After applying the host profile successfully, host profile shows as non compliant with the error: Did not find mapping for ip x.x.x.x in /etc/hosts file on the host

Products

• VMware

Issue/Introduction

Symptoms:

• After applying the host profile successfully on the ESXi 5.1 Update 1b host , host profile shows as non compliant.
• You see the error:
  
  Did not find mapping for ip x.x.x.x in /etc/hosts file on the host

Cause

Resolution

This issue is resolved in ESXi 5.5 Update 2, available at VMware downloads.

To work around this issue, disable the hosts file.

To disable the hosts file:

1. Create the host profile.
2. Right click on the profile and click Enable/Disable profile configuration.
3. Disable hosts file settings, located at /etc/, click OK and apply the profile.

Additional Information

ホストプロファイルが正しく適用できたにも関わらず、ホストプロファイルが [非準拠] となり次のエラーが表示される： Did not find mapping for ip x.x.x.x in /etc/hosts file on the host