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Change the Host Acceptance Level, Getting Started with, vSphere Command-Line Interfaces
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vSphere Installation and Setup The acceptance level of a host, image profile, or VIB allows you to determine who tested the VIB and who supports the VIB. VMware supports the following acceptance levels. VMwareCertified The VMwareCertified acceptance level has the most stringent requirements. VIBs with this level go through thorough testing fully equivalent to VMware in-house Quality Assurance testing for the same technology. Today, only IOVP drivers are published at this level. VMware takes support calls for VIBs with this acceptance level. VMwareAccepted VIBs with this acceptance level go through verification testing, but the tests do not fully test every function of the software. The partner runs the tests and VMware verifies the result. Today, CIM providers and PSA plugins are among the VIBs published at this level. VMware directs support calls for VIBs with this acceptance level to the partner's support organization. PartnerSupported VIBs with the PartnerSupported acceptance level are published by a partner that VMware trusts. The partner performs all testing. VMware does not verify the results. This level is used for a new or nonmainstream technology that partners want to enable for VMware systems. Today, driver VIB technologies such as Infiniband, ATAoE, and SSD are at this level with nonstandard hardware drivers. VMware directs support calls for VIBs with this acceptance level to the partner's support organization. CommunitySupported The Community Supported acceptance level is for VIBs created by individuals or companies outside of VMware partner programs. VIBs at this level have not gone through any VMware-approved testing program and are not supported by VMware Technical Support or by a VMware partner. Change the Host Acceptance Level You can lower the host acceptance level to match the acceptance level for a VIB or image profile you want to install. The acceptance level of each VIB on a host must be at least as high as the host acceptance level. For example, you cannot install a VIB with PartnerSupported acceptance level on a host with VMwareAccepted acceptance level. You must first lower the acceptance level of the host. Prerequisites Install vCLI or deploy the vSphere Management Assistant (vMA) virtual machine. See Getting Started with vSphere Command-Line Interfaces. For troubleshooting, run esxcli commands in the ESXi Shell. Procedure 1 Retrieve the acceptance level for the VIB or image profile. Option List information for all VIBs. List information for a specified VIB. List information for all image profiles. List information for a specified image profile. Description esxcli --server=server_name software sources vib list -depot=depot_URL esxcli --server=server_name software sources vib list -viburl=vib_URL esxcli --server=server_name software sources profile list --depot=depot_URL esxcli --server=server_name software sources profile get -depot=depot_URL --profile=profile_name 2 Get the host acceptance level. esxcli --server=server_name software acceptance get 240 VMware, Inc.