How to do it...

The following procedure will guide you through the steps involved in duplicating a Host Profile.

1. Log in to the vSphere Web Client and use the key combination Ctrl + Alt + 1 to navigate to the inventory home.   
2. At the inventory home, click on Host Profiles and click on Duplicate Host Profile...:

1. On the Duplicate Host Profile wizard, supply a Name and an optional Description and click Next to continue.
2. On the Ready to complete screen, click Finish to initiate the clone operation.
3. The Recent Tasks pane should show a Create host profile task complete successfully.