Hello,
We have 8 x ESXi 5.5 hosts and I've installed ESXi5.5 before, but have to manually configure the network settings (standard switch), I'm no expert but can I save all these settings so "if" I have to rebuild a hosts I can apply the settings quickly?
Thanks
you can use host profiles to replicate the configurations ..
This should be helpful for you .,.
Host profiles are the easiest way ... in case that you have Enterprise Plus licenses. Otherwise you will have to put together (google-out) some PowerCLI / vRealize Orchestrator / ... scripts.
Hello,
We have 2 options to save and restore or replicate the same configuration of the host.
First one is to work with host profiles.
Take a reference host and generate a host profile and then apply that to the new host after changing the answer file configuration.
Second is to backup the host configuration and then restore it to a different host but the host should not be connected to the network till the complete configuration is done.
vim-cmd hostsvc/firmware/restore_config /tmp/configBundle.tgz
Hello,
Looks like we have the Enterprise license only, what is strange I can go to tHome > Host Profiles and it looks like I can confiure it, should this even show up if I only have an Enterprise license only?
Try it... you'll receive error after clicking "Finish"
Damn, they tease you then slap you in the face
Run this and it saved a file:
Example - Get-VMHostFirmware -VMHost ESXi_host_IP_address -BackupConfiguration -DestinationPath output_directory
Get-VMHostFirmware -VMHost 192.168.1.1 -BackupConfiguration -DestinationPath c:\VMhostsBackups
Host Data
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192.168.1.1 c:\VMhostsBackups\configBundle-192.168.1.1.tgz
Need to run a test restore, maybe I can try and use VMware worstation for this and a dummy host?