VMware VS4-ENT-PL-A Setup Guide - Page 224

vSphere Installation and Setup Prerequisites n Make sure your system meets the requirements in the preinstallation checklist. See "Proof of Concept Preinstallation Checklist," on page 212. n Perform all preceding proof of concept setup tasks. See "Auto Deploy Proof of Concept Setup," on page 212 for the complete list. Procedure 1 Log in to the console of the Windows system on which vCenter Server is installed with administrator privileges, either directly or by using RDP. 2 Start a PowerCLI session and type the following commands, followed by Enter, at the prompt. Connect-VIServer -Server your_vc_hostname -User username -Password password Add-EsxSoftwareDepot path:\VMware-Esxi-version-xxxxx-depot.zip Include the complete path and file name of the ZIP file you downloaded earlier. Adding the software depot is required each time you start a new PowerCLI session. 3 (Optional) To display the rules in the active ruleset type he following cmdlet at the prompt and press Enter. Get-DeployRuleset 4 To create a rule that instructs Auto Deploy to provision the set of hosts in the specified IP range with the image you selected and with the host profile you created from the reference host, type the following command and press Enter. New-DeployRule -name "Production01Rule" -item "image_profile", ESXiGold,target_cluster Pattern "ipv4=IP_range" Option image_profile target_cluster IP_range Description The ESXi image profile you used in the first deploy rule. Name of the cluster in vCenter Server to which you want to add all hosts. Either a single IP address or a range of IP addresses for the hosts you want to provision with the image profile and host profile. When you specify a target cluster, the host profile is applied to all hosts in the cluster. Applying the host profile to each host is not required. 5 Add the new rule to the active ruleset. Add-DeployRule -DeployRule "Production01Rule" 6 (Optional) Remove the deploy rule you created for the initial boot operation. Remove-DeployRule -DeployRule InitialBootRule 7 Check the active rule set. Get-DeployRuleset PowerCLI displays information similar to the following example. Name: PatternList: ItemList: Production01Rule {ipv4=address_range} {ESXi-version-XXXXXX-standard, Compute01, ESXiGold} What to do next Provision all hosts and set up host customizations for each host. See "Provision All Hosts and Set Up Host Customizations," on page 225. 224 VMware, Inc.