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n Add or import a software depot to the vSphere ESXi Image Builder inventory. See Add a
Software Depot and Import a Software Depot.
n Verify that there is at least one custom depot in the vSphere ESXi Image Builder inventory.
Procedure
1 Navigate to Home > Auto Deploy.
By default, only the administrator role has privileges to use the vSphere ESXi Image Builder
service.
2 From the Software depot drop-down menu, select in which custom depot to add the new
image profile.
3 On the Image Profiles tab, click New Image Profile.
4 Enter an image profile name, vendor, and description.
You must enter a unique image profile name.
5 Click Next.
The Select software packages page appears.
6 From the drop-down menu, select an acceptance level for the image profile.
The acceptance level of the VIBs you add to the base image must be at least as high as the
level of the base image. If you add a VIB with a lower acceptance level to the image profile,
you must lower the image profile acceptance level. For more information, see Working with
Acceptance Levels.
7 Select the VIBs that you want to add to the image profile and deselect the ones that you want
to remove, and click Next.
Note The image profile must contain a bootable ESXi image to be valid.
vSphere ESXi Image Builder verifies that the change does not invalidate the profile. Some VIBs
depend on other VIBs and become invalid if you include them in an image profile separately.
When you add or remove a VIB, vSphere ESXi Image Builder checks whether the package
dependencies are met.
8 On the Ready to complete page, review the summary information for the new image profile
and click Finish.
What to do next
n You can associate an image profile with a new vSphere Auto Deploy rule to provision ESXi
hosts. See Create a Deploy Rule or Clone a Deploy Rule.
n You can associate an image profile with an ESXi host. See Add a Host to the vSphere Auto
Deploy Inventory.
n Edit the Image Profile Association of a Host.
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