Provisioning setup for OS sequences

To prepare for OS Provisioning, authorized staff should determine and record the standard configuration of each operating system to be provisioned as well as the required utilities, drivers, and agents. System administrators can then use OS Provisioning to install the operating systems, configure networking, and install other software.

Before using SA OS Provisioning you must complete a number of preparatory tasks including:

• Confirming that required permissions are specified for users who will perform OS Sequence management and execution.
• Confirming that the network is configured as required for SA Provisioning.
• Preparing hardware to be provisioned as required.
• Configuring the SA Media Server for the operating systems you will provision.
• Uploading licensed operating system media to the SA Media Server.
• Creating Media Resource Locators (MRLs) that identify the location of the media during provisioning.
• Configuring optional HP RAID configuration capture.
• Creating optional Build Customization scripts for the operating systems you will provision.
• Creating optional Custom Attributes for the operating systems you will provision.
• Creating OS Sequences that specify the order of provisioning tasks and can include optional configuration information such as Software Policies, Windows Patch policies, Static Device Groups.
• Creating Installation Profiles for the operating systems you will provision. You can also optionally add custom attributes and build customization scripts to the Installation Profiles.

The following section summarizes those tasks and provides pointers to detailed instructions for completing the tasks.