The package falls under the SDDC Integration umbrella. Membership in SDDC Integration ia a prerequisite to gain access to the Host Profiles materials

Create a better management experience for vSphere customers using host profile plug-ins. The Host Profiles package guides partners through the development and certification of host profile plug-ins that are compatible with vSphere .

Package Overview

The Host Profiles package guides ecosystem partners through the development and certification of host-profile plug-ins that are compatible with vSphere and listed on the VMware Compatibility Guide.

The Host Profiles package leverages the VMware host profiles extensibility framework. Partners can:

• Create profiles that encapsulate the host configuration and help to manage the host configuration, especially in environments where an administrator manages more than one host or cluster in vCenter Server.
• Eliminates per-host, manual, or UI-based host configuration and maintains configuration consistency and accuracy across the datacenter by using host profile policies.
• Captures the blueprint of a known, validated reference host configuration and uses this to configure networking, storage, security, and other settings on multiple hosts or clusters. End-customers can then check a host or cluster against a profile's configuration for any deviations.

Provide confidence of interoperability through test tools

Partner host profile plug-ins are asynchronous and can be submitted for certification at any time.

Product Versions Supported

This package supports the following product versions:

Target Audience

• Server partners
• Storage partners
• IOVP partners

Related Programs and Services

Host Profiles Development Consulting

SDDC Integration program (CIM, HEX, IOVP)

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VMware Ready Category: Platform and compute