Cannot Recreate Linux Image Server or Windows Image Server After Upgrading to OS Provisioning Plug-in 3.0 (6391832)

Description: If you try to recreate a Linux or Windows Image Server after you upgrade to the OS Provisioning Plug-in 3.0, and you change the value of the installPath variable, the recreation fails. An error similar to the following message is displayed.

Problems encountered during plan run or preflight

The plan (or preflight) "/com/sun/n1osp/untyped/LinuxServer-create"
 finished with 1 failed host(s). (017034)

This host has already been reserved or already exists. (011220) 

Workaround: Choose one of the following workarounds.

• If the installPath variable value from the older version of the image server is still valid, do not change the value for the installPath variable.

• If you need to change the value of the installPath variable for the OS Image server, create a new OS Image server as described in the following procedures.

  • How to Create the RedHat Linux Image Server (Browser Interface)

  • How to Create the SuSe Linux Image Server (Browser Interface)

  • How to Set Up the Windows RIS Server

  When you create the new OS Image server, change the following plan variable settings.

  • Set the installPath variable to the valid value.

  • Edit the linuxHost or windowsHost variable to rename the virtual host for this plan. For example, :[target:sys.hostName]-1-linux.