Installation guide

Option Description
License these machines for
VCM
License the machines for VCM management.
9. On the Machine-Specific Settings page, type the HostName and click Next.
The HostName is limited to 15 characters.
If you did not select Use DHCP to determine IP address on the Settings page, you must configure the
IP Address, Subnet, Default Gateway, and DNS.
10. (Optional) On the Post-install Script page, type a Script Name and the script, and click Next.
11. (Optional) On the Disk Configuration page, select one of the options and click Next.
Option Description
Use all available disk
space
Creates and formats a single partition using all the available disk
space.
Create partition with nn
GB.
Partitions and formats the specified space. The space you specify
must be less than the total available space.
12. On the Confirmation page, click Finish.
The OS Provisioning Server starts jobs for each of the selected target machines. Each job creates a
configured session for the specified machines. The configured session includes information about the
target machine, the OS distribution, the configuration information for the selected combination of
target machine and operating system, and the VCM Agent.
13. Reboot the target machines.
You must cycle the power on the machines either manually or using a remote administration
mechanism. The machines must be configured to network boot from the OS Provisioning Server,
which identifies the configured session that is waiting and the installation begins. If the session does
not exist, then the target machine remains provisionable and is not provisioned until a session is
created and the target machine is rebooted.
What to do next
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Verify that the provisioning process has begun. Click Administration and select Machines Manager >
OS Provisioning > Provisionable Machines. The machines appear in the appropriate Available
Machines or Licensed Machines data grid with an OS provisioning status of OS Provisioning Queued.
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Verify that the provisioning process is finished. Click Administration and select Machines Manager >
OS Provisioning > Provisioned Machines. The OS provisioning status is OS Provisioning Succeeded or
OS Provisioning Overwritten.
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Configure the Windows 2008 SP2, and R2, and Windows 7 machines on a public network with access to
the Internet and manually complete the Windows license activation on the provisioned machines.
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(Optional) Change the Agent communication protocol. See "Change Agent Communication" on page
171.
Provision Linux Machines
Provisioning physical or virtual machines with a Linux operating system installs the selected operating
system and the VCM Agent on one or more of your Linux machines.
Provisioning Physical or Virtual Machine Operating Systems
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