Creating an Image Profile from scratch

When creating an image from scratch, you would have to identify the software packages you need to be part of the image. This means that, unlike customizing an existing image, you will create a new one with only what you need, so that you don't have to go through the process of removing software packages from an Image Profile.

Note

It is important to pay careful attention to dependencies and acceptance levels when you create an Image Profile from scratch.

How to do it…

The following procedure will guide you through the steps required to create an Image Profile from scratch:

1. Use the Add-EsxSoftwareDepot cmdlet to add all the needed Offline Bundles to the vSphere PowerCLI session.

   Add-EsxSoftwareDepot C:\AutoDeploy-VIBS\ESXi500-201111001.zip
   

   

2. Issue the command Get-EsxSoftwareDepot cmdlet to verify the Offline bundles have been added successfully.

   

3. Assign the output of the Get-EsxSoftwareDepot command to a user defined variable.

   $softdepot = Get-EsxSoftwareDepot...