VMware VS4-ENT-PL-A Setup Guide - Page 206

vSphere Installation and Setup Cause After the host has been added to a vCenter Server system, the boot configuration is determined by the vCenter Server system. The vCenter Server system associates an image profile, host profile, or folder location with the host. Solution u Use the Test-DeployRuleSetCompliance and Repair-DeployRuleSetCompliance PowerCLI cmdlets to reevalute the rules and to associate the correct image profile, host profile, or folder location with the host. Host Is Not Redirected to Auto Deploy Server During boot, a host that you want to provision with Auto Deploy loads iPXE. The host is not redirected to the Auto Deploy server. Problem During boot, a host that you want to provision with Auto Deploy loads iPXE. The host is not redirected to the AutoDeploy server. Cause The tramp file that is included in the TFTP ZIP file has the wrong IP address for the Auto Deploy server. Solution u Correct the IP address of the Auto Deploy server in the tramp file, as explained in the vSphere Installation and Setup documentation. Auto Deploy Host with a Built-In USB Flash Drive Does Not Send Coredumps to Local Disk If your Auto Deploy host has a built-in USB flash drive, and an error results in a coredump, the coredump is lost. Set up your system to use ESXi Dump Collector to store coredumps on a networked host. Problem If your Auto Deploy host has a built-in USB Flash, and if it encounters an error that results in a coredump, the coredump is not sent to the local disk. Solution 1 Install ESXi Dump Collector on a system of your choice. ESXi Dump Collector is included with the vCenter Server installer. 2 Use ESXCLI to configure the host to use ESXi Dump Collector. esxcli conn_options system coredump network set IP-addr,port esxcli system coredump network set -e true 3 Use ESXCLI to disable local coredump partitions. esxcli conn_options system coredump partition set -e false 206 VMware, Inc.