HP Insight Control for Linux 6.2 User Guide

Directory name in /opt/repository/instconfig
OS version
rh055–virt-host
RHEL Version 5 Update 5 (for Virtual
Hosts)
rh055–virt-guest
RHEL Version 5 Update 5 (for Virtual
Guests)
esx035
VMware ESX Version 3.5U5
esx041
VMware ESX Version 4.1
• The associated installation configuration files are stored in the OS-specific directory under
/opt/repository/instconfig and use the same naming convention.
For example, rh055.cfg is the Kickstart installation configuration file associated with
RHEL Version 5 Update 5, and it is located in the /opt/repository/instconfig/rh055
directory.
• Installation configuration files that you customize are stored under directories that match
the name you give them in the repository.
For example, Myrh055.cfg is your customized Kickstart installation configuration file
associated with installing a RHEL Version 5 Update 5 OS, and it is located in the /opt/
repository/instconfig/Myrh055 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.
9.2.2 Customizing installation configuration files
As part of the installation process for supported operating systems, Insight Control for Linux
provides 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 (%%). Insight Control for
Linux interprets and expands the macros before the configuration file is ultimately passed to the
OS installation process.
Successful installation with 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 a provided file as a template for your own
installation configuration files.
94 Installing operating systems on managed systems