HP Insight Control Server Provisioning 7.3 Update 1 Build Plans Reference Guide

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The boot step completes as soon as the boot is initiated, and does not wait for a successful boot. For this
reason, the boot step should always be followed by the Wait for SA Agent step. Sometimes the Decommission
Server step can come between Boot and Wait for SA Agent.
When checking the current state of the target server, the boot step cannot distinguish between a server that
was booted using PXE or one booted using the embedded service OS. If the build plan requires one specific
context or the other, be sure to specify the force option in conjunction with the method= option, which will
cause a server reboot regardless of the current state.
Type: OGFS
Required Parameters:
--serviceOS=service_os where service_os is the name of the service OS in which to boot. Possible values are
linux, linux64, and winpe64. There is no difference between linux and linux64.
Optional Parameters:
--method=method_options where method_options are
o auto The boot method will be chosen automatically based on the server type. This is the default.
o embedded Boots to the embedded service OS. This is supported only for HP ProLiant Gen8 and
newer servers.
o network Boots the server using PXE, regardless of the type of server.
--force - Forces a reboot of the server, regardless of the current state or service OS.
Custom Attributes: None
Capture Windows Image
IMPORTANT: This script is no longer used in Windows build plans starting with IC server provisioning 7.3.1. It has been
replaced with the Windows Image Capture script.
Creates a WIM image of the target server using ImageX.
For more information about ImageX, see the following two articles:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc722145
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc749447
Type: Windows .BAT
The parameters are specified in order, separated by spaces.
Required Parameters:
Full path where the WIM image file will be saved including the file name and .wim extension.
Drive to be captured
Optional Parameter:
Path to the optional wimscript.ini exclusion file. This file contains a list of files for ImageX to skip while
imaging. The Capture Windows Image script will always add files to the exclusion list to prevent imaging the
Server Automation agent files. In no wimscript.ini file is specified, one will be created just for the agent files.
Example parameters:
Z:\media\newWimFile.wim C: Z:\configs\wimscript.ini
Required Custom Attributes: None
Check iLO Service
Checks that the target server’s iLO has been registered properly with the appliance.
There are circumstances where a target server may appear in the appliance interface, but its iLO may not have
completed registering itself. Since the Boot step requires the iLO for its boot control functions, a build plan could