Hi,
My plan s to create the forst ESX host and configure the vswitches..etc and then create a Host profile of it.
My question, is when do I change the host name and IP on the ESX host I plan on applying the profile too?
You will need to do a very basic build on each of the other hosts, so that they can be added to the VC - you will not be able to use host profiles on the hosts until they are added to the VC - so these are manually specified at build time. the rest can come down from the template (You could .. if you really wanted to . . get additional storage ports and any other VMkernel ports to be assigned IP by DHCP)
You will be prompted for host-specific info when applying the host profile.
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Dennis Procopio - VCP
You will need to do a very basic build on each of the other hosts, so that they can be added to the VC - you will not be able to use host profiles on the hosts until they are added to the VC - so these are manually specified at build time. the rest can come down from the template (You could .. if you really wanted to . . get additional storage ports and any other VMkernel ports to be assigned IP by DHCP)