HP Insight Control Software for Linux - Manual (Page 88)

Directory name in /opt/repository/instconfig OS version
rh061–virt-host-kvm RHEL Version 6 Update 1 (for KVM Virtual
Hosts)
rh061–virt-guest-kvm RHEL Version 6 Update 1 (for KVM Virtual
Guests)
esx041 VMware ESX Version 4.1
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The associated installation configuration files are stored in the OS-specific directory under
/opt/repository/instconfig
and use the same naming convention.
For example, rh061.cfg is the Kickstart installation configuration file associated with RHEL
Version 6 Update 1, and it is located in the /opt/repository/instconfig/rh061
directory.
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Installation configuration files that you customize are stored under directories that match the
name you give them in the repository.
For example, Myrh061.cfg is your customized Kickstart installation configuration file
associated with installing a RHEL Version 6 Update 1 OS, and it is located in the /opt/
repository/instconfig/Myrh061
directory.
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Installation configuration files for installing a virtual host are named according to the format
osver-virt-host , where osver indicates the operating system version, for example
rh052 .
Likewise, installation configuration files for installing a virtual guest follow a similar format:
osver-virt-guest .
9.2.2 Customizing installation configuration files
As part of the installation process for supported operating systems, Insight Control for Linux provides
macros that are replaced with appropriate settings, making it possible to use a single installation
configuration file for multiple operating systems, hardware combinations, or both.
These macros are enclosed inside a double set of percent sign symbols (%%). Insight Control for
Linux interprets and expands the macros before the configuration file is ultimately passed to the
OS installation process.
Successful installation with Insight Control for Linux requires properly using these macros as part
of your installation configuration file. To ensure successful installations, HP recommends that you
understand what these macros do and use a provided file as a template for your own installation
configuration files.
Table 14 Insight Control for Linux macros for installation configuration files
Description Macro name
This macro is unique to Insight Control for Linux. %%agentinstall%%
During installation, it expands into a shell script that downloads the two PSP
components from the CMS and installs only the packages that HP SIM and Insight
Control for Linux need to be able to monitor the managed system properly.
Include this macro on any installation configuration file used to install a system
that Insight Control for Linux will manage.
IMPORTANT: If the agents are not installed, over time HP SIM may drop most
of the original information about the system, such as MAC addresses and IP
addresses, from its database, and Insight Control for Linux tools become
unavailable.
This macro is unique to Insight Control for Linux. %%simidentify%%
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