HP Insight Control Software for Linux User Manual
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Associate the PSP to the operating systems it supports. Use the Ctrl-Left Mouse Button key
combination to select all the operating systems that the PSP supports.
The PSP must be properly associated with all operating systems it supports so that Insight
Control for Linux installation tools can determine the PSP file from which to extract the
required components during an OS installation.
6.
Select Save.
7.
View the summary information, especially the PSP path on disk: which provides the location
where you download the PSP.
Repository Name redhatV50 has been updated.
PSP path on disk: /opt/repository/psp/redhatV50
Notice: You may now upload the PSP tar.gz file if you have not done so yet.
IMPORTANT:
Write down or copy and paste into a file the path displayed in the PSP path
on disk field.
8.
Select OK to return to the Manage Repository screen.
To download a PSP into the repository, see
5.2.4 Registering automated installation configuration files (Kickstart and AutoYaST)
To support a completely unattended Linux OS installation, both Red Hat, Inc., distributors of Red
Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), and Novell, distributors of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES), use
an installation configuration file that contains all the parameters necessary to complete the installation
without user interaction.
An installation configuration file also enables unattended VMware ESX virtualization OS installation.
Many custom operating systems, particularly those derived from either RHEL or SLES operating
systems, support an installation configuration mechanism as well.
For more information about using and creating installation configuration files for unattended
installations, see
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To register an installation configuration file in the repository, follow these steps:
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Select the following menu item from the Insight Control user interface:
Options
→IC-Linux→Manage Repository
2.
Select New.
3.
From the Item Type drop down list, select Installation configuration file (Kickstart/AutoYaST).
4.
Select Next.
5.
Supply the following information about the file:
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A unique name for the installation configuration file. Because the value you supply as the
name is used to create a directory in the repository, the name cannot contain spaces,
cannot be blank, and must use only the following characters:
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Lowercase letters a through z
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Uppercase letters A through Z
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Numbers 0 (zero) through 9
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Hyphens (-), periods (.), and underscores (_)
Do not append .cfg to the file name.
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Description of the file.
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From the drop down list, select the registered operating systems to which the configuration
file is applied during an unattended OS installation.
Use the Ctrl-Left Mouse Button key combination to select multiple operating systems.
5.2 Registering items in the Insight Control for Linux repository
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