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VMware vSphere 5.0 Evaluation Guide –
Volume One
Create a New Image Profile by Cloning an Existing Image Profile
Create a new ESXi image named “
MyClonedProfile
” by cloning the
ESXi-5.0.0-381646-standard
Image
included with the offline bundle.
PowerCLI C:\> New-EsxImageProfile –CloneProfile ESXi-5.0.0-381646-standard –Name
“MyClonedProfile”
Figure 139.
New-EsxImageProfile -CloneProfile
Display the list of available image profiles confirming that the new profile was created:
PowerCLI C:\> Get-EsxImageProfile
Figure 140.
Get-EsxImageProfile with MyClonedProfile
Removing VIBs from an Image Profile
The cloned image profile
“MyCloneProfile”
includes the VMware Tools package. We can make the size of this
image profile smaller by removing the VMware Tools package.
PowerCLI C:\> Remove-EsxSoftwarePackage –ImageProfile MyClonedProfile –
SoftwarePackage tools-light
Figure 141.
Remove-EsxSoftwarePackage