Host Profile Manager APIs
The HostProfileManager provides access to a list of HostProfiles and it defines methods to manipulate profiles and AnswerFiles.
Operations
                            
                    
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                                Host Profile Manager  Apply Entities Config  Task                            
                                                            
                                    The task for applying host configuration on a list of hosts.
                                
                                                    
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                                Host Profile Manager  Apply Host Config  Task                            
                                                            
                                    Apply the configuration to the host.
                                
                                                    
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                                Host Profile Manager  Check Answer File Status  Task                            
                                                            
                                    Check the validity of the answer files for the specified hosts.
                                
                                                    
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                                Host Profile Manager  Composite Host Profile  Task                            
                                                            
                                    Composes (merge, replace, delete, disable)
the selected configurations into the target host profiles.
                                
                                                    
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                                Host Profile Manager  Create Default Profile                            
                                                            
                                    Create a default subprofile of a given type (for example, a
*VirtualSwitchProfile*).
                                
                                                    
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                                Host Profile Manager  Create Profile                            
                                                            
                                    Create a profile from the specified CreateSpec.
                                
                                                    
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                                Host Profile Manager  Export Answer File  Task                            
                                                            
                                    Export a host's answer file into a serialized form.
                                
                                                    
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                                Host Profile Manager  Find Associated Profile                            
                                                            
                                    Get the profile(s) to which this entity is associated.
                                
                                                    
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                                Host Profile Manager  Generate Config Task List                            
                                                            
                                    Generate a list of configuration tasks that will be performed on the
host during HostProfile application.
                                
                                                    
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                                Host Profile Manager  Generate Host Config Task Spec  Task                            
                                                            
                                    This method generates *ApplyHostProfileConfigurationSpec* data object
for each host which can be passed as input to
*HostProfileManager.ApplyEntitiesConfig_Task*
to configure that host.
                                
                                                    
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                                Host Profile Manager  Generate Host Profile Task List  Task                            
                                                            
                                    Generate a list of configuration tasks that will be performed on the
host during HostProfile application.
                                
                                                    
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                                Host Profile Manager Get Profile                            
                                                            
                                    A list of profiles known to this ProfileManager.
                                
                                                    
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                                Host Profile Manager  Query Answer File Status                            
                                                            
                                    Returns the status of the answer files associated with specified hosts.
                                
                                                    
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                                Host Profile Manager  Query Host Profile Metadata                            
                                                            
                                    Retrieve the metadata for a set of profiles.
                                
                                                    
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                                Host Profile Manager  Query Policy Metadata                            
                                                            
                                    Get the Metadata information for the policyNames.
                                
                                                    
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                                Host Profile Manager  Query Profile Structure                            
                                                            
                                    Get information about the structure of the profile.
                                
                                                    
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                                Host Profile Manager  Retrieve Answer File                            
                                                            
                                    Returns the answer file associated with a particular host.
                                
                                                    
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                                Host Profile Manager  Retrieve Answer File For Profile                            
                                                            
                                    Returns the answer file associated with a particular host, augmented
with whatever answer file values are required for the supplied host
profile.
                                
                                                    
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                                Host Profile Manager  Retrieve Host Customizations                            
                                                            
                                    This is the batch version of
vim.profile.host.ProfileManager@retrieveAnswerFile.
                                
                                                    
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                                Host Profile Manager  Retrieve Host Customizations For Profile                            
                                                            
                                    This is the batch version of
vim.profile.host.ProfileManager@retrieveAnswerFileForProfile.
                                
                                                    
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                                Host Profile Manager  Update Answer File  Task                            
                                                            
                                    Update the *AnswerFile* for the specified host.
                                
                                                    
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                                Host Profile Manager  Update Host Customizations  Task                            
                                                            
                                    This is the batch version of
vim.profile.host.ProfileManager@updateAnswerFile.
                                
                                                    
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                                Host Profile Manager  Validate Host Profile Composition  Task                            
                                                            
                                    Validates the proposed host profile composition.
                                
                                                    