Apply-VMHostProfile

[esxi1979]

Hi,

I tried applied a hostprofile to a HV in maint mode with

Apply-VMHostProfile -Entity xxx -Profile yyy -Confirm:$false

The names of the required variables and the current or default values is returned..but that is not going to help me. The doc does not explain what to do next

https://www.vmware.com/support/developer/PowerCLI/PowerCLI41U1/html/Apply-VMHostProfile.html

Can someone has any handy script for this.. I saw in google.. it talks about the answer file, tho i do not remember me doing anything manually for that thing. I would simply do "check complience" & then "apply profile" ...

thanks

[LucD]

You have to store the answer in a hash table and pass that table on the Variable parameter.

See example 4 on the Apply-VMHostProfile help.

[esxi1979]

Eg 4 ?

It does not talk about the variable

Get-VMHost | Apply-VMHostProfile -AssociateOnly -profile $profile

[esxi1979]

I think you mean eg 6...

-------------- Example 6 --------------

$requireInput = Apply-VMHostProfile $vmhost -Profile $profile;

$requireInput['network.hostPortGroup["key-vim-profile-host-HostPortgroupProfile-VMkernel"].ipConfig.IpAddressPolicy.address'] = '192.168.0.1';

$requireInput['network.hostPortGroup["key-vim-profile-host-HostPortgroupProfile-VMkernel"].ipConfig.IpAddressPolicy.subnetmask'] = '255.255.255.0';

Apply-VMHostProfile $vmhost -Profile $profile -Variable $requireInput;

[LucD]

Correct, it was Example 4 in a previous PowerCLI version.

My bad

[esxi1979]

i intalled 5.8 .. BTW i followed as it is,  it but gives err

Apply-VMHostProfile : 9/16/2014 11:18:34 PM

Apply-VMHostProfile

Inval

id profile variable(s): 'network.hostPortGroup["key-vim-profile-host-HostPortgr

oupProfile-VMkernel"].ipConfig.IpAddressPolicy.subnetmask, network.hostPortGrou

p["key-vim-profile-host-HostPortgroupProfile-VMkernel"].ipConfig.IpAddressPolic

y.address'.

At line:1 char:20

+ Apply-VMHostProfile <<<<  xxxxx -Profile xxx -Variable $requireInput;

+ CategoryInfo

: InvalidArgument: (:) [Apply-VMHostProfile], VimE

   xception

+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : Client20_SystemManagementServiceImpl_ApplyVMHost

   Profile_InvalidVariable,VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.Cmdlets.Commands.Host.

  ApplyVMHostProfile

[LucD]

Is the Host profile configured to prompt for these properties ?

Do a

$requireInput = Apply-VMHostProfile $vmhost -Profile $profile

$requireInput.GetEnumerator()

[esxi1979]

I filled in $vmhost & $profile , manually .. ie with variable .. the absolute hostname & profile name

I tried to with variable

[esxi1979]

Ok i did add $requireInput.GetEnumerator();

it asked Q i typed Y

But then same error

[esxi1979]

final one was

$requireInput = Apply-VMHostProfile xxxx  -Profile xxx;

$requireInput.GetEnumerator();

$requireInput['network.hostPortGroup["key-vim-profile-host-HostPortgroupProfile-VMkernel"].ipConfig.IpAddressPolicy.address'] = 'xxxx';

$requireInput['network.hostPortGroup["key-vim-profile-host-HostPortgroupProfile-VMkernel"].ipConfig.IpAddressPolicy.subnetmask'] = '255.255.255.0';

Apply-VMHostProfile xxxx -Profile xxx -Variable $requireInput;

[esxi1979]

I tried again with the variables ... gives me err

Apply-VMHostProfile : Cannot bind parameter 'Entity'. Cannot convert the "Syste

m.Management.Automation.Internal.Host.InternalHost" value of type "System.Manag

ement.Automation.Internal.Host.InternalHost" to type "VMware.VimAutomation.ViCo

re.Types.V1.Inventory.InventoryItem".

At line:1 char:20

+ Apply-VMHostProfile <<<<  $host -Profile $profile -Variable $requireInput ;

    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidArgument: (:) [Apply-VMHostProfile], Para

   meterBindingException

    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : CannotConvertArgumentNoMessage,VMware.VimAutomat

   ion.ViCore.Cmdlets.Commands.Host.ApplyVMHostProfile