Scenario 25

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Scenario:

You are the administrator of a large vSphere environment. You want to create custom ESXi image profiles that contain custom drivers and other custom VIBs. To get started, you want to use Image Builder to use a Zip file that was downloaded from VMware and contains a standard ESXi image profile. You also want to create a custom profile by copying the standard profile.

Requirements:

• Use Image Builder to implement the Zip file as an offline software depot.
• Use Image Builder to list the image profiles in the depot. Identify which of these profiles is the standard profile.
• Use Image Builder to copy the standard ESXi image profile to a new profile named custom.

Environment Information:

• Zip file downloaded from VMware: d:\depot\VMware-ESXi-5.1.0-799733-depot.zip
• Image Builder location: The Windows system, where PowerCLI is installed

Objective: : 9.1 Install ESXi hosts with custom settings

Guide Reference(s):

• Chapter 9 – Auto Deploy Architecture - Install and Uninstall Custom Drivers