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Subsequent Boots With Updates
You can change the image profile, host profile, or vCenter Server location for hosts. The process includes
changing rules and testing and repairing the host's rule compliance.
1 The administrator uses the
updates the rule set. See
2 The administrator runs the
the information that the current rule set specifies.
3 The host returns a PowerCLI object that encapsulates compliance information.
4 The administrator runs the
profile, or vCenter Server location the vCenter Server system stores for each host.
5 When the host reboots, it uses the updated image profile, host profile, or vCenter Server location for the
host.
If the host profile is set up to request user input, the host is placed in maintenance mode. Follow the
steps in "Update the Host Customization in the vSphere Web Client,"
See "Test and Repair Rule Compliance,"
Figure 7‑3. Auto Deploy Installation, Subsequent Boots
Auto Deploy subsequent boots
subsequent boot
with no update
reboot
host
vCenter Server
provisions host
using host &
image profiles
Provisioning of Systems that Have Distributed Switches
You can configure the host profile of an Auto Deploy reference host with a distributed switch.
When you configure the distributed switch, the boot configuration parameters policy is automatically set to
match the network parameters required for host connectivity after a reboot.
When Auto Deploy provisions the ESXi host with the host profile, the host goes through a two-step process.
1 The host creates a standard virtual switch with the properties specified in the boot configuration
parameters field.
2 The host creates the VMkernel NICs. The VMkernel NICs allow the host to connect to Auto Deploy and
to the vCenter Server system.
VMware, Inc.
PowerCLI cmdlet to copy and edit one or more rules and
Copy-DeployRule
"Auto Deploy Roadmap,"
Test-DeployRulesetCompliance
Repair-DeployRulesetCompliance
on page 176.
subsequent boot with
image update
(optional)
use updated
image profile
on page 164 for an example.
cmdlet to check whether each host is using
cmdlet to update the image profile, host
on page 180.
edit and
update rule set
check
ruleset
compliance
update the host
& image profile
associations
stored in
vCenter Server
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