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5.2.2 Build Plans for capturing and installing images
HP provides Build Plans for capturing and installing images. See “Install a specific Windows
edition” (page 24) for information on how to alter these Build Plans to work with other versions of
Windows.
The following Build Plans are provided by HP for capturing images.
Image capture Build Plans
• ProLiant OS - Windows 2008 Standard x64 Image Capture
• ProLiant OS - Windows 2008 R2 Standard x64 Image Capture
• ProLiant OS - Windows 2012 Standard x64 Image Capture
NOTE: These Build Plans contain a Prepare Windows for Image Capture step that uses
the Sysprep tool to remove all system-specific information on the target server, such as the computer
name and security identifier (SID). This causes the target server to run the default service OS after
the Build Plan is run; it will not return to running the production OS. To return the target server to
production OS, you can run an image installation Build Plan on it to install the image you just
captured.
By default, the WIM image is stored on your Media Server in the Images directory.
Once you have captured an image, the following Build Plans can be used to install an image to
target servers. Target servers must have similar hardware to the server the image was captured
from.
Image installation Build Plans
• ProLiant OS - Windows 2008 Standard x64 Image Install
• ProLiant OS - Windows 2008 R2 Standard x64 Image Install
• ProLiant OS - Windows 2012 Standard x64 Image Install
5.3 Copying OS Build Plans
Procedure 24 To copy an OS Build Plan
1. Select the Build Plan of interest from the master pane of any OS Build Plans screen.
2. Select Actions→Save as.
5.4 Creating OS Build Plans
To create an OS Build Plan, you must make a copy of an existing Build Plan and then modify it.
See “Copying OS Build Plans” (page 51) for details.
5.5 Custom attributes for OS Build Plans
• “Overview of Build Plan custom attributes” (page 51)
• “Table of custom attributes for Build Plans” (page 52)
• “Rules for custom attributes” (page 53)
TIP: For information on how custom attribute substitution works in scripts, see “Custom attributes
for scripts” (page 65).
5.5.1 Overview of Build Plan custom attributes
A custom attribute is a simple name/value pair that is used as a form of variable substitution in
scripts, configuration files, parameters, and other appliance functions. When referenced, the custom
attribute name is replaced by the value of that custom attribute. Custom attributes do not stand
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