As part of its ongoing testing of the VMware vSphere 4 platform, eWEEK Labs puts the new host profiles feature to the test. Host profiles streamlines the configuration of new ESX hosts, and makes it easier for administrators to check for compliance.
– New in VMware vSphere 4 is the ability to streamline the configuration of new ESX hosts. As part of my ongoing testing of the vSphere 4 platform, I put the new feature through its paces in the lab.
Host profiles help to solve the finicky problem of ensuring uniformity among the groups of physical E…