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h4. What Are Profiles?
A profile defines the component configuration of the systems to be managed. Profiles describe which components are to be installed and which are not required, and the action to be performed on a system.
Profile helps to manage multiple systems consistently and automate tedious administration jobs. Create profiles to record the requirements of your enterprise, and deploy them to automatically create servers and workstations. Creation and deployment of profiles handles dependencies and ensures consistency.
h4. Profile Settings
You can apply the following profile settings on the selected components:
* Required: Updates or packages that should be installed.
* Not Allowed: Updates or packages that should not be installed. If installed, uninstall the package.
* Upgrade: Upgrade to the latest version of the installed package.
A profile is used as a single job. The profile settings, Required, Not Allowed, and Upgrade, affect a managed host only during the actual deployment of the profile. After deploying a profile, you could run another job that contradicts the settings of the profile.
You need to have a good understanding of your systems and requirements to create complex profile settings to automate different processes.
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