Installation guide

Procedure
Copy the VCM certificate, VMware_VCM_Enterprise_Certificate_*.pem, to the OS Provisioning
Server/opt/FastScale/var/fsadmin/basic/ directory.
What to do next
Import operating system distributions into your repositories. See "Import Distributions into the OS
Provisioning Server Repository" below.
Import Distributions into the OS Provisioning Server Repository
To install operating system distributions on target machines, you must import the distributions into the OS
Provisioning Server repository.
For supported operating systems, see "Hardware and Operating System Requirements for VCM Managed
Machines" on page157.
Prerequisites
Confirm that you installed OS Provisioning Server and configured all the options. See "Install and
Configure the OS Provisioning Server" on page175.
Procedure
1. "Create Directories for Windows Distributions" below.
Some Windows operating system distribution files are issued on multiple disks. Because of the
dependencies within the packages, you must create a single directory for multiple Windows operating
system disks before you import Windows distributions.
2. "Import Windows Distributions" on the facing page.
Windows distributions are the operating system installation files that you import into the OS
Provisioning Server repository. After importing the distribution, you use VCM provisioning actions to
install the operating system on target machines.
3. "Import Linux Distributions" on page185.
Linux distributions are the operating system installation files that you import into the OS Provisioning
Server repository. After importing the distribution, use VCM provisioning actions to install the
operating system on target machines. You can import standard and customized operating system
distributions.
Create Directories for Windows Distributions
Some Windows operating system distribution files are issued on multiple disks. Because of the
dependencies within the packages, you must create a single directory for multiple Windows operating
system disks before you import Windows distributions.
Procedure
1. On the OS Provisioning Server, use the mkdir -p /tmp/<directory name> command to create a
directory to contain the imported files from multiple source files.
For example, mkdir -p /tmp/Win2003-R2-SP2-Standard.
2. Insert the first CD in the drive and run the cp -R /media/cdrom/<source directory name>
/tmp/<directory name> command.
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