6.5.1

View the Summary of the New Deploy Rule Wizard
In the New Deploy Rule wizard,, you can review the settings of the new vSphere Auto Deploy rule before
completing the wizard.
Procedure
1 On the Ready to complete page, review the summary information for the new rule.
2 Click Finish.
You can view the newly created rule listed on the Deploy Rules tab.
Clone a Deploy Rule
You can use a vSphere Auto Deploy rule as a template and modify only parts of the rule instead of
creating a new one.
Prerequisites
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Prepare your system and install the Auto Deploy Server. For more information, see Prepare Your
System for vSphere Auto Deploy.
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Create a vSphere Auto Deploy rule. See Create a Deploy Rule.
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If you want to include an image profile to the rule, verify that the software depot you need is added to
the inventory. See Add a Software Depot or Import a Software Depot.
Procedure
1 Start the Clone Deploy Rule Wizard
You can clone an existing vSphere Auto Deploy rule by using the Clone Deploy Rule wizard.
2 Name the Rule and Define Matching Criteria in the Clone Deploy Rule Wizard
When you start the Clone Deploy Rule wizard to clone a vSphere Auto Deploy rule, you must first
choose whether to keep the default name of the cloned rule and whether to change the matching
criteria of the rule.
3 Select an Image Profile in the Clone Deploy Rule Wizard
In the Clone Deploy Rule wizard, you can optionally assign an image profile to the hosts that match
the rule criteria or keep the same image profile that the cloned rule uses.
4 Select a Host Profile in the Clone Deploy Rule Wizard
In the Clone Deploy Rule wizard, you can optionally assign a host profile to the hosts that match
the rule criteria or keep the same host profile used in the cloned rule.
5 Select Host Location in the Clone Deploy Rule
In the Clone Deploy Rule wizard, you can optionally add the hosts that match the criteria of the rule
to a specific location or keep the location that the cloned rule uses.
6 View the Summary of the Clone Deploy Rule Wizard
You can review the settings of the cloned vSphere Auto Deploy rule before completing the wizard.
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