Applying an Image Profile to the host

The whole purpose of creating an Image Profile is to assign it to a host and apply it. This is particularly useful when performing upgrades or driver updates on Auto Deployed ESX Servers.

How to do it…

The following procedure will guide you through the steps required to assign and apply an Image Profile to an ESX Server.

1. Use the cmdlet Connect-VIServer to add the vCenter Server to the PowerCLI session.

   Connect-VIServer -Server vcenter51 -User Administrator -Password pass123
   

2. Use the Get-VMHost cmdlet to fetch a list of ESX Servers in Maintenance mode.

   Get-VMHost –State Maintenance
   

   

3. Save the output of the Get-VMHost command to a user-defined variable.

   $esxhost = Get-VMHost -State Maintenance
   

4. Use the Apply-EsxImageProfile cmdlet to apply the Image Profile to the ESX Servers.

   Apply-ESXImageProfile -ImageProfile "Profile001" -Entities $esxhost
   

5. Check whether the ESX Server is compliant with the created profile.

   Test-DeployRuleSetCompliance -VMHost $esxhost
   

   

6. Assign...