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

There are scenarios where a build plan can only be run on servers with iLO 4 or newer (one example: Intelligent

Provisioning Firmware Update). This step is used in those build plans to ensure that the target server is running iLO 4 or

newer. If not, it will fail early instead of unnecessarily going forward with build plan execution.

Type: OGFS

Parameters:

 -t MINUTES or --atMost=MINUTES - Wait at most MINUTES number of minutes before timing out. Default is 10

minutes.

Wait for ESXi installation

Waits for an ESXi installation to complete.

Since there is no SA Agent available under ESXi, this script is used to verify that the production hypervisor is booted

properly. In the ESXi kickstart file, a few lines of Python script executes under first production boot, sending a ping back

to say that installation is complete and the machine is booted successfully in to production.

Type: OGFS

Parameters: None

Custom Attributes: None

Wait for HP SA Agent

Waits for the HP SA Agent to register or come online before proceeding with future instructions.

This script is used in nearly every build plan. It holds up a build plan’s execution during the time a target server is

booting, and will not allow processing to continue until the target server finishes booting and an agent on that server

registers itself with the appliance. Any Boot or Reboot step must be followed by a Wait for SA Agent step, since the Boot

steps do not wait for boot completion.

Once an agent does register with the appliance, the script will check to make sure the target server was booted into the

proper mode as specified by the parameters listed below.

This step can also be used to re-establish communication with a target server when the running build plan might cause a

network interruption. If a build plan step causes the target server's NIC to go down for any reason, the agent will lose its

connection to the appliance and cause the build plan to fail. Adding the Wait for HP SA Agent step after the step with the

network interruption will cause the build plan to wait for the target server to reestablish a connection.

NOTE: The Decommission Server step is the only step that is allowed to come between Boot and Wait for SA Agent.

Type: OGFS

Optional Parameters:

 --ogfs, --maintenance Interchangeable parameters that indicate the server is to boot into a service OS. HP-

provided build plans do not use --ogfs.

 --production Indicates we are expecting a production agent.

 --atLeast=MINUTES – where MINUTES is the number of minutes to wait before actively checking for the agent;

default value is 1 minute. This is necessary in some cases, because this script could actually end up polling for

an agent before the target server shuts down. The delay allows the server to shut down and begin its reboot.

 --atMost=MINUTES – where MINUTES is the maximum number of minutes to wait for the agent to come back

online; default value is 15 minutes. It may be necessary to increase this setting if the target server is slow at

booting and not providing enough time for the agent to connect.

Windows Image Capture

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