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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, from the list of rules in the inventory select the rule and click Edit.
The Edit Deploy Rule dialog box appears.
3 (Optional) On the Name and hosts page of the wizard, enter a name for the new rule.
4 (Optional) 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.
Option Action
Host Location Add the hosts that match the criteria of the rule to a
specific location.
Image Profile Assign an image profile to the hosts that match the rule
criteria.
Host Profile Assign a host profile to the hosts that match the rule
criteria.
Script Bundle Assign a script bundle to the host that match the rule
criteria.
6 Click Next to skip the Host Location selection.
7 On the Select image profile page of the wizard, assign an image profile to the hosts that
match the rule criteria.
Option
Action
If you do not want to change the image profile Select the Same image profile check box.
If you want to assign a new image profile to the selected
hosts
1 Select the Browse for Image Profile check box.
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.
8 Click Next to skip the Host profile selection.
9 On the Ready to complete page, review the summary information for the new image profile
and click Finish.
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