VMware released the vCenter Orchestrator Plug-in for vSphere Auto Deploy

December 09, 2011

If you are booting your ESXi servers from the network using vSphere Auto Deploy then this plug-in allows you to automate tasks for configuring and provisioning stateless ESXi hosts.

The plug-in exposes an inventory and CRUD opratons for:

ESXi depots
Host profiles
Rule sets

There are workflows to manage answer files and to reprovision a host using answer files, host profiles, new image.

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For more information check the VMware vCenter Orchestrator Plug-In for vSphere Auto Deploy release notes, documentation and download

Christophe has worked at VMware, Inc., where he started in 2007 after VMware acquired Dunes. Based in Gland, Switzerland, Christophe is a global resource supporting customers in their orchestration and automation needs. He has presented orchestration solutions at conferences such as VMworld and is the primary contributor to this site.