6.5.1

Contents
About vSphere
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Host Profiles 4
Updated Information 5
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Introduction To vSphere Host Profiles 6
Host Profiles Usage Model 6
Reference Host Independence 7
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Using Host Profiles 8
Access Host Profiles 8
Create a Host Profile 9
Attach Entities to a Host Profile 9
Detach Entities from a Host Profile 10
Check Compliance 10
Remediate a Host 11
Edit a Host Profile 12
Duplicate a Host Profile 15
Copy Settings from Host 16
Host Profiles and vSphere Auto Deploy 16
Import a Host Profile 17
Export a Host Profile 17
Copy Settings to Host Profile 18
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Configuring Host Profiles 19
Host Customization 19
Configure Storage Host Profiles 24
Configure Security Host Profile 25
Set Up Host Profiles for Static IP Addresses in the vSphere Web Client 26
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Troubleshooting Host Profiles 27
Host Customization Data Is Missing 27
Reference Host is Unavailable 28
Edit Settings for Host Profiles is Failing 28
Host Profile without NFS Datastore 29
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