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4 Leave the name and description unchanged and click Next.
5 On the Edit host profile page of the wizard, select Advanced Configuration Settings > Advanced
Options > Advanced configuration options.
You can select specific sub-profiles and edit the syslog settings.
6 If you are setting up an ESXi 5.0 host that did not have a previously configured syslog server, you
have to create an advanced configuration option.
a Click the Add sub-profile icon.
b Select the new sub-profile Advanced configuration option at the top of the list.
c From the Advanced option drop-down list select Configure a fixed option.
d Specify Syslog.global.loghost as the option, and your host as the value.
If you are configuring an ESXi host version 5.1 or later or an ESXi 5.0 host that has syslog
configured, Syslog.global.loghost is already in the list of advanced options.
7 Click Finish to save the host profile settings.
What to do next
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Create a rule that applies the host profile to all hosts that you want to provision with the settings
specified in the reference host. For writing a rule in a PowerCLI session, see Write a Rule and Assign
a Host Profile to Hosts.
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For hosts that are already provisioned with vSphere Auto Deploy, perform the test and repair
compliance operations in a PowerCLI session, see Test and Repair Rule Compliance.
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Power on unprovisioned hosts to provision them with the new host profile.
Enable NTP Client on a Reference Host in the vSphere Web Client
When you collect logging information in large environments, you must ensure that log times are
coordinated. You can set up the reference host to use the NTP server in your environment, extract the
host profile and create a vSphere Auto Deploy rule to apply it to other hosts.
Procedure
1 In the vSphere Web Client navigator, browse to the host that you want to use as a reference host.
2 Select the Manage tab and select Settings.
3 Under System, select Time Configuration and click Edit.
4 Select the Use Network Time Protocol (Enable NTP client) radio button.
This option synchronizes the time and date of the host with an NTP server. The NTP service on the
host periodically takes the time and date from the NTP server.
5 From the NTP Service Startup Policy drop-down list, select Start and stop with host.
6 In the NTP Servers text box, type the IP addresses or host names of the NTP servers that you want
to use.
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