6.2
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
8 Place the WinPE image in a location accessible to the physical machines you intend to provision and
record the address.
Table 3‑4. Required Location
Scenario Location
HP iLO Place the image in a web-accessible location.
Dell iDRAC Place the image in a location available to NFS or CIFS.
PXE provisioning The appropriate location is determined by your PXE server
configuration.
9 Gather the following information so that tenant administrators and business group managers can
include it in their blueprints:
n
The name and location of the WinPE ISO image.
n
The name of the WIM file, the UNC path to the WIM file, and the index used to extract the desired
image from the WIM file.
n
The user name and password under which to map the WIM image path to a network drive on the
provisioned machine.
n
(Optional) If you do not want to accept the default, K, the drive letter to which the WIM image path
is mapped on the provisioned machine.
Note You can create a build profile with the property set WimImagingProperties to include all of this
required information. This makes it easier for tenant administrators and business group managers to
include this information correctly in their blueprints. Optionally, you can also add the property set
SysprepProperties and prompt tenant administrators and business group managers to specify or
overwrite settings in the SysPrep answer file.
Reference Machine Requirements for WIM Provisioning
WIM provisioning involves creating a WIM image from a reference machine. The reference machine must
meet basic requirements for the WIM image to work for provisioning in vRealize Automation.
The following is a high-level overview of the steps to prepare a reference machine:
1 If the operating system on your reference machine is Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server
2012, Windows 7, or Windows 8, the default installation creates a small partition on the system's hard
disk in addition to the main partition. vRealize Automation does not support the use of WIM images
created on such multi-partitioned reference machines. You must delete this partition during the
installation process.
2 Install NET 4.5 and Windows Automated Installation Kit (AIK) for Windows 7 (including WinPE 3.0) on
the reference machine.
3 If the reference machine operating system is Windows Server 2003 or Windows XP, reset the
administrator password to be blank. (There is no password.)
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