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. 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 osprofile, add osprofile, and set osprofile commands. See Example 3–5 and Example 3–6 for command-line examples.