create osprofile

This command creates a new OS profile.

Description

For Solaris and Linux OS profiles, you must also use the add osprofile command to add distribution groups, partition information, resources, and scripts to the OS profile to make it usable.

You can also use this command to clone (copy) an existing profile. This command must be used if you want to modify or copy a profile that has been used to install a server.

Synopsis

• Create a new Solaris or Linux OS profile:

  create osprofile osprofile os os rootpassword rootpassword [description description] [flar flar] [language language] [timezone timezone]

• Create a new Windows OS profile:

  create osprofile osprofile os os rootpassword rootpassword fullname fullname organizationname organizationname productkey productkey [Optional-Windows-Attributes]

• Create a new diskless client OS profile:

  create osprofile osprofile os os [description description] [nfsopts nfsopts[,nfsopts]] [ramdisksize ramdisksize]

• Copy an existing OS profile:

  create osprofile osprofile clone oldprofile

Parameters

SOLARIS AND LINUX PROFILES

• description – A description for the new OS profile.

• flar – (Solaris only) A fully qualified path to a flash archive file.

• language – The default language for the installation. Default value is en_US (English).

  Valid values for a Linux profile are cs_CZ, da_DK, de_DE, en_US, es_ES, fr_FR, is_IS, it_IT, ja_JP.eucJP, ko_KR.eucKR, nl_NL, no_NO, pt_PT, ru_RU.k0I8r, sl_SI, sv_SE, uk_UA, zh_CN.GB2312, and zh_TW.Big5.

  Valid values for a Solaris profile are C, en_US.ISO8859-15, en_US.ISO8859-1, and en_US.

• os – The name of the OS distribution to install.

• osprofile – A name for the new OS profile.

• rootpassword – The root password for the server after installation. You can type a question mark (?) if you do not want the password to display in the command line. Once you issue the command, you are prompted for the password.

• timezone – The time zone for the installation. Default value is gmt.

  Valid values for a Linux profile are any of the time zones listed by the timeconfig command.

  Valid values for a Solaris profile are provided by the directories and files in the /usr/share/lib/zoneinfo directory on a Solaris system. The timezone value is the name of the path relative to the /usr/share/lib/zoneinfo directory. For example, the timezone value for Mountain Standard Time in the United States is US/Mountain. The timezone value for Japan is Japan.

WINDOWS PROFILES

• fullname – The user's full name in quotation marks.

• organizationame – The organization's name in quotation marks.

• os – The name of the OS distribution to install.

• osprofile – A name for the new OS profile.

• productkey – The product key for each unique installation of Windows.

• rootpassword – The root/admin password for the server after installation. You can type a question mark (?) if you do not want the password to display in the command line. Once you issue the command, you are prompted for the password.

OPTIONAL WINDOWS ATTRIBUTES

• description description – A description for the new OS profile.

• domainadmin domainadmin – The name of the user account in the domain that has permission to create a system account in that domain.

• domainadminpassword domainadminpassword – The password of the domainadmin user account.

• firstloginscript firstloginscript – A fully qualified path to a file that contains the commands that run the first time a user logs on to the system after the final installation setup stage. This value should be \directory-path.

• joindomain joindomain – The name of the domain for the system.

• joinworkgroup joinworkgroup – The name of the workgroup for the system.

• language language – The default language/locale for the installation. Refer to http://www.microsoft.com/globaldev/reference/lcid-all.mspx for valid values.

• languagegroup languagegroup – The language group for the installation. Use tab completion to list the valid values.

• licensingmode licensingmode – Specify whether to install Windows in a per-seat or a per-server license mode. Valid values are perseat and peruser.

• licenseperserver licenseperserver – The number of client licenses purchased for the server. Valid value is a number.

• oemdriverpath oemdriverpath – A fully qualified path to a folder that contains the OEM PnP drivers. This value should be \directory-path.

• primarydnsserver primarydnsserver – The IP address of the primary DNS server. This attribute is required with the joindomain attribute.

• repartition repartition – Specify whether to delete all partitions on the first drive of the system and reformat it with the NTFS file system. Valid values are true and false.

• secondarydnsserver secondarydnsserver – The IP address of the secondary DNS server. This attribute is required with the joindomain attribute.

• targetpath targetpath – A fully qualified path to a folder in which to install Windows. Default is \windows.

• timezone timezone – The time zone for the installation. Example: GMT Standard Time

• wtsallowconnection wtsallowconnection – Specify whether the terminal server enables connections from other systems. Valid values are true and false.

• wtsenable wtsenable – Specify whether to enable installation of the terminal server. Valid values are true and false.

• wtslicensingmode wtsenable – Specify how the terminal server manages its Client Access Licenses (CALs). Valid values are perseat and peruser.

• wtspermissionssetting wtspermissionssetting – Security mode for the terminal server during a session. Valid values are admin and all.

DISKLESS CLIENT PROFILES

• description – A description for the new OS profile.

• nfsopts – An NFS option in an option/value format.

• ramdisksize – The RAM disk size. Default is 512 Mbytes.

• os – The name of the OS distribution to install.

• osprofile – A name for the new OS profile.