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If you importing a standard ISO, the distribution is imported. If the ISO is customized, you must
provide additional information about the distribution that is used when installing the operating
system.
9. In the OS platform list, select 1. Microsoft Windows.
10. In the OS distributions list, select the number that most closely corresponds to the operating system
you are importing.
1. Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2
2. Microsoft Windows Server 2008 SP2
3. Microsoft Windows Server 2008 SP1
4. Microsoft Windows 7
5. Microsoft Windows 2003, Enterprise Edition R2 SP2
6. Microsoft Windows 2003, Standard Edition R2 SP2
If you select the incorrect distribution, you can import the distributions, but you cannot install it.
11. Type the Build Type, either retail or volume.
The distribution is imported.
What to do next
Import Linux/ESX distributions into the OS Provisioning Server repository. See "Import Linux/ESX
Distributions" on page 36
Import Linux/ESX Distributions
Linux/ESX 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.
You can import standard and customized ISO images. When you import a standard image, you type the
required metadata during the import process. If the import process detects a custom image, you must
select specific values for the platform and distribution.
Use this procedure to import Linux or ESX distributions. For SUSE distributions that are issued on multiple
DVDs, you use only the first disk and import the distribution using this procedure.
Prerequisites
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Verify that the distributions you are importing do not include spaces in the filenames. Before you
import, remove the spaces or replace them with underscores.
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Confirm that the current OS Provisioning Server IP address is correct for your production
environment. You cannot change the OS Provisioning Server IP address at a later time. If the initial IP
address of the OS Provisioning Server after install is not the address you intend for it to have when it is
put into production, you must change its address, and change related DHCP and TFTP configurations,
before you import any OS distributions. If you change the OS Provisioning Server IP address after you
imported the distributions, you must re-import the distributions with the new address.
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Determine whether you are importing a single ISO image or multiple images from a directory. The
basicimport command uses a -i option to specify an ISO file and a -d option to specify the directory.
See "Using the basicimport Command Options" on page 38.
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