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

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Prerequisites
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Make sure your system meets the requirements in the preinstallation checklist. See “Proof of Concept
Preinstallation Checklist,” on page 212.
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Perform all preceding proof of concept setup tasks. See “Auto Deploy Proof of Concept Setup,” on
page 212 for the complete list.
Procedure
1 Log in to the console of the Windows system on which vCenter Server is installed with administrator
privileges, either directly or by using RDP.
2 Start a PowerCLI session and type the following commands, followed by Enter, at the prompt.
Connect-VIServer -Server your_vc_hostname -User username -Password password
Add-EsxSoftwareDepot path :\VMware-Esxi- version - xxxxx -depot.zip
Include the complete path and file name of the ZIP file you downloaded earlier. Adding the software
depot is required each time you start a new PowerCLI session.
3 (Optional) To display the rules in the active ruleset type he following cmdlet at the prompt and press
Enter.
Get-DeployRuleset
4 To create a rule that instructs Auto Deploy to provision the set of hosts in the specified IP range with
the image you selected and with the host profile you created from the reference host, type the following
command and press Enter.
New-DeployRule -name "Production01Rule" -item " image_profile ", ESXiGold, target_cluster -
Pattern "ipv4= IP_range "
Option Description
image_profile
The ESXi image profile you used in the first deploy rule.
target_cluster
Name of the cluster in vCenter Server to which you want to add all hosts.
IP_range
Either a single IP address or a range of IP addresses for the hosts you want
to provision with the image profile and host profile.
When you specify a target cluster, the host profile is applied to all hosts in the cluster. Applying the
host profile to each host is not required.
5 Add the new rule to the active ruleset.
Add-DeployRule -DeployRule "Production01Rule"
<Enter>
6 (Optional) Remove the deploy rule you created for the initial boot operation.
Remove-DeployRule -DeployRule InitialBootRule
<Enter>
7 Check the active rule set.
Get-DeployRuleset
<Enter>
PowerCLI displays information similar to the following example.
Name: Production01Rule
PatternList: {ipv4=address_range}
ItemList: {ESXi-version-XXXXXX-standard, Compute01, ESXiGold}
What to do next
Provision all hosts and set up host customizations for each host. See “Provision All Hosts and Set Up Host
Customizations,” on page 225.
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