Installing the Windows 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

Before you provision the Windows OS, create the target hosts that you want to install. For more information, see Chapter 9, Target Hosts for OS Provisioning.

Ensure that the GUID is specified in the variable set for the component for the target host that you want to install. For more information about target host variables, see Appendix A, Target Host Variables.

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 Windows Images section.

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

   For example, /com/sun/n1osp/autogen-masterserver-windows/provision/.

4. Click the component name.

   For example, Windows2000_x86

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).