Installation guide
Prerequisites
Configure your DHCP server. See "Configure DHCP" on page178.
Procedure
1. On the OS Provisioning Server, log in as root.
2. Run ospctrl --showconfig.
The following results verify that the TFTP and Apache services are running.
TFTP - Configured on * - Running
Apache - Configured on * - Running
3. Run ospctrl --configure --privateip <IP Address>.
The configuration process runs. The IP address is 10.11.12.1.
Shutting down FStftpd: [OK ]
Starting FStftpd: [OK ]
TFTP - Configured on 10.11.12.1 - Running
Shutting down FSadmin: [OK ]
Starting FSadmin: [OK ]
Apache - Configured on 10.11.12.1 - Running
4. Run ospctrl --showconfig.
The following text appears when the TFTP and Apache services are running.
TFTP - Configured on 10.11.12.1 - Running
Apache - Configured on 10.11.12.1 - Running
What to do next
To install Windows distributions on target machines, you must create a Windows boot image and copy it
to the OS Provisioning Server. See "Create a Windows Boot Image" below.
Create a Windows Boot Image
Create a Windows boot image and copy it to the OS Provisioning Server. You create the image on a
Windows 2008 or Windows 7 machine, and copy the files to the OS Provisioning Server.
Prerequisites
n Verify that the Windows Automated Install Kit (WAIK) 3.0 is installed on the Windows machine on
which you are creating the boot image.
n Verify that the Windows machine on which you are creating the image, which is usually the VCM
Collector, can access the OS Provisioning Server on the network.
n On Windows 2008 machines, you run the command line options in this procedure as Administrator.
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