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New-VMHostProfile

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NAME New-VMHostProfile



SYNOPSIS

This cmdlet creates a new host profile based on a reference host.





SYNTAX

New-VMHostProfile [-Name] <String> [-ReferenceHost] <VMHost> [-CompatibilityMode] [-Description <String>] [-Server

<VIServer[]>] [-Confirm] [-WhatIf] [<CommonParameters>]





DESCRIPTION

This cmdlet creates a new host profile based on a reference host.





PARAMETERS

-CompatibilityMode [<SwitchParameter>]

If you are connected to a vCenter Server/ESX 5.0 or later, use this parameter to indicate that you want the

new profile to be compatible with hosts running ESX/vCenter Server versions earlier than 5.0.



Required? false

Position? named

Default value False

Accept pipeline input? False

Accept wildcard characters? false



-Description <String>

Provides a description for the new host profile.



Required? false

Position? named

Default value None

Accept pipeline input? False

Accept wildcard characters? false



-Name <String>

Specifies a name for the new host profile.



Required? true

Position? 1

Default value None

Accept pipeline input? False

Accept wildcard characters? false



-ReferenceHost <VMHost>

Specifies the reference host, on which the new virtual machine host profile is based.



Required? true

Position? 2

Default value None

Accept pipeline input? True (ByValue)

Accept wildcard characters? true



-Server <VIServer[]>

Specifies the vCenter Server systems on which you want to run the cmdlet. If no value is passed to this

parameter, the command runs on the default servers. For more information about default servers, see the

description of Connect-VIServer.



Required? false

Position? named

Default value None

Accept pipeline input? True (ByValue)

Accept wildcard characters? true



-Confirm [<SwitchParameter>]

If the value is $true, indicates that the cmdlet asks for confirmation before running. If the value is $false,

the cmdlet runs without asking for user confirmation.



Required? false

Position? named

Default value $true

Accept pipeline input? False

Accept wildcard characters? false



-WhatIf [<SwitchParameter>]

Indicates that the cmdlet is run only to display the changes that would be made and actually no objects are

modified.



Required? false

Position? named

Default value False

Accept pipeline input? False

Accept wildcard characters? false



<CommonParameters>

This cmdlet supports the common parameters: Verbose, Debug,

ErrorAction, ErrorVariable, WarningAction, WarningVariable,

OutBuffer, PipelineVariable, and OutVariable. For more information, see

about_CommonParameters (https:/go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=113216).



INPUTS



OUTPUTS

The newly created VMHostProfile object







NOTES









-------------------------- Example 1 --------------------------



$h = Get-VMHost 10.23.134.133



New-VMHostProfile -Name testProfile -Description "This is my first test profile." -ReferenceHost $h



Creates a profile based on the virtual machine host with an IP address 10.23.134.133.



RELATED LINKS

Online Version: https://code.vmware.com/doc/preview?id= ... ofile.html

Invoke-VMHostProfile

Export-VMHostProfile

Get-VMHostProfile

Import-VMHostProfile

Remove-VMHostProfile

Set-VMHostProfile

Test-VMHostProfileCompliance