N1 Grid Service Provisioning System User's Guide and Release Notes for the OS Provisioning Plug-In 1.0

Process Overview

  1. Prepare the hardware for the N1 Grid SPS Master Server, OS provisioning server, and boot and install servers.

  2. Obtain the N1 Grid SPS software.

  3. Install the N1 Grid SPS Master Server, as explained in Installing the N1 Grid Service Provisioning System 5.0 in N1 Grid Service Provisioning System 5.0 Installation Guide.

  4. Install the N1 Grid SPS RA and N1 Grid SPS command-line interface (CLI) on the OS provisioning server

  5. Install the N1 Grid SPS RA and N1 Grid SPS CLI on the Solaris boot and install server

  6. Install the N1 Grid SPS RA on the Linux boot and install server

  7. Prepare the RAs on the OS provisioning server, Solaris boot and install server, and Linux boot and install server. For information, see How to Prepare a Physical Host in N1 Grid Service Provisioning System 5.0 System Administration Guide.


Note –

For safety, back up the N1 Grid SPS database. For information, see Chapter 9, Backing Up and Restoring, in N1 Grid Service Provisioning System 5.0 System Administration Guide.