Using Host Profiles to push a configuration change

The whole purpose of using Host Profiles is to effortlessly push the required configuration onto the ESXi hosts without the need for a manual configuration activity per ESXi host. This won't just come in handy when you need to deploy a new infrastructure, but also when you want to push a new configuration to all of the ESXi hosts.

The following diagram shows a high-level overview of the whole procedure:

How to do it...

The following steps will help you to push configuration changes to a set of ESXi hosts:

1. Use one of the hosts attached to the profile to make the necessary configuration changes.
2. Navigate to Menu | Policies and Profiles.
3. On the Policies and Profiles...