HP Insight Control Server Provisioning 7.3 Update 1 Administrator Guide

Adding a server via its iLO..................................................................................................32
PXE booting a server into maintenance mode........................................................................32
Adding servers that are already running an operating system.......................................................33
Provisioning servers.................................................................................................................34
Adding servers to a device group.............................................................................................34
Deleting servers......................................................................................................................34
Erasing servers.......................................................................................................................34
Virtual connect.......................................................................................................................34
7 Using OS Build Plans................................................................................35
About OS Build Plans..............................................................................................................35
OS Build Plan steps.................................................................................................................35
Run script step...................................................................................................................36
Deploy package step.........................................................................................................36
Deploy configuration file step..............................................................................................36
Capture configuration files step............................................................................................36
Working with OS Build Plans...................................................................................................37
Modifying configuration files...............................................................................................37
Adding scripts...................................................................................................................38
Modifying Build Plan step parameters...................................................................................38
Combining Build Plans........................................................................................................38
8 Using custom attributes..............................................................................39
About custom attributes...........................................................................................................39
Rules for custom attributes........................................................................................................39
Creating your own custom attributes..........................................................................................40
Table of some commonly used custom attributes..........................................................................40
9 How IC server provisioning works with Matrix OE and HP OneView ..............43
Matrix OE integration.............................................................................................................43
Coexistence with HP OneView appliances.................................................................................43
10 Backing up and restoring your appliance...................................................45
Overview..............................................................................................................................45
Backing up the appliance........................................................................................................45
About backing up the appliance..........................................................................................45
Best practices for backing up an appliance...........................................................................46
Backup REST API overview..................................................................................................46
Sample backup script.........................................................................................................48
How to use the sample backup script...............................................................................48
Example output.............................................................................................................48
Sample backup script main processing and functions.........................................................49
Troubleshooting tips.......................................................................................................50
Restoring the appliance...........................................................................................................50
About restoring the appliance..............................................................................................50
Best practices for restoring an appliance...............................................................................51
Performing a restore...........................................................................................................52
Restore REST API overview...................................................................................................53
Sample restore script..........................................................................................................54
How to use the sample restore script................................................................................54
Example output.............................................................................................................55
Sample restore script’s main processes and functions.........................................................55
Troubleshooting Tips......................................................................................................56
11 Security considerations............................................................................58
Architecture overview..............................................................................................................58
Assumptions...........................................................................................................................58
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