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HP Insight Control Software for Linux User Manual

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b.

Select All Servers from the drop down menu.

c.

Select View Contents to display a list of available managed systems in the collection.

d.

Select one or more managed systems from the list.

e.

Select Apply .

f.

Select Next> after you verify that the managed systems list is correct.

Select Next> if the target list of selected managed systems is already correct.

Select Add Targets... or Remove Target to modify the list, if the list of selected managed
systems is incorrect.

3.

Apply an Insight Control for Linux license to the managed systems that are not licensed.

4.

Select Next> when all selected managed systems are licensed.

5.

Select the distribution method. The choices are:

Standard Deploy Linux Image

Select this method for deploying an image to 32 or fewer managed systems or if you
have not prepared for Scalable Deployment.

Scalable Deployment

Select this method for deploying an image to more than 32 managed systems and you
have prepared for Scalable Deployment.

IMPORTANT:

You must assign servers to network groups before you can use the Scalable

Deployment method. See

Section 10.4 (page 116)

for more information.

NOTE:

You cannot use the Scalable Deployment feature to deploy captured images of

32-bit operating systems that are greater than 2 GB in size. You must use the standard Linux
deployment method instead.

You can use the Scalable Deployment feature to deploy captured Linux images of a 32-bit
operating system that is less than 2 GB or to deploy captured Linux images of a 64-bit
operating system without regard to size.

6.

Select Next>.

7.

Select an image to deploy, then select Next>.

8.

Specify whether or not you want to modify the disk partition layout on the imaged systems:

Select the Use partition scheme from image option if you want to apply the disk
partition layout from the captured image to the target managed systems. Select Next>.

Select the Create partition scheme from wizard option if you want to customize the
disk partition layout on the target managed system, and the following table appears:

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Capturing and deploying Linux images