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Contents
About vSphere
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Host Profiles 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 8
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 in the vSphere Web Client 18
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Configuring Host Profiles 19
Host Customization 19
Configure Security Host Profile 24
Configure Networking Host Profiles 25
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Recommended Host Profiles Upgrade Workflows 27
vCenter Server Upgrade from 6.0 to 6.7 With Stateful ESXi Hosts Version 6.0 or Earlier 27
vCenter Server Upgrade from 6.5 to 6.7 With Stateful ESXi Hosts Version 6.5 or Earlier 29
vCenter Server Upgrade from 6.0 to 6.7 in Environment With Stateless ESXi 6.0 Hosts Only 31
vCenter Server Upgrade from 6.5 to 6.7 in Environment With Stateless ESXi 6.5 Hosts Only 32
Answer File Field and Host Profile Extraction 33
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Troubleshooting Host Profiles 35
Host Customization Data Is Missing 35
Reference Host is Unavailable 36
Compliance failures with Storage Host Profiles 36
Edit Settings for Host Profiles is Failing 37
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