OS Provisioning

Preparatory work

The contents for OS provisioning, OS Profiles and corresponding variable settings, have to be defined within the N1 SPS system.

1. Create all OS Profiles in the OSP Plug-in of the N1 SPS system, that you want to utilize within the N1 AA Builder.

2. Optional: Create one or more variable setting for every OS Profile if needed. Otherwise, only the default variable setting is be available.

3. Create all target hosts for OS Provisioning in the OSP Plug-in.

For detailed information on how to create OS Profiles or variable settings, see the Sun N1 Service Provisioning System User’s Guide for OS Provisioning Plug-In 3.1.

Execute Provisioning

Purpose

OS installation on specified target hosts

Menu

Server Group ⇒ Builder ⇒ OS Provisioning

Use case

Daily business

Figure 4–2 N1 AA Builder – OS Provisioning

1. Select one OS Profile in the OS Profiles table.

2. When you have selected the profile, the Variable Settings list displays all variable settings for that profile. The list might be empty.

3. Select one variable setting from the list or click ––––––––– to select the default setting.

4. Select one or more target hosts.

5. Click the Install OS button to start the installation.

A job is scheduled in the background for the installation. One job is scheduled for each target host. See the job log for the progress of the installation. For more information on checking jobs and job logs, see Scheduler.