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Table Of Contents
- vSphere Host Profiles
- Contents
- About vSphere Host Profiles
- 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 in the vSphere Web Client
- Configuring Host Profiles
- Recommended Host Profiles Upgrade Workflows
- vCenter Server Upgrade from 6.0 to 6.7 With Stateful ESXi Hosts Version 6.0 or Earlier
- vCenter Server Upgrade from 6.5 to 6.7 With Stateful ESXi Hosts Version 6.5 or Earlier
- vCenter Server Upgrade from 6.0 to 6.7 in Environment With Stateless ESXi 6.0 Hosts Only
- vCenter Server Upgrade from 6.5 to 6.7 in Environment With Stateless ESXi 6.5 Hosts Only
- Answer File Field and Host Profile Extraction
- Troubleshooting Host Profiles
5 Click Pre-check Remediation to check if the selected hosts are ready for remediation.
This check generates a list of tasks that will be performed on the host.
6 Select the checkbox to reboot the host if it is required in order to complete the remediation process. If
you wish to manually reboot the host after the process, do not select the checkbox.
7 Review the tasks that are necessary to remediate the Host Profile and click Finish.
The compliance status is updated.
Edit a Host Profile
You can view and edit Host Profiles policies, select a policy to be checked for compliance, and change
the policy name or description.
Procedure
1 Navigate to Host Profiles main view.
2 Select the host profile that you want to edit and click the Configure tab.
3 Click Edit Host Profile.
4 (Optional) Click the Name and description tab to change the profile name and description.
5 In the Edit host profile page expand each category to view or edit a particular policy or settings.
Note See Edit a Policy for detailed instructions for editing a Host Profile policy. See Disable Host
Profile Component or Subprofile for detailed instructions on enabling or disabling a policy from
compliance check or remediation.
6 View All host profile configurations or only Favorites configurations.
You can mark a configuration as a favorite with the star icon. Those are then added to Favorites
configurations.
7 (Optional) In the search field, filter the configuration names and values you want to view.
For example, enter SNMP. All configurations that relate to SNMP are displayed.
8 (Optional) Customize the hosts.
Make any changes to the available configuration values for this profile and click Save.
Note The host customization settings page only appears if you changed any settings that require
host customizations.
The changes are made when the "Update Host Profile" task is completed in the Recent Tasks status. If
you attempt to remediate the profile before the task is complete, the profile configuration does not contain
the change.
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