VMware VS4-ENT-PL-A - vSphere Enterprise Plus, Setup Manual

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Procedure
1 Run the
Connect-VIServer
PowerCLI cmdlet to connect to the vCenter Server system that Auto Deploy
is registered with.
Connect-VIServer 192.XXX.X.XX
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 Web 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 hosts with certain attributes, for example a range of IP
addresses, are assigned to the host profile.
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
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Upgrade existing hosts to use the new host profile by performing compliance test and repair operations
on those hosts. See “Test and Repair Rule Compliance,” on page 176.
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Turn on unprovisioned hosts to provision them with the host profile.
Assign a Host to a Folder or Cluster
Auto Deploy can assign a host to a folder or cluster. When the host boots, Auto Deploy adds it to the
specified location on the vCenter Server. Hosts assigned to a cluster inherit the cluster's host profile.
The following procedure explains how to write a rule that assigns a host to a folder or cluster. To assign a
host already provisioned with Auto Deploy to a new folder or cluster, you must also perform a test and
repair cycle. See “Test and Repair Rule Compliance,” on page 176.
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The folder you select must be in a datacenter or in a cluster. You cannot assign the host to a
standalone top-level folder.
Prerequisites
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Install VMware PowerCLI and all prerequisite software.
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If you encounter problems running PowerCLI cmdlets, consider changing the execution policy. See
“Using Auto Deploy Cmdlets,” on page 170.
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