Host profile compliance

[dingding]

i have created a host profile, just after creation, i check the profile compliance, as expected it's compliant. then i edit the profile and add a advanced parameter: Disk.MaxLUN, and set value to 32. the current value is 256. when i check the compliance again, it's still compliant, why?

[lamw]

There's a good chance it does not capture the advanced parameters. There are few things that Host Profiles does not capture such as iSCSI configurations and duplex settings and it could also be the case for advanced parameters. You may want to log a ticket with VMware Support and verify to see if this may be a bug or not

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[KNardi]

Can someone please tell me why I would need a Host profile?

thanks in advance

[Troy_Clavell]

Host Profile's are only available in vSphere Enterprise Plus and you don't NEED it, but it is a time saver.

>Host Profiles — Host profiles simplify host configuration management through user-defined configuration policies. You can use profile policies to eliminate per-host, manual, or UI-based host configuration and efficiently maintain configuration consistency and correctness across the entire datacenter. Host profile policies can capture the blueprint of a known, validated "golden" configuration and use this to configure networking, storage settings, security settings, and so on for multiple hosts. Host profile policies also monitor compliance to standard host configuration settings across the datacenter. Policies simplify host configuration management in small and large environments

http://www.vmware.com/support/vsphere4/doc/vsp_40_new_feat.html

[KNardi]

Awesome!! thanks again Troy

[janskey]

I experience the same issue and post it in my blogs: http://vsomething.wordpress.com/2010/09/13/vsphere-host-profile-bug/

Jann