Remote Deployment Manager 4.1 Operations Guide Note: Before using this information and the product it supports, read the general information in Appendix E, “Notices,” on page 263. © Copyright International Business Machines Corporation 2003. All rights reserved. U.S. Government Users Restricted Rights – Use, duplication or disclosure restricted by GSA ADP Schedule Contract with IBM Corp. RDM 4.1 Operations Guide ii Contents About this guide........................................................................................................................................ vii Who should read this guide.........................................................................................................................viii Changes since the previous version ...........................................................................................................viii Further reference .......................................................................................................................................... x Guides...................................................................................................................................................... x Online help............................................................................................................................................... x Chapter 1. Overview....................................................................................................................................1 RDM components .........................................................................................................................................1 Console....................................................................................................................................................2 Server.......................................................................................................................................................2 Director database...............................................................................................................................2 Director Persistent Storage ................................................................................................................3 RDM database ...................................................................................................................................3 Tasks..................................................................................................................................................3 Templates...........................................................................................................................................3 Deployment Server ..................................................................................................................................3 PXE Services .....................................................................................................................................4 MTFTP Service ..................................................................................................................................4 D-Server Service................................................................................................................................4 Repository ..........................................................................................................................................4 Replication..........................................................................................................................................5 Systems ...................................................................................................................................................5 Bootstrap ............................................................................................................................................5 System Environment ..........................................................................................................................5 RDM agent .........................................................................................................................................5 IBM Director Agent.............................................................................................................................6 Running RDM tasks ......................................................................................................................................6 Console....................................................................................................................................................6 Event Action Plan.....................................................................................................................................7 Command line interface...........................................................................................................................7 Basic RDM operations ..................................................................................................................................7 Discover new systems .............................................................................................................................7 Creating tasks ..........................................................................................................................................8 Running tasks on systems.......................................................................................................................8 Concepts .......................................................................................................................................................8 The lifetime of a task................................................................................................................................8 How to use RDM tasks.....................................................................................................................10 View or edit a task............................................................................................................................10 Copy a task ......................................................................................................................................10 Delete a task ....................................................................................................................................10 Apply a task to systems....................................................................................................................10 Set the Default Scan task.................................................................................................................10 Images ...................................................................................................................................................11 Windows Native Install images ........................................................................................................11 Windows Clone Install images .........................................................................................................11 System Firmware Flash images.......................................................................................................12 Linux Native Install images ..............................................................................................................12 CMOS Update images .....................................................................................................................12 RAID Clone Configuration images ...................................................................................................12 Custom images ................................................................................................................................13 Batch files ..............................................................................................................................................13 Copyright IBM Corp. 2003 iii How RDM Works ...................................................................................................................................14 Internal Logic....................................................................................................................................14 DOS System Environment ...............................................................................................................14 Linux System Environment ..............................................................................................................15 Configuration Data .................................................................................................................................15 Chapter 2. The RDM interface..................................................................................................................17 Console window ..........................................................................................................................................17 Icons............................................................................................................................................................18 Task Creation..............................................................................................................................................19 Templates ..............................................................................................................................................19 Property sheets......................................................................................................................................19