HP t5335 HP Image Manager 5.0: Quick Setup Guide
HP t5335 - Thin Client Manual
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..., reproduced, or translated to another language without the prior written consent of Hewlett-Packard Company. HP Image Manager 5.0 Quick Setup Guide HP thin clients First Edition (April 2009) Document Part Number: 578372-001 -
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Table of contents 1 Introduction What is HP Image Manager? ...1 About This Manual ...2 Conventions ...2 2 Installing Image Manager Components Server Requirements ...3 ... with the Desktop Manager Console ...22 Modifying the client image to support Desktop Manager Console ...23 Supported browsers for ... -
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Appendix A Appendix A: Troubleshooting Unpacking and Installing/Rebooting ...30 Booting the Thin Clients ...31 Glossary ...32 Index ...35 iv -
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...systems and applications on-demand from your server to PCs or thin clients. The server is used as a virtual disk drive,... remains unique and secure on the server. Using HP Image Manager you can easily manage... repaired by a simple reboot You can think of HP Image Manager as a network storage product (a... -
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... from the NVDD server. All of the server-based services required (licensing, PXE, tftp, DHCP ... names may be abbreviated within the text of this manual: "HP Image Manager" may be abbreviated to...HD" for Hard Disk. "HDD" for Hard Disk Drive. "TC" for Thin Client. 2 Chapter 1 Introduction -
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... plus disk space required to store the client hard disk image files and cache files (the default maximum cache file size is 512 MB per client) Servers...€”see note below) and then again on the client computer to install the relevant HP Image Manager software components. Server ... -
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NOTE: If you want to install HP Image Manager on a server running Linux, you will need to run... Decompress as the Setup type, then copy the server software component files installed on the PC to the server. 1. Run the HP Image Manager Installer Wizard. 4 Chapter 2 Installing Image Manager Components... -
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2. Click Next > to display the License Agreement screen. Running the Installer Wizard 5 -
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3. Read the License Agreement and, if you agree to the terms, select the I accept the agreement option then click Next >. This dialog box provides instructions on how to install the software. 6 Chapter 2 Installing Image Manager Components -
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4. Click Next > to continue. 5. 6. Specify the directory where the software components will be installed. Click Next > then select the type of installation required from the following options: Running the Installer Wizard 7 -
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...Image Manager and on the Flexnet License Server Service Installation panel, uncheck the Install "Flexnet ...) This option will set the defaults for a full installation on a Windows operating system. To exclude specific items,... installation Use this option to install only the HP IM PXE and TFTP server ... -
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...plan to run HP Image Manager server on a Linux server, or if you want to manually ... types can be modified by checking or unchecking specific components in the details box. In this case, the installation ... want to install the Flexnet License Server service, browse for the license file to enter the path... -
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... have the installer install the FLEXnet License server service, you must have the license file ... is selected on a Custom installation, the PXE Server Service Installation page is displayed. This page is not ... and install it manually later. See the section Enabling Clients to Access Images to explain ... -
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...or a Custom installation. Typical-The server components are decompressed onto the default folders and the server settings are set with default folder... where the images will be stored CVOLs folders: \cvols is the default location where the CVOLs will be created and stored Files folders: ... -
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...Components for Windows is selected on a Custom installation, the Image Manager Service Installation page is displayed. This page ...service. If you don't want to install the Image Manager server now, select Decompress "HP Image Manager Server" only and install it manually later. NOTE: By default,... -
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...console. Partial install will only decompress into the install directory all needed files to install the web console manually. NOTE: guide. The desktop manager console installation is described in more detail in chapter 3 of this Running the Installer Wizard 13 -
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18. Click Next > to continue. The Select Start Menu Folder page appears. 19. Accept or change the name of the Start Menu folder. 14 Chapter 2 Installing Image Manager Components -
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20. Click Next > to review the settings before continuing. Running the Installer Wizard 15 -
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... location. A progress bar will indicate the current status of the installation. NOTE: If the destination device does not have enough disk space for the software to be installed, a message will be displayed and the Installer Wizard will fail. 16 Chapter 2 Installing Image Manager Components -
