HP Insight Control server provisioning Capturing and Installing Linux System Images

3. Click OK to save the script.

Create New Filesystem Script

Create a new script that repartitions the disk, creates logical volumes/groups and creates the filesystem to receive the

new image. While the sample script partitions the disk so it replicates the old partition table, it is possible to alter the

new partition if required. Any new changes will have to be reflected in the target server image’s /etc/fstab once the

image has been deployed.

To create a new script to create the filesystem:

1. On the IC server provisioning appliance, create a new script of Unix type and name it for the appropriate

function.

2. Create the script content or copy and paste the script content from an external application. For example, the

script would contain:

#!/bin/bash

# Partition disk

echo "Partitioning disk..."

sfdisk /dev/sda -uM << EOF

0,500,L,*

,,L

EOF

while [ ! -e /dev/sda2 ]; do sleep 1; done

# Mark partition as Linux LVM

sfdisk --change-id /dev/sda 2 0x8e

# Create filesystems and logical volumes

echo "Create filesyste on boot partition..."

mkfs.ext4 -j -L boot /dev/sda1

echo "Create logical group and volumes..."

pvcreate /dev/sda2

vgcreate VolGroup /dev/sda2

lvcreate --size 10G VolGroup --name lv_root

while [ ! -e /dev/VolGroup/lv_root ]; do sleep 1; done

lvcreate --size 10G VolGroup --name lv_home

while [ ! -e /dev/VolGroup/lv_home ]; do sleep 1; done

lvcreate --size 4G VolGroup --name lv_swap

while [ ! -e /dev/VolGroup/lv_swap ]; do sleep 1; done

mkfs.ext4 -j -L root /dev/VolGroup/lv_root

mkfs.ext4 -j -L home /dev/VolGroup/lv_home

mkswap -L swap0 /dev/VolGroup/lv_swap

3. Click OK to save the script.

Mount the Filesystem Script

Create a new script that mounts the filesystem so the image can be written to it. If the image’s partition structure hasn’t

changed from the capture, the capture OS Build Plan’s Mount Server Image script can be used.

To create a new script to mount the filesystem:

1. On the IC server provisioning appliance, create a new script of Unix type and name it for the appropriate

function.