Managing host profiles

In Chapter 3, Deploying vSphere Hosts we touched upon host profile concepts. In this section, we will go more in-depth on the topic. To manage host profiles, we can use the following cmdlets:

• Export-VMHostProfile

• Get-VMHostProfile

• Get-VMHostProfileRequiredInput

• Import-VMHostProfile

• Invoke-VMHostProfile

• New-VMHostProfile

• Remove-VMHostProfile

• Set-VMHostProfile

• Test-VMHostProfileCompliance

We have already checked how we can utilize the New-VMHostProfile, Get-VMHostProfile, and Invoke-VMHostProfile cmdlets.

Here is a set of examples to show you the preceding cmdlets:

Here are the explanations of the preceding cmdlets.

In the first Export-VMHostProfile cmdlet, we are taking a backup of the profile Configuration-Profile in the C drive. Note the extension of the profile; it is saved as a .vpf file.

In the second cmdlet, we are removing an existing profile Configuration-Profile using the Remove-VMHostProfile cmdlet. Next we run the Get-VMHostProfile cmdlet to check whether...