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Policy
NTP
Security
Networking and Storage
4 Click OK to save the host profile settings.
What to do next
Write a rule that applies the host profile to all hosts that you want to provision with the settings that you
specified in the reference host (see
compliance operation.
Set Up ESXi Dump Collector from the Host Profiles Interface in the vSphere Web Client
You can set up ESXi Dump Collector for a reference host with
of the vSphere Web Client. You can export the host profile and write a rule that applies the profile to all
hosts provisioned with Auto Deploy.
Best practice is to set up hosts to use ESXi Dump Collector with the
save the host profile (see
a GUI, set up ESXi Dump Collector from the Host Profiles interface.
Prerequisites
Verify that at least one partition has sufficient storage capability for core dumps from multiple hosts
provisioned with vSphere Auto Deploy.
Procedure
1 In the vSphere Web Client, click Rules and Profiles and click Host Profiles.
2 For a new profile, click the Create Profile from a host icon, or right-click a profile that you want to
modify and select Edit Host Profile.
3 Leave the name and description and click Next.
4 Select Network Configuration.
5 Select Network Coredump Settings.
6 Click the Enabled check box.
7 Specify the host NIC to use, the Network Coredump Server IP, and the Network Coredump Server
Port.
8 Click Finish to save the host profile settings.
What to do next
Write a rule that applies the host profile to all hosts that you want to provision with the settings that
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you specified in the reference host. See
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Description
Use the vicfg-ntp vCLI command or the vSphere Web Client to set up a
host. If you use the vSphere Web Client to start the NTP Server, make sure
the startup policy for the NTP Daemon is set appropriately.
a In the vSphere Web Client, select the host.
b Select the Manage tab and click Time Configuration.
c Click Edit and click Use Network Time Protocol (Enable NTP client).
d Select Start and stop with host as the NTP Service Startup Policy.
Set up the firewall configuration, security configuration, user
configuration, and user group configuration for the reference host with the
vSphere Web Client or with vCLI commands. See the vSphere Security
documentation.
Set up the networking and storage policies for the reference host with the
vSphere Web Client or vCLI command.
"Assign a Host Profile to Hosts,"
"Configure ESXi Dump Collector with ESXCLI,"
"Assign a Host Profile to Hosts,"
on page 174). Perform a test-and-repair
or directly in the Host Profiles panels
esxcli
esxcli system coredump
on page 189). If you prefer to use
on page 174.
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