Dell PowerEdge C8000 User Manual

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8 Run the following command to clone one of the above image profile and

create your own customized image profile:

PowerCLI> $IP= New-EsxImageProfile -CloneProfile

<profileList> -Name "<profile-name>"

Where <profileList> is $profileList[13] for ESXi-5.1.0-799733-standard

image profile and <profile-name> is name given for the cloned image

profile.
Example: - PowerCLI> $IP = New-EsxImageProfile -CloneProfile

$profileList[13] -Name "Dell Customized ESXi-5.1.0-799733 Standard"

–Vendor “Dell Inc.”

9 Run the following command to add individual VIBs to the cloned image

profile:

PowerCLI> Add-EsxSoftwarePackage -ImageProfile

<image-profile-object> -SoftwarePackage <vib>,

<vib>…

Where <vib> is the name of the VIB to be added to the image profile.

NOTE:

You can use the "Get-EsxSoftwarePackage" cmdlet to list the packages

exported as part of step 5 and step 6. Name of the packages which needs to be part

of the customized image profile can be used as a parameter to the

SoftwarePackage in the "Add-EsxSoftwarePackage" cmdlet.

10 Run the following command to export the cloned image profile to an

offline image depot file:

PowerCLI> Export-EsxImageProfile -ImageProfile

<image-profile-object> -FilePath <bundle-zip-file-

path> -ExportToBundle

Where <image-profile-object> is $IP, <bundle-zip-file-path> is the

name of offline image depot zip file to be generated including the full path

where the zip file is to be stored.
Example: - PowerCLI> Export-EsxImageProfile -ImageProfile $IP

–FilePath C:\temp\OEM_Bundle.zip -ExportToBundle.

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