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os_specifier
Specifies the operating system to be installed on the virtual guest, for
example, RHEL5U5-i386 or SLES11SP1-i386/DVD1.
Some releases of SLES may specify CD1 instead of DVD1.
For example, http://mercury.example.com:60000/os/RHEL5U5-i386
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For a RHEL Kickstart file, specify a URL that links to its location in the Insight Control for
Linux Repository:
http://CMS:port/instconfig/os/osver-virt-guest/osver-virt-guest.cfg
Where:
osver
Specifies the operating system version, for example rh052.
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For a SLES AutoYaST file, place a copy of the AutoYaST file from the Insight Control for
Linux Repository in the /tmp directory, use the text editor of your choice to modify this file
to edit the root password if needed, and specify the path to the file in /tmp:
# cd /tmp
# wget http://CMS:port/instconfig/os/osver-virt-guest/osver-virt-guest.cfg
# chmod 0600 osver-virt-guest.cfg
# vi osver-virt-guest.cfg
Where:
osver
Specifies the operating system version, for example sl102.
The SLES AutoYaST file is located in /tmp/osver-virt-guest.cfg.
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Specify the Simple file option for the storage space assignment.
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Select an available physical device for the connection to the Host Network, for example,
peth0
.
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To monitor a virtual guest, it must be assigned a well-known IP address. This can be either
the static IP address that you entered when you installed the virtual guest or, if you used
DHCP, the fixed IP address that maps to the MAC address you establish. For more
information, see
.
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The time to complete the installation depends on the operating system and network
performance. Monitor the progress of the installation in the xterm window or in the remote
console window.
11.4 Obtaining virtual guest and virtual host associations
Use the following procedure to obtain an association between the virtual host and the virtual
guest.
NOTE:
During the discovery of the virtual host, HP SIM identifies the virtual guests from the
perspective of the virtual host, assigning the name
{virtual-host-name}_{virtual-guest-name}
. During the discovery of the virtual guest,
HP SIM becomes aware of the host name and IP address given to the virtual guest during OS
installation. When a virtual host or a virtual guest is discovered and the virtual guest information
from a corresponding virtual guest or virtual host discovery is available, HP SIM associates the
newly discovered guest with the existing guest using the operating system host name as the
managed system name.
For example, consider a virtual host named vh on which a virtual guest named vg is created.
When the OS is installed, vg obtains the name pluto. After discovery of both the virtual host
and virtual guest, HP SIM accepts the association and renames vh_vg to pluto.
1.
Determine if HP SIM lists the virtual guest under the virtual host. Examine the appropriate
system collection under System and Event Collections.
If HP SIM does not list the virtual guest, run Options
→Identify Systems....
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