To Load a Windows OS Profile
The following procedure describes how to load an OS profile from the command line interface. To load an OS profile from the System Dashboard in the browser interface, drag an OS profile name from the Task Shortcuts pane onto a server name in the All Servers table, or select a server and choose the Load OS Profile action.
Caution – You cannot uninstall an OS profile. However, you may reprovision a server by loading an OS profile on a server that has already been provisioned. Installation options that are set in the wizard are not maintained by the N1 System Manager.
Before You Begin
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Create an OS profile. See To Create an OS Profile.
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Move any file systems off the /mnt mount point.
Steps
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To load a Windows OS profile onto a managed server, use the load server command.
load server server[,server...] osprofile osprofile networktype networktype [ip ip] [windows-installation-attributes]
Use the following attributes for a Windows installation:
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gateway gateway – A gateway assigned to the installed server.
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manualnetboot manualnetboot – Specify whether to enable manual netboot. Enabling manual netboot allows you to control the netboot process, which is required as part of the bootstrapping process to provision an OS on a server. A manual netboot is required for OS-based or manually discovered servers, because the N1 System Manager is not able to automatically netboot these systems. Valid values are true and false (default).
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netmask netmask – A netmask assigned to the installed server.
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productkey productkey – Use this product key value instead of the value specified in the OS profile.
Tip –To load the OS profile onto a group of managed servers, use the load group command.
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(Optional) If you enabled manual netboot when you loaded the OS profile, boot the managed server manually.
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To initiate network boot manually for a server, type the following command:
N1-ok> start server server netboot=true
The server is powered on and, if boot PROMs are configured, the server boots. See start server in Sun N1 System Manager 1.3 Command Line Reference Manual for syntax details.
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To initiate network boot manually for a server group, type the following command:
N1-ok> start group group netboot=true
The server group is powered on and, if boot PROMs are configured, the servers in the group boot. Job completion takes longer for large server groups. See start group in Sun N1 System Manager 1.3 Command Line Reference Manual for syntax details.
After the Load OS job completes, the server is available for login.
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Example 3–4 Loading a Windows OS Profile on a Server Using DHCP
The following example loads an OS profile that contains a Windows 2003 Enterprise Edition distribution onto a managed server.
N1-ok> load server 10.5.130.32 osprofile win2003EE bootip=192.168.0.20 \ networktype=dhcp productkey=? |
The following example shows the status of the job:
N1-ok> show job 11 Job ID: 11 Date: 2006-03-16T13:29:30-0800 Type: Load OS Status: Completed (2006-03-16T14:07:27-0800) Command: load server 10.5.130.32 osprofile win2003EE bootip=192.168.0.20 networktype=dhcp productkey=? Owner: root Errors: 0 Warnings: 0 Steps ID Type Start Completion Result 1 Acquire Host 2006-03-16T13:29:31-0800 2006-03-16T13:29:31-0800 Completed 2 Execute Java 2006-03-16T13:29:31-0800 2006-03-16T13:29:31-0800 Completed 3 Acquire Host 2006-03-16T13:29:33-0800 2006-03-16T13:29:33-0800 Completed 4 Execute Java 2006-03-16T13:29:33-0800 2006-03-16T14:07:26-0800 Completed Results Result 1: Server: 10.5.130.32 Status: 0 Message: OS deployment using OS Profile win2003EE was successful. |
Example 3–5 Loading a Windows OS Profile on a Server Using a Static IP Address
The following example shows a command to load the Windows 2003 Enterprise Edition onto a single server with a static IP address.
N1-ok> load server 10.5.130.32 osprofile win2003EE bootip=192.168.0.70 networktype=static ip=192.168.0.70 Job "27" started. |
The following example shows the output of the job started above. The message at the end of the job indicates that the job was successful and that a static IP address was assigned as requested.
N1-ok> show job 27 Job ID: 27 Date: 2006-03-21T13:50:20-0800 Type: Load OS Status: Completed (2006-03-21T14:28:20-0800) Command: load server 10.5.130.32 osprofile win2003EE bootip=192.168.0.70 networktype=static ip=192.168.0.70 Owner: root Errors: 0 Warnings: 0 Steps ID Type Start Completion Result 1 Acquire Host 2006-03-21T13:50:22-0800 2006-03-21T13:50:22-0800 Completed 2 Execute Java 2006-03-21T13:50:22-0800 2006-03-21T13:50:22-0800 Completed 3 Acquire Host 2006-03-21T13:50:24-0800 2006-03-21T13:50:24-0800 Completed 4 Execute Java 2006-03-21T13:50:24-0800 2006-03-21T14:28:19-0800 Completed Results Result 1: Server: 10.5.130.32 Status: 0 Message: OS deployment using OS Profile win2003EE was successful. IP address 192.168.0.70 was assigned. N1-ok> |
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