HP Insight Control server provisioning Capturing and Installing Linux System Images

1. On the IC server provisioning appliance, create a new script of Unix type and name it for the appropriate

function.

2. Create the script content or copy and paste the script content from an external application. For example, the

script for simple partitioning of SLES 11 SP3 would contain:

#!/bin/bash

## Assumes first disk /dev/sda to be used. Change if needed

disk="/dev/sda"

# Partition disk

echo "Partitioning disk..."

sfdisk $disk -uM << EOF

0,900,L,

,2000,82

,,L,*

EOF

while [ ! -e ${disk}3 ]; do sleep 1; done

# Create filesystems and logical volumes

echo "Create filesystems..."

mkfs.ext3 -j -L root ${disk}3

sync

3. Click OK to save the script.

NOTE: Once again, the above script uses the first available device in the target (/dev/sda). If another device needs to be

used, then the script needs to be modified to specify that.

Mount the Filesystem Script

Create a new script that mounts the filesystem so the image can be written to it. If the image’s partition structure hasn’t

changed from the capture, the capture OS Build Plan’s Mount Server Image script can be used.

To create a new script to mount the filesystem:

1. On the IC server provisioning appliance, create a new script of Unix type and name it for the appropriate

function.

2. Create the script content or copy and paste the script content from an external application. For example, the

script would contain:

#!/bin/bash

#Now mount new setup.

mkdir -p /mnt/target

mount /dev/sda3 /mnt/target

3. Click OK to save the script.

Deploy Linux Image Script

Create a new script that deploys the previously captured Linux image.

To create a new script to deploy a Linux image:

1. On the IC server provisioning appliance, create a new script of Unix type and name it for the appropriate

function.