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3 Click Next.
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.
Prerequisites
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 On the Select image profile page of the wizard, select an image profile.
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.
2 Click Next.
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.
Procedure
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On the Select host profile page of the wizard, select a host profile.
Option Action
If you want to keep the host profile used in the cloned rule Click Next.
If you do not want to assign a host profile to the selected
hosts
Select the Do not include a host profile check box and click
Next.
If you want to assign a new host profile to the selected hosts Select a host profile from the list and click Next.
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.
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