User`s guide

8. The script runs as follows with a specific example:
Importing data into repository...
Importing source data...
No recipes are accessible.
Adding new recipe WINSERVER2003_std_r2_sp2BasicRecipe-2
Creating UCI WINSERVER2003_std_r2_sp2-BasicUCI.
Attaching UCI WINSERVER2003_std_r2_sp2-BasicUCI to recipe 2.
UCI WINSERVER2003_std_r2_sp2-BasicUCI is attached to recipe 2.
Updating the Summary data...
Import Linux/ESX Distributions
Distributions are the operating system installation files. You must import each OS distribution into the OS
Provisioning repository before you can use VCM to install it on target machines.
NOTE Importing distributions with spaces in the file name is not supported. Before importing, remove
the spaces or replace the spaces with underscores.
Linux, or ESX distributions use the following procedure. The SUSE distribution is issued on multiple DVDs;
however, only the first disk is required and must be imported using the following procedure.
Procedure
1. On the OS Provisioning Server, log in as vcmuser.
2. For your first import, type the command:
# basicimport -i <distribution name>.iso -l <OS Provisioning Server IP
address>
NOTE Changing the OS Provisioning Server IP address at a later time is not currently supported. 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 related DHCP and TFTP
configurations, before you import any OS distributions.
For subsequent imports, the -l option is not necessary:
# basicimport -i <distribution name>.iso
Where the <distribution name> is the iso file name. For example, ESX-4.0.0-update01-208167.
3. Type the Family Name.
For example, ESX. You must provide a unique family name to perform the basicimport of different
operating systems in the same family. No other family can exist with the same combination of name,
version, and architecture values.
4. Type the Family Version.
For example, 4.0ul.
5. Type the Family Architecture, either i386 or x86_64.
6. Type the Provenance.
For example, CD, hotfix, or SP.
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