6.5.1

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.
2 On the Deploy Rules tab, from the list of rules in the inventory select the rule that you want to edit
and click Edit.
The Edit Deploy Rule dialog box appears.
3 Select the Select image profile page to assign an image profile to the hosts that match the rule
criteria.
Option Action
If you do not want to change the image profile Select the Same image profile option.
If you do not want to assign an image profile to the selected
hosts
Select the No image profile option.
If you want to assign a new image profile to the selected
hosts
1 Select the Browse for Image Profile option.
2 Select a software depot from the drop-down menu.
3 Select an image profile from the list.
4 (Optional) If you want to bypass the acceptance level
verification for the image profile, select the Skip image
profile signature check check box.
4 Click Activate/Deactivate rules.
5 From the list of inactive rules, select the rule that you want to activate and click the Activate button.
6 (Optional) If you want to reorder the rules in the active rule list, select a rule that you want to move up
or down in the list and click the Move up or Move down icon above the list of active rules.
The rules are listed by priority. For example, if two or more rules apply to the same host but are set to
provision the host with different image profiles, host profiles, and locations, the rule that is highest in
the list takes effect on the host.
7 (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.
8 Click Next.
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