vSphere Configuration Profiles is a new capability in vSphere 8.0, that allows Administrators to manage the host configuration at a cluster level. This capability allows administrators to:
In vSphere 8.0, vSphere Configuration Profiles is being launched as a supported Technology Preview feature, to provide early access to the feature, and gather feedback for future improvements. The reason for the Technology Preview launch of this capability, is because the use of this feature is restricted to customers that use vSphere Standard Switch (VSS).
vSphere Configuration Profiles requires the following:
Although in vSphere 8.0, vSphere Configuration Profiles allows the management of most of the configurations; there is no support for managing vSphere Distributed Switch (VDS) yet. Therefore, during the Technology Preview phase, the use of this feature is limited to customers that use vSphere Standard Switch (VSS). Enablement of vSphere Configuration Profiles on clusters that have NSX and VDS (Virtual Distributed Switch) are blocked.
Below are scenarios where error messages are displayed, to handle the limitation in use to VSS environments:
We realize managing ESXi configurations to be compliant to a specified desired configuration is a challenge in customer environments. vSphere Configuration Profiles is a new capability in vSphere 8.0, that addresses this challenge.
Customers that use vSphere Standard Switch (VSS); can use this capability now. We will continue to evolve this feature in upcoming releases, to support Virtual Distributed Switch (VDS) as well.