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Manage Profiles from a Cluster
You can create a profile, attach a profile, or update reference hosts from the cluster's context menu.
Procedure
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In the Hosts and Clusters view, right-click a cluster and select Host Profile > Manage Profile.
Depending on your host profile setup, one of the following results occurs:
Profile Status and Task Result
If the cluster is not attached to a
host profile and no profile exist in
your inventory, create a profile.
a A dialog box opens asking if you would like to create a profile and
attach it to the cluster.
b If you select Yes, the Create Profile wizard opens.
If the cluster is not attached to a
host profile and one or more
profiles exist in your inventory,
attach a profile.
a The Attach Profile dialog opens.
b Select the profile you want to attach to the cluster and click OK.
If the cluster is already attached to
a host profile, detach a profile or
attach to a different profile.
In the dialog box, click Detach to detach the profile from the cluster or
Change to attach a different profile to the cluster.
Updating Profiles From the Reference Host
If the configuration of the host from which a profile was created (the reference host) changes, you can
update the local profile so that the local host configuration matches the reference host's configuration.
Once you create a host profile, you might need to make incremental updates to the profile. You can do this
using two methods:
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Make the configuration changes to the reference host in the vSphere Client, then update the profile
from the reference host. The settings within the existing profile are updated to match those of the
reference host.
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Update the profile directly using the Profile Editor.
While updating the profile from the Profile Editor can be more comprehensive and provide more options,
updating the profile from the reference host allows you to validate the configuration before rolling it out to
other hosts that are attached to the profile.
Updating the profile from the reference host is performed from the Host Profiles main view.
Procedure
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In the Host Profiles main view, right-click the profile you want to update and select Update Profile
From Reference Host.
Checking Compliance
Checking compliance ensures that the host or cluster continues to be correctly configured.
After a host or cluster is configured with the reference host profile, a manual change, for example, can occur,
making the configuration incorrect. Checking compliance on a regular basis ensures that the host or cluster
continues to be correctly configured.
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