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Access Host Profiles
The Host Profiles main view lists all available profiles. Administrators can also use the Host Profiles main
view to perform operations on Host Profiles and configure profiles.
Procedure
1 From the vSphere Web Client Home, click Policies and Profiles.
2 Click Host Profiles.
Create a Host Profile
You create a new Host Profile by extracting the designated reference host's configuration.
NOTE You can also extract a host profile by navigating to the specific host or cluster.
Prerequisites
Verify that you have a working vSphere installation and at least one completely and properly configured
host that will act as the reference host.
Procedure
1 Navigate to the Host profiles view.
2
Click the Extract Profile from a Host icon ( ).
3 Select the host that will act as the reference host and click Next.
The selected host must be a valid host.
4 Type the name and enter a description for the new profile and click Next.
5 Review the summary information for the new profile and click Finish.
The new profile appears in the profile list.
NOTE Host profiles do not capture offline or unpresented devices. Any changes made to offline devices
after extracting a host profile will not make a difference to the compliance check results.
Attach Entities to a Host Profile
After creating a Host Profile from a reference host, you must attach the host or cluster to the Host Profile.
Procedure
1 From the Profile List in the Host Profiles main view, select the Host Profile to be applied to a host or
cluster.
2
Click the Attach/Detach Hosts and clusters to a host profile icon ( ).
3 Select the host or cluster from the expanded list and click Attach.
The host or cluster is added to the Attached Entities list.
4 (Optional) Click Attach All to attach all listed hosts and clusters to the profile.
5 Click Next.
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