Reprovisioning Servers

This procedure explains how to recycle a system’s function by reprovisioning a new operating system, a new profile, or both. You can reprovision a managed host that has already been provisioned.

To Reprovision a Server

When you click Continue in the Reprovisioning form, the operating system is reinstalled and all existing data is overwritten. This occurs even if you did not make any changes.

1. In the Status page, select the host to be reprovisioned.

2. Click the recycle icon.

   The Reprovisioning page opens. The Reprovisioning page is prepopulated with the system information. For more information, see Creating or Provisioning Machines.

3. Edit the options required to recycle this system.

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   Note –

   If you change the platform operating system of a Solaris system, you must copy the DHCP content to the dhcp.conf file on the Solaris client. The BMI then sends a Sun Update Connection – Enterprise job to restart the system.

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4. Click Continue.

   The operating system is reinstalled and all existing data is overwritten.

Next Steps

The following actions are carried out on the system:

• The selected distribution/operating system is installed on the host, overwriting the previous operating system.

• The Sun Update Connection – Enterprise agent is reinstalled for further management tasks.

• If you selected an optional profile, the system is installed with software of the profile, provisioning it for the selected purpose.

• The selected Post-Install Actions are performed to ensure the integrity of the server.