Host profiles esx to esxi?

[beckhamk]

Can I use my current ESX host profiles to provision a new esxi host?  Or do i have to start all over with a new esxi install and manually configure the host then create a profile of that host before i can provision esxi hosts?

thanks in advance

[AndreTheGiant]

Yes.

See the note about mixed environment in:

http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/techpaper/VMW-Host-Profiles-Tech-Overview.pdf

Andre

[bulletprooffool]

In short, no.

from the above doc:

VMware ESX and ESXi versions
Host Profiles created from a VMware ESX reference host can be applied to both ESX and ESXi hosts. An ESXi host profile can
only be applied to an ESXi host. If you have a mixed cluster of ESX and ESXi hosts, then it is recommended to create a host
profile from an ESX host. Host Profiles is able to translate and apply the ESX service console definition to an ESXi VMkernel port
for management access, but not vice versa.

Host Profiles is supported only for VMware vSphere 4.1 hosts. This feature is not supported for VI 3.5 or earlier hosts. If you
have VMware Infrastructure 3.5 (VI 3.5) or earlier hosts managed by your VMware vCenter Server 4.1, the following can occur if
you try to use Host Profiles for those hosts:
– You cannot create a host profile that uses a VI 3.5 or earlier host as a reference host.
– You cannot apply a host profile to any VI 3.5 or earlier hosts. The compliance check fails.
– While you can attach a host profile to a mixed cluster that contains VI 3.5 or earlier hosts, the compliance check for those
hosts fails.