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You can run the cmdlet multiple times to register multiple proxy servers. The address can

contain a port number.

3 (Optional) Run the List-ProxyServer cmdlet to verify that the caching proxy server is

registered with vSphere Auto Deploy.

Managing vSphere Auto Deploy with the vSphere Client

You can add ESXi hosts to the vSphere Auto Deploy inventory, create, monitor, and manage the

vSphere Auto Deploy rules, and ESXi host associations by using the vSphere Client.

(Auto Deploy Enhancements in the vSphere Client )

Create a Deploy Rule

Before you provision ESXi hosts with vSphere Auto Deploy, you must create rules that assign host

locations, image profiles, and host profiles to the hosts. An ESXi host can match more than one

vSphere Auto Deploy rule criteria, when this is the case, the rule order is considered.

Prerequisites

n Prepare your system and install the Auto Deploy Server. For more information, see Prepare

Your System for vSphere Auto Deploy.

n 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 Navigate to Home > Auto Deploy.

By default, only the administrator role has privileges to use the vSphere Auto Deploy service.

2 On the Deploy Rules tab, click New Deploy Rule.

The New Deploy Rule wizard appears.

3 On the Name and hosts page of the wizard, enter a name for the new rule.

4 Select to either apply the rule to all hosts in the inventory or only to hosts that match a specific

pattern.

You can select one or more patterns.

For example, the rule can apply only to hosts in a vCenter Single Sign-On domain, with a

specific host name, or that match a specific IPv4 range.

5 On the Configuration page of the wizard, you can optionally include items in the rule.

Each enabled item adds a new page to the wizard.

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