Creating an OS Image

Creating an OS Image

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An OS image is a copy of the OS installation media used to install the OS with an OS profile. You can set up an OS image by loading (copying) the installation media from the physical CDs or DVDs, or you can import existing CD or DVD ISO files with an optional Solaris Flash Archive (FLAR). To create an OS image, the physical media, ISO files, or FLARs need to be accessible from the satellite server.

You can create an OS image from the following:

• CDs (Linux only)
• DVDs (Solaris/Linux)
• FLAR file (Solaris only)
• ISO files from CDs (Linux only)
• ISO files from DVDs (Solaris/Linux)
• Sun public server (Solaris only) - not yet available

Check the System Requirements page for the list of OSs that you can provision with xVM Ops Center.

To View the Available OS Images

You can view the available OS images that have already been created.

1. From the Provisioning menu, choose Operating System.
2. From the OS Images menu, choose View OS Images.
   The OS Images dashboard is displayed and the available OS images are listed. You can double-click on an OS Image entry to change its name and description.

To Load an OS Image From CDs or DVD

You can load an OS image from the physical CDs or DVD, then use an OS profile to provision it on a server.

1. From the Provisioning menu, choose Operating System.
2. From the OS Images menu, choose Load OS Image from CD/DVD.
   The Load OS Image from CD/DVD window is displayed.
3. Enter the information and click Load.
   Image Name must be a unique name and can consist of up to 100 characters, and may include numbers, letters, and some special symbols. The following special symbols are prohibited: comma, asterisk, single quote, double quote, parenthesis, question mark, equal sign, and newline.
   Device is the absolute path to the physical media on the satellite server, such as /cdrom/cdrom0/s2.
4. From the Jobs menu, choose View OS Jobs.
   You can track the progress of the OSImage_SatelliteTask job from the Jobs dashboard.

Note After you load an OS image, an OS profile of the same name is created by default and is intended as a template. The default profile is optimized for Sun Fire x4200 systems, so you may need to edit the profile for your specific systems. The OS image is stored in the ImageDownload repository on both the satellite and proxy servers. By default, the repository location is /var/opt/SUNWscn/images/os/iso on the satellite server and /var/opt/SUNWscn/proxyImageCache/os/iso on the proxy server. The images stored on the proxy server are temporary and used for the provisioning process. Loading an OS image from CDs is only supported for Linux.

To Import an OS Image From ISO or FLAR Files

Before You Begin

• You need to copy the OS images to the satellite server. The OS images may be stored on the local file system or an NFS mounted file system.
• The OS image is stored in the ImageDownload repository on both the satellite and proxy servers. By default, the repository location is /var/opt/SUNWscn/images/os/iso on the satellite server and /var/opt/SUNWscn/proxyImageCache/os/iso on the proxy server. The OS images stored on the proxy server are temporary and used for the OS provisioning process.
• Solaris OS images cannot be imported from Solaris CD ISO files.
• When importing a SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 SP3 OS distribution from ISO files, you must do this procedure two times using the same OS image name. Run the Import OS Image wizard the first time to import the SLES 9 distribution, and then run this task again to import the SLES 9 Update 3 distribution.

1. From the Provisioning menu, choose Operating System.
2. From the OS Images menu, choose Import OS Image.
   The Import OS Image window is displayed.
3. Fill in the information and click Import.
   Image Name must be a unique name and can consist of up to 100 characters, and may include numbers, letters, and some special symbols. The following special symbols are prohibited: comma, asterisk, single quote, double quote, parenthesis, question mark, equal sign, and newline.
   Use Browse to enter one or more ISO files needed to make up the entire OS image.
4. From the Jobs menu, choose View OS Jobs.
   You can track the progress of the OSImage_SatelliteTask job from the Jobs dashboard.

After you import an OS image, an OS profile of the same name is created by default and is intended as a template. The default profile is optimized for Sun Fire x4200 systems, so you may need to edit the profile for your specific systems.

To Edit an OS Image

You can edit the name and description of an existing OS image.

1. From the Provisioning menu, choose Operating System.
2. From the OS Images menu, choose View OS Images.
3. Find the OS image you want to edit in the list and double-click on the OS image name.
4. Edit the information.
5. Click Save.

To Delete an OS Image

You can delete an existing OS image.

Before You Begin

• You cannot delete an OS image that is currently part of an OS profile.

1. From the Provisioning menu, choose Operating System.
2. From the OS Images menu, choose View OS Images.
3. Find the OS image you want to delete in the list and double-click on the OS image name.
4. Click Delete.