You can use the VMware vSphere® ESXi™ Image Builder CLI to manage software depots, image profiles, and software packages (VIBs). Image profiles and VIBs specify the software you want to use during installation or upgrade of an ESXi host.
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vSphere ESXi Image Builder Overview With vSphere ESXi Image Builder you can create ESXi image profiles for use by vSphere Auto Deploy, add custom third-party drivers to existing image profiles and export to ISO or bundle, and perform upgrades.
VMware.ImageBuilder Cmdlets Overview The VMware.Image Builder component of VMware PowerCLI provides cmdlets for managing VIBs, image profiles, and other content in software depots.
Image Profiles Image profiles define the set of VIBs that an ESXi installation or update process uses. Image profiles apply to ESXi hosts provisioned with vSphere Auto Deploy. You define and manipulate image profiles with vSphere ESXi Image Builder.
Acceptance Levels Each VIB is released with an acceptance level that cannot be changed. The host acceptance level determines which VIBs can be installed to a host. You can change the host acceptance levels with esxcli commands.
Structure of ImageProfile, SoftwarePackage, and ImageProfileDiff Objects Knowing the structure of ImageProfile , SoftwarePackage , and ImageProfileDiff objects helps you manage deployment and upgrade processes.