HP Insight Control Server Provisioning 7.2 Administrator Guide

OS distribution
files
The files that make up an operating system before that operating system is installed on a server.
These files are provided to consumers via ISO images or physical CD/DVDS from OS companies
such as Microsoft, Red Hat, VMware, and Novell.
OS personalization The process of giving a running server the characteristics that make it unique, including IP
configuration, host name, and domain. A server can be personalized during the initial OS
deployment or after the OS is already installed.
package A single compressed (zipped) file that can contain executables, configuration information, and
script files. An example of a package is a .zip file of Windows drivers to be used during
unattended installations.
preboot
environment
See service OS.
provisioned A server in this state has an operating system installed.
provisioning Installing an operating system on a target server using either scripted installation or captured
image deployment.
PXE-free See embedded deployment features.
script The types of scripts supported by Insight Control server provisioning are:
• UNIX – Bourne shell (sh), C shell (csh), and KornShell (ksh)
• OGFS – Opsware Global File System
• Windows .BAT – Windows batch file
• Windows VBScript – Visual Basic scripting
• Python – Python programming language
scripted installation The OS provisioning method that uses configuration files and OS distribution files to deploy an
OS to a target server as an unattended installation. This is the native way the operating system
is intended to be installed by the OS vendor but with the interactive installation process automated.
This is in contrast to an image installation.
Server Automation
(SA)
HP Server Automation software. See http://www.hp.com/go/serverautomation.
server discovery The process where a server becomes known to the Insight Control server provisioning appliance.
For bare metal, the server boots to a service OS with an agent installed that registers with the
appliance. For servers already running an OS, the agent is installed onto the running OS and
then registers with the appliance. Once a server has registered with Insight Control server
provisioning, it can be selected for provisioning.
server status
Table 5 Server statuses
Server is provisioned and OK.
Job is running on a provisioned server.
This is an unprovisioned server ready to be provisioned.
Provisioning is in progress on either an unprovisioned or provisioned server.
Reboot stage of a job running on a provisioned server.
Provisioning failed on this server. It is available for provisioning.
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