Using Host Profiles to push a configuration change

The whole purpose of using Host Profiles is to effortlessly push the required configuration onto the ESXi hosts without the need for a manual configuration activity per ESXi host. This would not just come in handy when you deploy a new infrastructure but also when you want to push a new configuration to all the ESXi hosts.

The following flow chart shows a high-level overview of the whole procedure:

How to do it...

The following procedure will walk you through the steps involved in pushing/publishing new configuration changes to the ESXi hosts attached to a Host Profile.

1. Make the necessary configuration change to a reference host.

2. Right-click on the Host Profile and select...