Upgraded Host is Not Compliant with a Legacy Host Profile

An upgraded ESXi host with attached legacy host profile results with a non-compliant status after reboot.

Problem

When you upgrade a host to the latest ESXi version and remediate the attached legacy host profile to that host, the compliance status might be updated to non-compliant after the host reboots.

Cause

You are using a legacy host profile, which is attached to an ESXi host version 6.7 or earlier and contains the following sub-profiles:

• Misc.LogPort
• host/vim/vmvisor/plugins/vmware_*

Solution

• Make the ESXi host compliant with the legacy host profile.
  1. From the Host Profiles main view, right-click the host profile that you want to edit and select Edit Host Profile.
  2. In the Edit host profile page, disable the sub-profile(s).
  3. Check Host Profile Compliance.
• Upgrade the legacy host profile to the same version as the ESXi host.
  1. Right-click the legacy host profile and select Copy Settings from Host.
  2. Select the upgraded ESXi host from which you want to copy the configuration settings and click OK.