User`s guide

Option Description
Grow partition to
use all remaining
space
Select the option to allow the logical volume to fill available space up to the
maximum size specified for the volume.
You can select the option for only one partition.
If you select this option, you can specify a Volume Size of 0MB.
Remove Click to delete the selected row from the custom volume plan list.
11. 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.
12. Reboot the target machines.
You must cycle the power on the machines either manually or using some 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 are also displayed 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 completed. 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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Move the UNIX/Linux machine to your production network and synchronize the network time. See
"Synchronize Time on Installed Linux Operating Systems" on page 210.
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(Optional) Change the Agent communication protocol. See "Change Agent Communication" on page
211.
Synchronize Time on Installed Linux Operating Systems
When Linux machines are provisioned with an operating system, the Network Time Protocol (NTP)
service is not running. After moving the newly provisioned Linux machines to a network with access to
the NTP server, you must synchronize the time on the machines to network time.
Prerequisites
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Configure the Linux machines on a network with access to the NTP server.
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Identify the NTP servers used in your environment.
vCenter Configuration Manager Installation and Getting Started Guide
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