Auto Deploy and Kickstart - pros and cons
I have an existing kickstart setup I am able to use for deploying a basic installation of ESXi as well as other OSes. For this, we PXE boot a server, go through a menu, and choose the appropriate option. I'm evaluating using Auto Deploy. Can I specify as a menu choice an option to use Auto Deploy instead of using kickstart?
Also,
- will VMware be replacing kickstart as an option with Auto Deploy?
- any advantages/disadvantages between the two methods? From what I've seen online, they seem comparable.
Thanks, this is helpful. We do use Host Profiles, but we also have kickstart as our standard deployment method for physical servers, primarily for Linux, but it's also working for Windows and ESXi, too. However, using it for ESXi means we deploy a server with a basic setup, and currently need to apply Host Profiles manually. I'd like to use the existing kickstart infrastructure, and update the current ESXi install/upgrade choice to trigger an autodeploy of ESXi 6.0 to the hypervisor.
There seems to be some overlap between the two (e.g. both use TFTP and can use DHCP, and both deploy an OS onto the server, albeit with different methods). What I specifically need here is:
a. a way to, in the kickstart section to install ESXi 6.0, to trigger an auto deploy; I'd imagine I'd specify the auto deploy server as an option, e.g. ks= ... install=http://auto-deploy-server-ip-here/install/...
OR
b. a way to, in the kickstart ks.cfg configuration (in vmware's documentation, e.g. vSphere 6.0 Documentation Center, it refers to them as scripts), point to an autodeploy server to finish what kickstart starts.
Thoughts?
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