VMware VS4-ENT-PL-A - vSphere Enterprise Plus Setup Manual page 194

vSphere Installation and Setup
7 Use the Auto Deploy PowerCLI to write a rule that applies the host profile of your reference host to all
hosts immediately when they boot.
Auto-partitioning is performed when the hosts boot.
Advanced Management Tasks
In most cases, you manage your Auto Deploy environment by preparing system setup, writing rules, and
provisioning hosts. In some cases, you might perform advanced management tasks such as reregistering the
Auto Deploy server or assigning a static IP address to each host.
Reregister Auto Deploy
If the IP address of the vCenter Server changes, you must reregister Auto Deploy.
Regardless of whether you are using the vCenter Server Appliance or a vCenter Server system installed on
Windows, you must stop the Auto Deploy process and reregister Auto Deploy if the vCenter Server IP
address changes.
Procedure
Perform the reregistration task depending on the operating system.
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Platform
Windows
VMware vCenter Server Appliance
Set Up Host Profiles for Static IP Addresses in the vSphere Web Client
By default, hosts provisioned with Auto Deploy are assigned DHCP addresses by a DHCP server. You can
use the Auto Deploy host customization mechanism to assign static IP addresses to hosts.
Prerequisites
Set up your Auto Deploy environment.
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Task
a Stop the Auto Deploy process.
net stop vmware-autodeploy-waiter
b Edit the setup file located at c:\ProgramData\VMware\VMware
vCenter Auto Deploy\vmconfig-autodeploy.xml and specify the
new IP address.
You do not have to edit the file if you reregister for other reasons than
a new IP address.
c Run the autodeploy-register.exe command, specifying all
required options.
autodeploy-register.exe -R -a vCenter-IP -p vCenter-Port
-u user_name -w password -s setup-file-path
d Restart the Auto Deploy process.
net start vmware-autodeploy-waiter
a Stop the Auto Deploy process.
/etc/init.d/vmware-rbd-watchdog stop
b
Run the autodeploy-register command, specifying all required
options.
autodeploy-register -R -a vCenter-IP -p vCenter-Port -u
user_name -w password -s setup-file-path
c Restart the Auto Deploy process.
/etc/init.d/vmware-rbd-watchdog start
You can also use the Start ESXi Services and Stop ESXi Services buttons
in the vCenter Server Appliance.
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