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Table 7, Auto Deploy Architecture, Auto Deploy server, engine - powercli
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vSphere Installation and Setup Table 7‑5. Auto Deploy Stores Information for Deployment Information Type Description Source of State Information Image state Executable software to run on an ESXi host. Image profile, created with Image Builder PowerCLI. Configuration state Configurable settings that determine how the host is configured, for example, virtual switches and their settings, driver settings, boot parameters, and so on. Host profile, created by using the host profile UI. Often comes from a template host. Dynamic state Runtime state that is generated by the running Stored in host memory and lost during reboot. software, for example, generated private keys or runtime databases. Virtual machine state Virtual machines stored on a host and virtual machine autostart information (subsequent boots only). vCenter Server must be available to supply virtual machine information to Auto Deploy. User input State that is based on user input, for example, an IP address that the user provides when the system starts up, cannot automatically be included in the host profile. You can create a host profile that requires user input for certain values. When Auto Deploy applies a host profile that requires an answer to a host, the host comes up in maintenance mode. Use the host profiles interface to check the host profile compliance, and respond to the prompt to customize the host. The host customization information is stored with the host. Auto Deploy Architecture The Auto Deploy infrastructure consists of several components. Figure 7‑1. vSphere Auto Deploy Architecture Auto Deploy PowerCLI Host profiles and host customization Host profile UI Rules Engine Image Builder PowerCLI Image profiles Auto Deploy server (web server) Host Plug-in profile engine ESXi host HTTP fetch of images/VIBs and host profiles (iPXE boot and update) Fetch of predefined image profiles and VIBs VIBs and image profiles public depot Auto Deploy server Auto Deploy rules engine Serves images and host profiles to ESXi hosts. The Auto Deploy server is at the heart of the Auto Deploy infrastructure. Tells the Auto Deploy server which image profile and which host profile to serve to which host. Administrators use the Auto Deploy PowerCLI to define the rules that assign image profiles and host profiles to hosts. 158 VMware, Inc.
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