VMware ESXi 5.0 Installation and RWC2 Tips and Tricks White Paper

ESXi 5.0 Related RAID Operations

7. Type the command $ip=New-EsxImageProfile –CloneProfile $profs[1] –Name

“MyProfile”

This command is used to clone the current image profile ESXi-5.0.0-469512-standard

(profs[1] is the shortname of it) to a new image profile called “MyProfile” and assign a

short name IP for the new profile. In following steps, the RAIDController Driver software

package will be inserted to this new image profile and the new profile can be exported to an

ISO file for ESXi 5.0 installation.

NOTE: Here you can use New-ImageProfile –CloneProfile $profs[1] –Name “MyProfile”, this

command has the same efficiency except it doesn’t assign a new short name IP for the new

profile.

Figure 35. Clone Image Profile

8. Type the command Get-EsxSoftwarePackages

This command is used to show the current software packages in the new cloned image

profile, you will find a VIB file called “scsi-megaraid-sas”, the version is

“4.32-1vmw.500.0.0.469512”.