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3 repository item naming conventions, 1 registration overview – HP Insight Control Software for Linux User Manual

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The items listed in

Table 5-2

are preregistered and reside in the repository after you install Insight

Control for Linux. The default contents include sample RHEL Kickstart and SLES AutoYaST
installation configuration files and an example PSP dependency script.

Table 5-2 Default repository contents

Description

File name examples

Item type

Provides a sample PSP dependency script that installs
RPM dependencies on the managed systems; the PSP
installation process requires the RPM dependencies.

example_dependency.sh

PSP Dependency
Script

Provides version-specific RHEL Kickstart installation
configuration files, including customized installation files
for

management hub

s,

virtual host

s, and

virtual guest

s. In

this example, rh055 indicates RHEL Version 5 Update
5.

rh055
rh055-management-hub
rh055–virt-host
rh055–virt-guest

Installation Files

Provides version-specific SLES AutoYaST installation
configuration files, including customized installation files
for management hubs, virtual hosts, and virtual guests.
In this example, sll103 is for SLES Version 10 Service
Pack 3.

sll103
sll103-management-hub
sll103–virt-host
sll103–virt-guest

Installation File

Provides a version-specific automated installation
configuration file for VMware ESX.

esx040

Installation File

5.1.3 Repository item naming conventions

Repository item names cannot contain spaces, cannot be blank, and must use only the following
characters:

Lowercase letters a through z

Uppercase letters A through Z

Numbers 0 (zero) through 9

Hyphens (-), periods (.), and underscores (_)

Choose a unique name for each item you register in the repository, regardless of where it is stored
in the repository.

5.2 Registering items in the Insight Control for Linux repository

This section provides an overview of the Insight Control for Linux repository and describes how
to register software items in the repository. The following topics are addressed:

“Registration overview” (page 50)

“Registering operating systems” (page 51)

“Registering PSPs” (page 53)

“Registering automated installation configuration files (Kickstart and AutoYaST)” (page 54)

“Registering Linux and PSP dependency scripts” (page 55)

5.2.1 Registration overview

To make operating systems, Kickstart and AutoYaST installation configuration files, boot files,
captured Linux images, and PSPs available in the repository for installation and deployment to
managed systems, you must first register the item in the Insight Control for Linux repository.
Firmware files are not registered in the Insight Control for Linux repository.

When you register an item in the repository, it becomes available as a selection for the Insight
Control for Linux installation and deployment tools. The item type determines the tool that
makes the item available for selection.

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Managing the Insight Control for Linux repository