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Defining targets ......1 Creating software modules ........49 Adding targets..............2 Editing software modules ........63 Detecting targets automatically .......2 Keeping command lines confidential .....63 Adding targets to the Target Monitor manually . 3 Keyword substitution ..........64 Importing and exporting targets lists .....3 Customizing the software page .......66 Configuring new targets .........5 OS configuration and software bindings ....66 Setting the type of target boot .......5 Scheduling the application of software modules Changing the default administrative group . 6 for Windows operating systems ......69 Requirements for VMware targets .......7 Working with hardware configurations .....71 Injecting drivers on WinPE 3.0 to deploy Windows Setting up your environment .......72 XP guests ..............8 Hardware configuration objects and tasks . 72 Booting non x86 and non x86-64 targets .....9 RAID and Fiber Channel hardware capture. 73 Booting pSeries targets on the OS deployment Creating a hardware environment ......74 server................9 Creating a hardware configuration object . 80 Booting CellBlades targets on the OS deployment Creating a hardware capture configuration . 81 server ...............10 Capturing hardware information using templates 82 Booting SPARC targets on the OS deployment Capturing hardware information once ....82 server ...............10 Task templates for Windows operating systems . 82 Organizing targets ............12 Customizing a screen layout........84 Configuring targets ............13 Creating and editing deployment schemes . 84 Configuring multiple targets........13 Creating media for deployment for Windows Configuring targets for fully unattended OS operating systems ............89 deployments .............14 Creating an OS deployment USB drive with the Setting partition sizes on the targets .....15 wizard ...............89 Creating an OS deployment USB drive with Chapter 2. Provisioning Windows command lines ............90 operating systems on x86 and x86-64 Creating OS deployment CD and DVD ....91 Deploying Windows operating systems .....94 targets ...............17 The deployment process .........94 Overview of WinPE deployment engines ....17 Deployment requirements ........95 Windows Automated Installation Kit .....18 Starting a one-time deployment ......96 Creating a WinPE 3.0 deployment engine . 19 Deploying a hardware configuration .....98 Editing the information of a WinPE deployment Redeploying .............99 engine ...............21 Monitoring deployments ........107 Upgrading WinPE deployment engines and Bindings created during deployment ....111 hardware environments .........21 Adding matching target models to a WinPE Chapter 3. Provisioning Linux deployment engine ...........22 operating systems on x86 and x86-64 Binding drivers to a WinPE deployment engine 23 System profiles for Windows operating systems . 26 targets ..............113 BitLocker compatibility .........27 System profiles for Linux operating systems . 113 Enabling the BitLocker feature and creating the Creating system profiles .........114 partition after the deployment for Windows 7 Organizing and editing system profiles ....117 and Windows 2008 R2 ..........28 Browsing partition files .........117 Creating system profiles .........28 Changing the partition layout .......118 Organizing and editing system profiles ....38 Updating device mapping ........119 Updating a system profile with a Language Pack OS configurations and fixed common or a HotFix .............38 parameters .............120 Browsing partition files .........39 Software modules for Linux operating systems . 122 Changing the partition layout .......39 Creating software modules ........123 Updating device mapping ........41 Editing software modules ........126 OS configurations and fixed common parameters 41 Keeping command lines confidential ....126 Binding drivers to a Windows system profile . 43 Keyword substitution .........127 Restoring a system profile manually .....46 Customizing the software page ......128 Software modules for Windows operating systems 48 OS configuration and software bindings . 129 WinPE and its uses ...........48 © Copyright IBM Corp. 2006, 2011 iii Scheduling the application of software modules System profiles for ESXi systems .......201 for Linux operating systems .......132 Creating an unattended setup system profile for Working with hardware configurations .....133 VMWare ESXi ............201 Setting up your environment .......135 Organizing and editing system profiles ....202 Hardware configuration objects and tasks . 