OS Provisioning setup task summary

The required OS Provisioning setup tasks, typically performed by an OS Provisioning or SA Administrator, include:

1. Installing the OS Provisioning Components. This task should have been completed when SA was installed. If not, contact your SA or System Administrator. See the SA 10.51 Install section for more information.
2. Configure the SA Boot/DHCP server using the /opt/opsware/dhcpd/sbin/dhcpdtool script. This script is installed with the SA Boot server component.
3. Installing the Media Server. This task should have been completed when SA was installed. If not, contact your SA or System Administrator. See the SA 10.51 Install section for more information.
4. Ensuring that you have the correct permissions for OS Sequence management and execution. To obtain these permissions, contact your SA/System Administrator. For more information about which permissions are required, see "Permissions Reference" in the SA 10.51 Administer section.
5. Setting up the Media Server:
   1. Copying your licensed operating system media or images to the Media Server NFS/Samba share. After the media or images are copied to these shares, ensure that at minimum Read permission is given to these shares.
   2. Using the import_media script tool to create the Media Resource Locators (MRLs) for the operating system media. The import_media script is installed with SA's Software Repository component. This step is required to create OS Installation Profiles and OS Sequences.
6. [Optional] Setting up HP RAID capture, which enables provisioning RAID configured servers.
7. Creating Build Customization scripts that allow you to modify operating system installations at specific points.
8. [Optional] Creating Custom Attributes that allow you to set certain parameters and named data value.

   For OS Sequence-based provisioning, custom attributes can be added to OS Installation Profiles.

9. Creating OS Sequences, which allow you to specify provisioning tasks, the Installation Profile to use, reboots, etc. While this task can be done by the Provisioning Administrator, it can also be delegated to users who perform provisioning.
10. Creating OS Installation Profiles in which you specify:
    • The location of resources (MRLs), configuration files (Jumpstart, KickStart, YAST2, and Windows unattended install files)
    • The OS Sequence
    • How provisioning is to be performed (Build Customization scripts and Custom Attributes)
    • Software packages to be provisioned with the operating system
    • Hardware signature files

The following sections contain instructions to set up SA OS Provisioning for supported platforms.