Performing Infrastructure Profile Management Operations

You can export an existing
vCenter Server
configuration and import it to other
vCenter 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 a
vCenter Server
instance.
The following table lists the operations that you can perform to manage the configuration profiles in your infrastructure.
User Operations
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 another
vCenter Server
instance.
You can run infrastructure profile management operations by using the
vSphere Automation
SDK or sending an HTTP request.