HP Insight Control for Linux 6.0 User Guide

IMPORTANT: Write down or copy and paste into a file the path displayed in the PSP path
on disk field because this is the location in the repository where you will download the PSP.
8. Select OK to return to the Manage Repository screen.
To download a PSP into the repository, see Section 6.3.7.
6.2.4 Registering automated installation configuration files (Kickstart and AutoYaST)
To support a completely unattended installation of a Linux OS, both Red Hat, Inc., distributors
of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), and Novell, distributors of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
(SLES), support the use of an installation configuration file that contains all the parameters
necessary to complete the installation without user interaction.
An installation configuration file also enables an unattended installation of a VMware ESX
virtualization OS.
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 Chapter 7 (page 81).
To register an installation configuration file in the repository, follow these steps:
1. Select the following menu item from the HP 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:
• 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:
— Lowercase letters a through z
— Uppercase letters A through Z
— Numbers 0 (zero) through 9
— Hyphens (-), periods (.), and underscores (_)
Do not append .cfg to the file name.
• Description of the file.
• From the drop down list, select the registered operating systems to which the
configuration file will be applied during an unattended OS installation.
Use the Ctrl-Left Mouse Button key combination to select multiple operating systems.
• Optionally, associate the configuration file with a custom OS. It is your responsibility
to apply the commands in the installation task to retrieve it.
6. Select Save.
7. View the summary information, especially the path information, which provides the details
of the repository registration including the directory and path created in the repository.
Item Name: MyConfig
Installation configuration path on disk: /opt/repository/instconfig/MyConfig/MyConfig.cfg
Installation configuration path via http: ./Instconfig/MyConfig/MyConfig.cfg
Notice: You may now upload the configuration file if you have not done so yet.
68 Managing the Insight Control for Linux repository