135 Changing the partition layout .......202 RAID and Fiber Channel hardware capture . 136 OS configurations and fixed common Creating a hardware environment .....136 parameters .............202 Creating a hardware configuration object . 143 Task templates .............204 Creating a hardware capture configuration . 144 Creating and editing deployment schemes. 205 Capturing hardware information using Deploying VMWare ESXi .........208 templates..............144 The deployment process.........208 Capturing hardware information once ....145 Deployment requirements ........209 Task templates for Linux operating systems . 145 Starting a one-time deployment ......210 Customizing a screen layout .......146 Monitoring deployments ........210 Creating and editing deployment schemes. 147 Bindings created during deployment ....214 Creating media for deployment for Linux operating systems ............151 Chapter 6. Provisioning non x86 and Creating an OS deployment USB drive with the non x86-64 targets .........215 wizard ..............152 Provisioning Linux on PowerPC and Cell targets 215 Creating an OS deployment USB drive with System profiles on Linux operating systems on command lines ............153 PowerPC ..............215 Creating OS deployment CD and DVD ....154 Software modules for Linux operating systems Deploying Linux ............157 on PowerPC.............221 The deployment process.........157 Task templates for Linux operating systems on Deployment requirements ........158 PowerPC ..............231 Starting a one-time deployment ......159 Deploying Linux on PowerPC .......238 Deploying a hardware configuration ....161 Provisioning Solaris on SPARC targets .....243 Redeploying.............161 System profiles for Solaris operating systems 243 Monitoring deployments ........170 Software modules for Solaris operating systems 248 Bindings created during deployment ....174 Task templates for Solaris operating systems 258 Deploying Solaris ...........264 Chapter 4. Provisioning VMWare ESX Provisioning AIX on PowerPC targets .....270 Server on x86 and x86-64 targets . 175 System profiles for AIX operating systems. 271 System profiles for VMWare operating systems . 175 Task templates for AIX operating systems . 274 Creating an unattended setup system profile for Deploying AIX ............281 VMWare..............176 Organizing and editing system profiles ....176 Chapter 7. Multiple server architecture 287 Browsing partition files .........177 Server roles ..............287 Changing the partition layout .......177 OS deployment server replication ......289 Updating device mapping ........179 Replicating OS deployment servers with a OS configurations and fixed common schedule ..............292 parameters .............180 Replicating an OS deployment server once Task templates for VMWare operating systems . 181 manually ..............292 Customizing a screen layout .......182 Replicating offline with the web interface Creating and editing deployment schemes. 183 extension ..............293 Creating media for deployment for VMWare . 187 Replicating one time in command line ....295 Creating an OS deployment USB drive with the Server replication status and logs......296 wizard ..............188 Switching from an ODBC to a JDBC gateway 297 Creating an OS deployment USB drive with Removing an OS deployment server from the command lines ............189 hierarchy ...............298 Creating OS deployment CD and DVD ....190 Deploying VMWare ...........193 Chapter 8. Security .........301 The deployment process.........193 Security roles and access to the Web interface . 301 Deployment requirements ........194 Creating an HTTP authentication domain . 302 Starting a one-time deployment ......195 Creating security roles .........302 Monitoring deployments ........196 Changing the administrator password .....303 Bindings created during deployment ....200 Backups of server files ..........303 Importing and exporting RAD files .....303 Chapter 5. Provisioning VMWare ESXi Importing and exporting targets lists ....305 on x86-64 targets..........201 Exporting and loading configurations ....307 iv Tivoli Provisioning Manager for OS Deployment: User's Guide Fault tolerance .............307 Creating a network boot CD or DVD with Fault tolerance at the DHCP level .....308 command lines .............319 Fault tolerance at the Tivoli Provisioning Booting on the network when the target is missing Manager for OS Deployment level .....309 network drivers ............320 Network security constraints ........310 Avoiding new security breaches .......311 Chapter 10. Tools..........323 Rogue PXE servers ..........311 Erasing hard disk content .........323 Unwanted target computers .......311 Performing wake-up or