Wednesday, September 7, 2011

Using Image Builder

What it can do:

Image Builder allows the administrator to create unique esxi iso images that can contain additional vibs (software packages with extra drivers) or remove some of the default packages if they are not needed. Since additional vibs are usually provided by third party vendors, this demo removes drivers not needed in this particular server. Vibs typically contains a descriptor xml, a digital signature file and the actual package of software with additional drivers.

How to create your own iso image:

Step # 1: Connect to the vcenter server using powercli

set-executionpolicy unrestricted
connect-viserver vcenter.acme.com

Step # 2: Add a software depot and verify the results

add-esxsoftwaredepot C:\Depot\mydepot.zip
get-esxsoftwaredepot

Step # 3: Clone the original iso image and modify the new one by removing the vib called net-bnx2 (for broadcom nics)

get-esximageprofile
new-esximageprofile -cloneprofile "Name of Standard Image from Previous Command" -name myprofile
get-esxsoftwarepackage
remove-esxsoftwarepackage -imageprofile myprofile -softwarepackage net-bnx2

Step # 4: Create a new, modified iso image

export-esximageprofile -imageprofile myprofile -exporttoiso -filepath C:\Depot\myprofile.iso

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