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You can also use ESXi Image Builder CLI to clone an image profile. Unlike the GUI method, you are not required to create a custom depot for this activity. In this case, the VMware PowerCLI session becomes the work desk for this activity:

  1. Launch a VMware PowerCLI session.
  2. Use the Add-SoftwareDepot command to import an offline bundle. The command requires you to provide the path to an offline depot or the URL of the online repository.
  3. Define an array variable to hold the output of the command Get-EsxImageProfile.
  4. List the contents of the array variable to verify it has the desired content.
  5. Use the New-EsxImageProfile command to create a new image profile by cloning the desired image profile. Use the array[n] representation to address the correct image profile.
  1. Run the Get-EsxImageProfile command to list all the image profiles. You should see the newly created image profiles: