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General guidelines for preparing the OS media

  • Unpack the vendor provided ISO(s) on the media server in a shared path.

    For example, extracting an ISO on a Linux system:

    mkdir -p /mnt/media

    mount -o loop,ro /path/to/media.iso /mnt/media

    cp -ar /mnt/media /media/opsware/os/version

    chown -r nobody:nobody /shared/path/extracted_media

    umount /mnt/media

  • Ensure that the Media Server does not alter file paths. For this reason HPE recommends that you use a Linux-based Media Server.
  • See the Set Media Source step in the Build Plan you want to run. Double-check the protocol, media server and share path to the media. Note that some deployments support multiple protocols.
  • Verify that the processor architecture of the media matches the architecture of the Build Plan you are using.