How to Prepare a Physical Host

This procedure provides instructions for preparing a host through the Hosts table. This option allows you to prepare several hosts at the same time, which can be useful when you update the entire network after a provisioning system upgrade.

You can also prepare hosts by using the following command.

• pe.h.prep – Prepares a host.

For a detailed description of this command, see Chapter 7, hdb: CLI Commands for Managing Hosts, in N1 Grid Service Provisioning System 5.0 Command-Line Interface Reference Manual.

Before You Begin

Before you can prepare a physical host, you must create the host in the provisioning system. For more information on creating a physical host, see How to Create a Physical Host Record.

To prepare a physical host, you must belong to a user group that has Create, Edit, Delete permission on hosts.

Steps

1. Go to the Hosts page.

   See How to View Hosts.

2. From the Hosts page, select Indicate Un-prepared Hosts above the Hosts table.

   The Hosts table reloads. Hosts that need to be prepared are highlighted in yellow.

3. Select each host that you need to prepare.

   You can prepare more than one host at a time.

4. In the last row of the Hosts Table, click Prepare Host.

   A window appears and provides the status for the host preparation. When the host preparation completes successfully, the window automatically closes. If host preparation fails, error messages appear in the content frame.