6.5.1
Table Of Contents
- vSphere Host Profiles
- Contents
- About vSphere Host Profiles
- Updated Information
- Introduction To vSphere Host Profiles
- Using Host Profiles
- Access Host Profiles
- Create a Host Profile
- Attach Entities to a Host Profile
- Detach Entities from a Host Profile
- Check Compliance
- Remediate a Host
- Edit a Host Profile
- Duplicate a Host Profile
- Copy Settings from Host
- Host Profiles and vSphere Auto Deploy
- Import a Host Profile
- Export a Host Profile
- Copy Settings to Host Profile
- Configuring Host Profiles
- Troubleshooting Host Profiles
Table 3‑4. Host Profile Options that Prompt for Networking User Input (Continued)
Information to Request User Input For Setting the Host Profile Option
Prompt the user for the IPv4 address for a distributed switch, its
port group, or one of its services. Right-click the Host virtual NIC
folder icon and click the Add sub-profile icon to determine the
component to which the setting is applied.
You can decide to prompt the user only if no default is available
or in all cases.
1 Open Networking configuration.
2 Click Host virtual NIC.
3 Click IP address settings.
4 In the IPv4 address field, select how the system handles the
IPv4 address for the distributed switch.
n
User specified IPv4 address to be used while
applying the configuration
n
Prompt the user for IPv4 address if no default is
available
Prompt the user for the IPv6 address for a distributed switch, its
port group, or one of its services. Right-click the Host virtual NIC
folder icon and click the Add sub-profile icon to determine the
component to which the setting is applied.
You can decide to prompt the user only if no default is available
or in all cases.
1 Open Networking configuration.
2 Open Host virtual NIC.
3 Open IP address settings.
4 In the Static IPv6 address field, select how the system
manages the IPv6 address for the distributed switch.
n
User specified IPv6 address to be used while
applying the configuration
n
Prompt the user for IPv6 address if no default is
available
Export Host Customizations
If a host profile contains any customized attributes, you can export it to a .CSV file on your desktop.
For security, sensitive data such as passwords are not exported.
Procedure
1 Navigate to a host profile.
2 Right-click the host profile and select Export Host Customizations.
3 Select the location where the customization file is saved.
The file is saved as a .csv file.
4 Click Save.
What to do next
Once the file is saved to your desktop, you can manually edit the file and save it to apply the
customizations at a later time.
Edit Host Customizations
You can edit the host customizations for specific hosts attached to a host profile or cluster attached to a
host profile.
Procedure
1 Navigate to a host profile.
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