Installing the OS on the Target Host

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).

How to Install the OS on the Target Host

Before You Begin

Ensure that the network interfaces on the boot and install server are properly configured.

Steps

1. In the Common Tasks section of the provisioning software page, select OS Provisioning.

2. On the OS Provisioning Common Tasks page, click Provision OS in the Linux Images section.

3. Navigate to the Linux folder that contains the provision component.

   For example, /com/sun/n1osp/autogen-bikickstart-linux/provision/LinuxRedHat3.0_x86

4. Select the component name.

5. On the Component Details page, click the Run action next to the Provision_start:Install procedure.

6. Select the target host on which to provision the operating system.

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   Tip –

   The target host should have a host name that ends in -target.

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7. Click Run Plan (includes preflight).

Troubleshooting

If you are provisioning the RedHat 4.0 OS, but the target host does not reboot completely after the installation, verify that the setup_user_acct_spsra Remote Agent variable is set to y, and the bootloader_append_base_config RedHat profile variable is set to selinux=0. If these variables do not reflect these settings, change the variable values and reinstall the target host.

How to Check OS Provisioning Status

Steps

1. In the Common Tasks section of the provisioning software page, select OS Provisioning.

2. On the OS Provisioning Common Tasks page, click Status in the OS Provisioning Administration Tasks section.

3. On the Plans Details page, click Run.

4. On the Plan Details Run page, select the target host on which you provisioned the operating system.

5. Click Run Plan (includes preflight).

6. Follow the Details links to view the status.