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

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Type: Unix
Optional Parameter:
 kernel_arguments=’value’ - a string of arguments that will be passed to the build images' kernel, for example,
kernel_arguments=mpath used with Red Hat EL 5.8 for multipath support.
Custom Attributes: None
Install Linux SPP
Install Windows SPP
Installs the HP Service Pack for ProLiant (SPP) on the target server.
IMPORTANT: The Install Windows SPP script is no longer used starting with IC server provisioning 7.3.1. It has been
replaced with the following three steps; Install Windows SPP In Background, Wait for HP SA Agent, and Report Windows
SPP Installation Results. See the descriptions of these scripts in the reference section above for complete details.
These scripts install the entire SPP onto the running production target server using the HP SUM utility and specified SPP
version located on the Media Server. This includes agents, drivers, and firmware. If you do not want to install all of these
things, you can control what gets installed using the –hpsum_parameters parameter. See the HP SUM User Guide for
information about what options are available.
This script expects the SPP location on the Media Server to be \Media\spp\yyyy.mm.x where yyyy.mm.x is the
SPP version number, for example 2014.02.0. This script requires that the SPP be available, so it should come after the
Set Media Source script. Since this script uses the HP SUM utility, an SPP should be used in the media server location.
Copying a supplemental package to that location will fail the script since it won’t be able to find HP SUM.
NOTE: In some cases, it is common for a small percentage of the SPP components to fail. Because of this, by default, the
Install xxx SPP script will not report a failure if individual components fail with HP SUM exit code 253. Unfortunately,
there is no way to distinguish between one of these expected failures and an unexpected failure. If you prefer that your
script and build plan fail when a component fails, you can specify the –fail_on_warning flag.
Type: Unix or Windows .BAT
Required Parameter:
 filename=absolute_filename – The absolute file path containing the Deployment Interface details of the
server which can be obtained by running Get Deployment Interface Details script.
Optional Parameters:
 --spp_version=directory_name - The name of the directory containing the SPP to be installed, such as
2013.02.0. If the value is blank or latest, the script automatically selects the directory with the latest
version as determined by alphabetic sort order.
 --hpsum_options="option1 option2 option3 ... optionN" - HP SUM utility supported command-line options
that are to be passed to HP SUM. Refer to HP SUM's CLIhelp.txt documentation file for available options.
 --fail_on_warning - When specified, the script will fail on receiving the error code 253 from HP SUM. When
absent, the script will be successful for the error code 253 from HP SUM
Custom Attributes: None
Install Windows SPP In Background
This script installs the entire SPP onto the running production target server using the HP SUM utility and specified SPP
version located on the Media Server. It works exactly like the Install Windows SPP script, but the execution of HP SUM
happens in the background while the SA agent is disabled. This method eliminates problems caused when a NIC driver or
firmware is updated and the network connection to the appliance resets.
This step must be immediately followed by a Wait for HP SA agent step. The Wait for HP SA agent step will cause the
build plan to wait until the background SPP process completes and the SA agent is turned back on.
Also, because the execution happens while the agent is turned off, an additional step, Report Windows SPP Installation
Results, is required after the Wait for HP SA agent step to collect the results and report the SPP success or failure.
This script expects the SPP location on the Media Server to be \Media\spp\yyyy.mm.x where yyyy.mm.x is the
SPP version number, for example 2014.02.0. This script requires that the SPP be available, so it should come after the