Creating, Listing, and Modifying OS Profiles

OS profiles specify the following information:

• OS distribution to install

• Default language and time zone for the installed host

• Flash archive file to use

• Additional packages to install with the distribution

• Configuration information for partitions

• Custom installation scripts to run

After you have copied an OS distribution, the N1 System Manager automatically creates an OS profile of the same name on the management server. This OS profile is also called a default OS profile in documentation. See Default OS Profiles for parameter settings and best practices for customizing OS profiles.

To view details of a default OS profile, use the show command with the osprofile keyword.

To create a new OS profile, use the create command with the osprofile keyword and the os subcommand. OS profiles must specify a distribution group, partition configuration information, and a root password. To add required distribution groups to the OS profile, use the add command with the osprofile keyword and the distributiongroup subcommand. To add partitions to an OS profile, use the add command with the osprofile keyword and the partition subcommand. For example:

N1-ok> create osprofile osprofile os os

N1-ok> add osprofile osprofile partition partition

N1-ok> add osprofile osprofile distributiongroup distributiongroup

To modify existing OS profile attributes, use the set command with the osprofile keyword and an appropriate subcommand.

For syntax and parameter details, type help create osprofile, help add osprofile or help set osprofile at the N1–ok command line.

See Example 3–5 and Example 3–6 for command-line examples.