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Appendix A – Changes in Build Plans for each release
With each new release of Insight Control server provisioning, the HP provided build plans are updated to provide more
functionality, support more platforms, be more robust, and correct defects. Any build plans you customized in a
previous release may not have the latest changes, since those build plans are copies of the ones HP provided in the older
release. This appendix provides a description of all the build plan changes made for each release so that you can update
your customized build plan to take advantage of the latest features. Some of the changes listed here are optional, while
others are mandatory. Read this section carefully.
Depending on the customizations you make to your build plans and the changes for each release, you may find it easier
to re-customize the latest HP provided build plans rather than go back and change your old ones. For example, if all you
do is change the unattend file, it will be easier to copy a new Windows build plan and replace the unattend file, than it
will be to modify your old build plan to get all the latest changes.
New Changes for IC server provisioning Release 7.3.1
All Build Plans Updated to support Proliant servers with UEFI boot capability
All of the HP-provided build plans now support servers running in UEFI mode as well as "Legacy" BIOS mode. Many of the
changes for this support were made in the back end and will automatically be picked up by older build plans, however,
there are some important changes you will need to make if you want your build plans to remain current and support UEFI
servers. If you are not planning on using any UEFI servers, these changes may not be necessary. The changes are as
follows:
Most Build Plans now include the Verify Supported Boot Modes script step which helps make sure the action
being performed by the build plan is supported by the mode the server is in..
All Windows Scripted Install and Image Install Build Plans were updated to support UEFI disk partitioning.
The Create Windows System Drive script was replaced by the following three steps in order: Configure Windows
Partitioning Scheme for Legacy, Configure Windows Partitioning Scheme for Uefi, and Partition Disk for
Windows configuration files and script.
All Windows Scripted Install Build Plans were updated to support a legacy BIOS mode installation while using
a UEFI server and the Intelligent Provisioning WinPE Service OS. The Install and boot into local Winpe script
was added after the Wait for HP SA Agent step to allow for this special case.
All Windows Image Capture Build Plans now use a new capture script. Windows Image Capture is now used
instead of Capture Windows Image. The old script is still provided but is no longer supported.
All Windows Image Install Build Plans now use a new image deployment script. Windows Image Deploy is now
used instead of Apply WIM Image. The old script is still provided but is no longer supported.
VMware ESXi 5.1u2 and VMware ESXi 5.5 Scripted Install Build Plans were updated to add ESXi to the UEFI
boot menu. The Add ESXi Boot Option To UEFI Boot Order script was added for this purpose.
Windows 2008 SP2 and Windows 2008 R2 SP1 Build Plans Updated to Check for WinPE Version
The Validate WinPE Version script was added to the Windows 2008 SP2 and Windows 2008 R2 SP1 scripted install build
plans to fail if WinPE 3.0 or 3.1 is not being used. Beginning with IC server provisioning 7.3.1, multiple WinPE PXE
versions are provided. Windows 2008 SP2 and Windows 2008 R2 SP1 may only be installed using WinPE 3.1 PXE version
or Intelligent Provisioning v1.50 or earlier which is based on WinPE 3.0. Adding this step early in the build plan will help
ensure the OS install will not be attempted using the wrong version of WinPE.
Windows unattend answer files now use EncryptedAdminPassword custom attribute instead of the AdminPassword
custom attribute
The old AdminPassword custom attribute was replaced with EncryptedAdminPassword in all of the default Windows
unattend files to help reduce confusion and make it clear to users that the password being provided is expected to be
encrypted. Underlying functionality has not changed as the Administrator password was always encrypted in previous
versions. This is an optional change for your old build plans.