HP Insight Control Software for Linux User Manual
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IMPORTANT:
Installing a virtualization OS on a system erases data on that system. Before you
begin, be sure that you have captured or backed up any data you want to retain. Preserving user
data on volumes other than the principle target volume is not guaranteed. Presume that data on
primary and secondary volumes is erased.
The tasks for installing the virtualization OS are launched from the following HP SIM menu:
Deploy
→Operating System
9.6.1 Installing a VMware ESX or ESXi OS using a Kickstart file
NOTE:
The installation configuration file (also known as the Kickstart file) template for VMware
ESX and ESXi assumes that the repository port has the default value 60000.
If you selected a different TCP port number for the repository web server when you installed HP
Insight Control for Linux, you must edit the installation configuration file template before using it.
Specifically, you must change all references of port 60000 to the correct TCP port number for your
installation.
To install VMware ESX on one or more target managed systems, follow these steps:
1.
Select the following menu item from the Insight Control user interface:
Deploy
→Operating System→VMware ESX (Kickstart)
2.
Do one of the following to select and verify that the servers in the target list are the servers
you want to install an OS on:
•
Proceed to the next step if the target list is correct.
•
Select Add Targets... or Remove Target to modify the list, if the list is incorrect.
•
If no servers are in the list, do the following:
a.
Select Collection.
b.
Select All Servers from the drop down menu.
c.
Select View Contents to display and select from the list of available servers.
d.
Select Apply when you have selected all servers.
3.
Select Next> when the list of servers is correct.
4.
Apply an Insight Control for Linux license if a license is not already applied to one or more
targets.
5.
Select the virtualization OS to install and select Next>.
Only the virtualization OS that applies to your installation is available for you to select from
the menu.
IMPORTANT:
The list contains only those virtualization operating systems that are registered
in the repository and copied to it. If you select a virtualization OS that was registered, but the
installation files were not copied to the repository, a validation error appears.
6.
Select the Kickstart file and select Next>.
For more information about custom installation configuration files, including the macros that
HP optimized, see
7.
Specify the kernel append line to add additional kernel command line parameters. The kernel
append line is added to the end of the installation RAM disk kernel line.
8.
Optionally, you may set the root account password at this step.
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