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6 (Optional) If you want to test an inactive rule before activation, select the Test rules before
activation check box and click Next.
a On the Select test targets page of the wizard, from the Filter tab select the hosts on which to test
the inactive rule and click Next.
The Selected tab displays only the selected hosts.
b On the Preview test results page of the wizard, select a host from the list to view the current
status of the host and the changes that are expected after the activation of the rule.
If the host is compliant with the rule, you do not need to remediate the host after you activate the
rule.
c (Optional) If you want to remediate the selected hosts after the rule activation, select the
Remediate listed host associations after rule activation check box.
7 Click Next.
8 Review the list of active rules and click Finish.
On the Deploy Rules tab, the rule is listed as active in the Status column.
What to do next
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View the image profile, host profile, and location associations of a host. See View Host Associations.
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Remediate non-compliant hosts. See Remediate a Non-compliant Host.
View Host Associations
Some of the hosts in the vSphere Auto Deploy inventory might not be compliant with the active deploy
rules. To verify that one or more ESXi hosts are compliant with the active rule set, you must check the
host associations compliance.
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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Activate a vSphere Auto Deploy rule. See Activate, Deactivate, and Reorder Deploy Rules.
Procedure
1 On the vSphere Web Client Home page, click Auto Deploy.
By default, only the Administrator role has privileges to use the vSphere Auto Deploy service.
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