Baselining of drivers is supported only on vSAN clusters.
5. Click NEXT.
The Associate Cluster (s) page is displayed.
6. On the Associate Cluster (s) page, perform the following tasks:
a. Select an instance of a registered vCenter server.
b. To associate the clusters, click BROWSE.
c. Select the cluster that you want to baseline.
d. Click OK.
The selected cluster is displayed on the Associate Cluster(s) page.
e. Click NEXT.
7. On the Schedule Drift Detection page, select the date and time, and then click NEXT.
The Summary page is displayed that provides the information about the cluster profile.
8. Click FINISH.
The drift detection job runs immediately after the cluster profile is saved and later runs during the scheduled time. View the
job completion status on the Jobs page.
NOTE:
If the numbers of nodes (managed using OMIVV) are modified after you create the cluster profile for a cluster,
the collection size gets updated automatically during the subsequent drift detection jobs.
Edit cluster profile
About this task
Editing cluster profile changes the baseline, which may result in the recalculation of a compliance level.
If the associated driver repository, or firmware repository, or system profile is changed and if you want to use the latest changes
for the cluster profile, select a cluster profile, click EDIT, click NEXT in the wizard, and then click Finish.
Steps
1. On the OMIVV home page, click Compliance & Deployment > Profiles > Cluster Profile.
2. Select a cluster profile, and click EDIT.
3. On the Profile Name and Description page, edit the description, and then click NEXT.
4. On the Associate Profile(s) page, you can change the profile combinations.
5. On the Associate Cluster(s) page, you can change the vCenter instance and associated clusters.
6. On the Schedule Drift Detection page, you can change the drift detection schedule.
7. Review the updated information on the Summary page, and then click FINISH.
The drift detection job runs immediately after the cluster profile is saved and later runs during the scheduled time.
View cluster profile
Steps
1. On the OMIVV page, click Compliance & Deployment > Profiles > Cluster Profile.
A table displays all the cluster profiles along with the following information:
● Profile Name—The name of the cluster profile
● Description—The profile description
● Associated System Profile—The associated system profile name For Basic and Advanced system profile types, the
system profile name is displayed in the following format: Basic_<system profile name>, Advanced_<system profile name>
Capture baseline configuration using cluster profile
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