Table of Contents
- Title and Copyright Information
- Preface
- 1 Discovering Hosts and Software Deployments
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2
Provisioning Bare Metal Servers
- Getting Started with Provisioning Bare Metal Servers
- Overview Of Bare Metal Provisioning
- Supported Releases of Linux
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Setting Up Infrastructure for Bare Metal Provisioning
- Setting Up Stage Server
- Setting Up Boot Server and DHCP Server
- Setting Up RPM Repository
- Configuring Stage Server
- Configuring Boot Server
- Configuring DHCP Server
- Configuring RPM Repository
- Checklist for Boot Server, Stage Server, RPM Repository, and Reference Host
- Configuring Software Library Components
- Prerequisites for Provisioning Operating Systems and Oracle VM Servers
- Provisioning Operating Systems
- Provisioning Oracle VM Servers
- Viewing Saved Plans
- Using Saved Plans for Provisioning Linux Operating System and Oracle VM Server on Bare Metal Servers
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3
Patching Linux Hosts
- Overview of Patching Linux Hosts
- About the Deployment Procedure for Patching Linux Hosts
- Supported Linux Releases
- Setting Up Infrastructure for Linux Patching
- Patching Linux Hosts
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Managing Linux Configuration Files
- Overview of Linux Configuration Files
- Prerequisites for Managing Configuration Files
- Creating a Linux Configuration File Channel
- Uploading Linux Configuration Files to a Particular Channel
- Importing Linux Configuration Files from One Channel to Another
- Deploying Linux Configuration Files From a Particular Channel
- Deleting a Linux Configuration File Channel
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Additional Linux Patching Tasks You Can Perform
- Viewing Linux Patching Compliance History
- Patching Non-Compliant Linux Packages
- Rolling Back Linux Patch Update Sessions or Deinstalling Packages
- Registering a Custom Package Channel
- Cloning a Package Channel
- Copying Packages from One Channel to Another
- Adding Custom Packages to a Channel
- Deleting a Package Channel
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4
Monitoring and Managing Hosts
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Host Consolidation Planner
- Overview of Host Consolidation Planner
- Creating a Host Consolidation Planner Project
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Creating a Host Consolidation Planner Scenario
- Setting Up the Scenario
- Defining Constraints for Host Consolidation
- Planning the Destination for a Physical Server to Virtual Server Project
- Planning the Destination for a Physical Server to Physical Server Project
- Mapping Host Sources to Destinations
- Reviewing and Saving the Host Consolidation Scenario
- Other Host Consolidation Scenario Creation Options
- Evaluating Host Consolidation Scenarios
- Overview of Host Management
- Setting Up the Environment to Monitor Hosts
- Monitoring Hosts
- Administering Hosts
- Managing Oracle Linux Homes
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Host Consolidation Planner
- A Understanding PXE Booting and Kickstart Technology
- B Troubleshooting Issues
- Index