6.5.1

Name Type Description
AcceptanceLevel AcceptanceLevel
Determines which VIBs you can add to the
profile. Levels are VMwareCertified,
VMwareAccepted, PartnerSupported, and
CommunitySupported. See Acceptance
Levels.
Author System.String
The person who created the profile. 60
characters or fewer.
CreationTime System.DateTime
The timestamp of creation time.
Description System.String
The full text description of profile. No
length limit.
GUID System.String
Globally unique ID of the image profile.
ModifiedTime System.DateTime
The timestamp of last modification time.
Name System.String
The name of the image profile. 80
characters or fewer.
ReadOnly System.Boolean
When set to true, the profile cannot be
edited. Use Set-EsxImageProfile -
Readonly to make your custom image
profiles read-only.
Rules ImageProfileRule[]
Any OEM hardware requirements and
restrictions that the image profile might
have. vSphere Auto Deploy verifies the
value of this property when deploying an
image profile and deploys the profile if
matching hardware is available.
Vendor System.String
The organization that publishes the profile.
40 characters or fewer.
VibList SoftwarePackage[]
The list of VIB IDs the image contains.
SoftwarePackage Object Properties
When preparing an image profile, you can examine software packages to decide which packages are
suitable for inclusion. The SoftwarePackage object has the following properties.
Name Type Description
AcceptanceLevel AcceptanceLevel
The acceptance level of this VIB.
Conflicts SoftwareConstraint[]
A list of VIBs that cannot be installed at
the same time as this VIB. Each constraint
uses the following format:
package-name[<<|<=|=|>=|<<
version]
Depends SoftwareConstraint[]
A list of VIBs that must be installed at the
same time as this VIB. Same constraint
format as Conflicts property.
Description System.String
The long description of the VIB.
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