Create a Host Profile on a vCenter Server System

The VMware Host Profiles feature enables you to create standard configurations for ESXi hosts. With PowerCLI, you can automate creation and modifying of host profiles.

Prerequisites

Verify that you are connected to a host that runs vCenter Server 4.1 or later.

Procedure

  1. Get the host named Host1 and store it in the $vmhost variable. 
    $vmhost = Get-VMHost Host1
  2. Create a profile based on the Host1 host. 
    New-VMHostProfile -Name MyHostProfile01 -Description "This is my test profile based on Host1." -ReferenceHost $vmhost
  3. Get the newly created host profile. 
    $hp1 = Get-VMHostProfile -Name MyHostProfile01
  4. Change the description of the HostProfile1 host profile. 
    Set-VMHostProfile -Profile $hp1 -Description "This is my old test host profile based on Host1."