Virtual Infrastructure 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 Validate Host Profile Composition Task
Validates the proposed host profile composition.