Performing Infrastructure Profile Management Operations
You can export an existing
vCenter Server
configuration and import it to othervCenter Server
instances. You can export multiple configuration profiles at once. The exported data can contain general configuration settings and user content. You can replicate the same configuration across all
vCenter Server
instances in your environment by importing the same data package. You can also use the exported data as a backup if you need to revert to the last known good configuration. To avoid configuration issues, you can validate the exported data before importing it to avCenter Server
instance.The following table lists the operations that you can perform to manage the configuration profiles in your infrastructure.
Operation | Description |
|---|---|
List configuration profiles | You can retrieve a list of all configuration profiles that are registered with vCenter Server . |
Export configuration profiles | You can export specific vCenter Server configuration profiles. |
Validate configuration profiles | You can validate the exported vCenter Server configuration profiles. The validation process examines the configuration file for possible errors and conflicts and returns output. This operation can help avoid configuration issues or loading the wrong configuration file. |
Import configuration profiles | You can import specific vCenter Server configuration profiles into anothervCenter Server instance. |
You can run infrastructure profile management operations by using the
vSphere
Automation
SDK or sending an HTTP request.