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.. _datetime: https://docs.python.org/2/library/stdtypes.html
.. _userInput: ../../../vim/profile/host/AnswerFile.rst#userInput
.. _AnswerFile: ../../../vim/profile/host/AnswerFile.rst
.. _HostProfile: ../../../vim/profile/host/HostProfile.rst
.. _requireInput: ../../../vim/profile/host/ExecuteResult.rst#requireInput
.. _vSphere API 5.0: ../../../vim/version.rst#vimversionversion7
.. _vmodl.DynamicData: ../../../vmodl/DynamicData.rst
.. _HostProfileManager: ../../../vim/profile/host/ProfileManager.rst
.. _ExecuteHostProfile: ../../../vim/profile/host/HostProfile.rst#execute
.. _ApplyHostConfig_Task: ../../../vim/profile/host/ProfileManager.rst#applyHostConfiguration
.. _ProfileExecuteResult: ../../../vim/profile/host/ExecuteResult.rst
.. _UpdateAnswerFile_Task: ../../../vim/profile/host/ProfileManager.rst#updateAnswerFile
.. _vim.profile.DeferredPolicyOptionParameter: ../../../vim/profile/DeferredPolicyOptionParameter.rst
vim.profile.host.AnswerFile
===========================
The `AnswerFile`_ data object contains host-specific information that a host will use in combination with a `HostProfile`_ for configuration. Answer files are stored on the vCenter Server, along with host profiles. An answer file is always associated with a particular host.To supply host-specific data:
* Specify deferred parameters when you call the
* `HostProfile`_
* .
* `ExecuteHostProfile`_
* method. The host profile engine will verify the set of parameters for the additional configuration data.
* Use the complete required input list (
* `ProfileExecuteResult`_
* .
* `requireInput`_
* []) as user input for the
* `HostProfileManager`_
* .
* `ApplyHostConfig_Task`_
* method. When you apply the profile, the vCenter Server saves the additional configuration data in the
* `userInput`_
* list.
* Use the
* `HostProfileManager`_
* .
* `UpdateAnswerFile_Task`_
* method. This method will update an existing answer file or create a new one.
:extends: vmodl.DynamicData_
:since: `vSphere API 5.0`_
Attributes:
userInput ([`vim.profile.DeferredPolicyOptionParameter`_], optional):
List containing host-specific configuration data.
createdTime (`datetime`_):
Time at which the answer file was created.
modifiedTime (`datetime`_):
Time at which the answer file was last modified.
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