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VMware vSphere 4 - Host Profiles Feature

Title: vSphere 4 Host Profiles
Author(s): Xtravirt (Paul Davey)
Target Audience: Technical - Intermediate
Current Revision: 1.0 April 2009
First Published: 21 April 2009
Products: VMware vSphere 4
UID: XD10015

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Title: 
vSphere 4 Host Profiles
Author(s): 
Xtravirt (Paul Davey)
Target Audience: 
Technical - Intermediate
First Published: 
21 April 2009
Products: 
VMware vSphere 4
UID: 
XD10015

This Xtravirt white paper provides an overview of host profiles in VMware’s vSphere and how to create, use, review and confirm the configuration has been updated to ensure compliance with the profile.

Overview

Host Profiles are a new technology introduced with the release of vSphere (previously ‘VMware Infrastructure’). They are used to ensure a level of configuration standardisation and compliance across your hosts.

This Xtravirt white paper provides an overview of host profiles in VMware’s vSphere and how to create, use, review and confirm the configuration has been updated to ensure compliance with the profile.

Key Concepts:

  • vSphere Host Profile overview
  • Creation and use of host profiles
  • Review and confirmation to ensure compliance

 

References
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XS10001
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ESX
ESXi
Host Profiles
VMware
VMware Infrastructure
vSphere
Hypervisor

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