Profiles are used to provision OS Images to target Hosts. These Profiles are found in /com/sun/n1osp/autogen...provision folders. One new Profile is added to a provision folder each time a new OS Image is created (or attached).
In the Common Tasks section of the provisioning software page, select OS Provisioning.
On the OS Provisioning Common Tasks page, click Provision OS in the Linux Images section.
Navigate to the Linux folder that contains the provision component.
For example, /com/sun/n1osp/autogen-bikickstart-linux/provision/LinuxRedHat3.0_x86
Slect the component name.
On the Component Details page, click the Run action next to the Provision_start:Install procedure.
Select the target host on which to provision the operating system.
The target host should have a host name that ends in -target.
Click Run Plan (includes preflight).
In the Common Tasks section of the provisioning software page, select OS Provisioning.
On the OS Provisioning Common Tasks page, click Status in the OS Provisioning Administration Tasks section.
On the Plans Details page, click Run.
On the Plan Details Run page, select the target host on which you provisioned the operating system.
Click Run Plan (includes preflight).
Follow the Details links to view the status.