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Procedure
1 In a PowerCLI session, run the Connect-VIServer cmdlet to connect to the vCenter Server
system that vSphere Auto Deploy is registered with.
Connect-VIServer ipv4_or_ipv6_address
The cmdlet might return a server certificate warning. In a production environment, make
sure no server certificate warnings result. In a development environment, you can ignore the
warning.
2 Using the vSphere Client, set up a host with the settings you want to use and create a host
profile from that host.
3 Find the name of the host profile by running Get-VMhostProfile PowerCLI cmdlet, passing
in the
ESXi host from which you create a host profile.
4 At the PowerCLI prompt, define a rule in which host profiles are assigned to hosts with certain
attributes, for example a range of IP addresses.
New-DeployRule -Name "testrule2" -Item my_host_profile -Pattern "vendor=Acme,Zven",
"ipv4=192.XXX.1.10-192.XXX.1.20"
The specified item is assigned to all hosts with the specified attributes. This example specifies
a rule named testrule2. The rule assigns the specified host profile my_host_profile to all hosts
with an IP address inside the specified range and with a manufacturer of Acme or Zven.
5 Add the rule to the rule set.
Add-DeployRule testrule2
By default, the working rule set becomes the active rule set, and any changes to the rule set
become active when you add a rule. If you use the NoActivate parameter, the working rule
set does not become the active rule set.
What to do next
n Assign a host already provisioned with vSphere Auto Deploy to the new host profile by
performing compliance test and repair operations on those hosts. For more information, see
Test and Repair Rule Compliance .
n Power on unprovisioned hosts to provision them with the host profile.
Write a Rule and Assign a Host to a Folder or Cluster
vSphere Auto Deploy can assign a host to a folder or cluster. When the host boots, vSphere Auto
Deploy adds it to the specified location on the vCenter Server. Hosts assigned to a cluster inherit
the cluster's host profile.
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