Setting Up a vSphere Auto Deploy Reference Host

In an environment where no state is stored on the ESXi host, a reference host helps you set up multiple hosts with the same configuration.

You configure the reference host with the logging, coredump, and other settings that you want, save the host profile, and write a rule that applies the host profile to other hosts as needed. You can configure the storage, networking, and security settings on the reference host and set up services such as syslog and NTP.