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Table Of Contents
- IaaS Configuration for Physical Machines
- Contents
- IaaS Configuration for Physical Platforms
- Configuring IaaS
- Optional Configurations
- Preparing for Provisioning
- Enabling Visual Basic Scripts in Provisioning
- Choosing a Provisioning Scenario
- Preparing for PXE Provisioning
- Preparing for Linux Kickstart Provisioning
- Preparing for SCCM Provisioning
- Preparing for WIM Provisioning
- Creating Blueprints
- Configuring Advanced Blueprint Settings
- Managing Infrastructure
- Monitoring Workflows and Viewing Logs
Preparing for Linux Kickstart Provisioning 39
Prepare the Linux Kickstart Configuration Sample File 40
Specify Custom Scripts in a kickstart/autoYaST Configuration File 41
Preparing for SCCM Provisioning 41
Create a Software Package for SCCM Provisioning 42
Preparing for WIM Provisioning 43
Reference Machine Requirements for WIM Provisioning 44
SysPrep Requirements for the Reference Machine 45
Install PEBuilder 46
Specify Custom Scripts in a PEBuilder WinPE 46
Create a WinPE Image by Using PEBuilder 47
Manually Insert the Guest Agent into a WinPE Image 48
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Creating Blueprints 52
Choosing a Blueprint Scenario 52
Create a Blueprint for Linux Kickstart Provisioning 53
Specify Linux Kickstart Blueprint Information 54
Specify Linux Kickstart Blueprint Build Information 55
Configure Linux Kickstart Blueprint Machine Resources 55
Add Required Properties to a Linux Kickstart Blueprint 56
Configure Blueprint Actions 59
Create a Blueprint for WIM Provisioning 60
Specify WIM Blueprint Information 61
Specify WIM Blueprint Build Information 62
Configure WIM Blueprint Machine Resources 62
Add Required Properties to a WIM Blueprint 63
Configure Blueprint Actions 68
Create a Blueprint for SCCM Provisioning 68
Specify SCCM Blueprint Information 69
Specify SCCM Build Information 70
Configure SCCM Machine Resources 71
Add Required Properties to an SCCM Blueprint 72
Configure Blueprint Actions 74
Create a Blueprint for PXE Provisioning 75
Specify PXE Blueprint Information 76
Specify PXE Build Information 77
Configure PXE Machine Resources 78
Add Custom Properties to a PXE Blueprint 79
Configure Blueprint Actions 82
Publish a Blueprint 83
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