HP Insight Control for Linux 6.0 User Guide

Directory name in /opt/repository/instconfig
OS version
rh052–virt-guest
RHEL Version 5 Update 2 (for Virtual
Guests)
rh053
RHEL Version 5 Update 3
rh053–management-hub
RHEL Version 5 Update 3 (for Management
Hubs)
esx030
VMware ESX Version 3.0
esx035
VMware ESX Version 3.5
esx040
VMware ESX Version 4.0
• The associated installation configuration files are stored in the appropriate OS-specific
directory under /opt/repository/instconfig and use the same naming convention.
For example, rh053.cfg is the Kickstart installation configuration file associated with
RHEL Version 5 Update 3, and it is located in the /opt/repository/instconfig/rh053
directory.
• Installation configuration files that you customize are stored under directories that match
the name you give them in the repository.
For example, MyRHEL52.cfg is your customized Kickstart installation configuration file
associated with installing a RHEL Version 5 Update 2 OS, and it is located in the /opt/
repository/instconfig/MyRHEL52 directory.
• Installation configuration files for installing a virtual host are named according to the format
osver-virt-host, where osver indicates the operating system version, for example
rh052.
Likewise, installation configuration files for installing a virtual guest follow a similar format:
osver-virt-guest.
7.2.2 Customizing installation configuration files
As part of the installation process for supported operating systems, HP Insight Control for Linux
provides a set of macros that are replaced with appropriate settings, making it possible to use a
single installation configuration file for multiple operating systems, hardware combinations, or
both.
These macros are enclosed inside a double set of percent sign symbols (%%). The macros are
interpreted and expanded by HP Insight Control for Linux before the configuration file is
ultimately passed to the OS installation process.
Successful installation with HP Insight Control for Linux requires properly using these macros
as part of your installation configuration file. To ensure successful installations, HP recommends
that you understand what these macros do and use one of the provided files as a template for
your own installation configuration files.
84 Installing operating systems on managed systems