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22. When the installation has been completed, click Finish. Running the Installer Wizard 17 -
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... you chose to install and start all the services automatically, the server installation has been ... chapter Initial Client Configuration. If you chose to do any of the steps manually (for example, ... you performed a Server Installation the default destination is C:\Program Files\HP Image Manager If you ... -
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... contain all the virtual hard disks required by clients. A virtual hard disk consists of a hard ..., use the shortcut specification, @host, if the license file SERVER line uses a default TCP/... by colons; on Windows, the entries are separated by semicolons. ● HP Image Manager Server Configuration 19 -
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... simple operations, such as changing the image streamed to Thin Clients, rebooting Thin Clients, and viewing activity information ... installer. Installing the Desktop Manager Console To install the Web console, complete the following steps: 1. Run the HP Image Manager Installer Wizard. 20 Chapter 3... -
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...Install if you already have some web-services configured on this server; for example if the server is ... Install, a white-paper is available from the HP Image Manager Business Support Center web site http://... Desktop Manager Components . Browse to this site, select Manuals and then White Papers. NOTE: ... -
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... image from a predefined group of images to a set of identical access devices, such as thin clients. The access devices ... option kits for Windows XP and Vista (HP part numbers AU726AA and AU727AA) ... must be configured and running on the same server as the Image Manager server component. 22 Chapter 3... -
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... and enabled to control the client. This service is enabled by default in the option kits provided by HP. To manually install and configure this option, perform a client installation, then run... be 30 and 90 respectively. Modifying the client image to support Desktop Manager Console 23 -
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Supported browsers for the Desktop Manager Console Supported browsers include all Web standards-compliant browsers, such as Internet Explorer version 7 ... Wide Web consortium (W3C). 24 Chapter 3 Installing and Configuring Image Manager Desktop Management Web Console -
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...initial connection to the Thin Client endpoint device. Before clients can access and boot from images on ... Image Manager distribution package (default: C:\Program Files\HP Image Manager\Image_ Manager_5.0\Server... IM PXE Server will provide the PXE-specific boot information. The HP IM PXE Server cannot... -
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Copy the file mPXELdr.bin from the Server directory of the HP Image Manager distribution package into ...daemon is configured correctly and working. Testing the TFTP Service You can test the TFTP ... is correctly configured to serve mPXELdr.bin to the client that was used to launch this command. You can ... -
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...however, we need to have a virtualized image of the disk for that client. For the HP T5730 Thin Client, HP offers two AMO ...file mPXELdr.bin is downloaded to the client. The client then executes HP Primary Bootstrap Loader. Messages specific to HP Primary Bootstrap Loader are displayed, followed by a ... -
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... Microsoft). These kits are available for a nominal fee from HP using the following ordering information: ● ● AU726AA ...Manager service is called HPIMSvc. At this point you should rename the file C:\Program Files\HP ...software you may need in the image, shut-down the Thin Client and use the console ... -
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into CVol - volatile mode. Then boot each of the other Thin Clients from the image, logging in one time to each Thin Client to set the computer name and add the client to the domain if desired. Your HP Image Manager system is ready for use. Using a Pre-Built Microsoft Windows Image 29 -
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A Appendix A: Troubleshooting Unpacking and Installing/Rebooting I always get a "Service had trouble starting"... addresses to the Thin Clients. If there is not another DHCP server then disable HP IM... Tag 067 (Bootfile Name) should be set to mPXELdr.bin. 30 Appendix A Appendix A: Troubleshooting -
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Booting the Thin Clients When a Thin Client is initially powered-on, it should perform a PXE boot in ...Image Manager server directory (typically C:\Program Files\HP Image Manager\Server). If you have ... file that is not empty, check the HP Image Manager User Guide to make sure that the options specified... -
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...a system is booted. BOOTP Bootstrap Protocol CVOL Client Volume Overlay. Changes made by a user to ...The tool also allows you to update an existing image with the content of an overlay file. DHCP Dynamic Host ... operating system kernel, so that most of the kernel-mode code does not need to be changed to... -
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... the protocol and technology that enables HP Image manager to share virtual drives with several clients. NVDAdmin (protocol) ... Virtual Disk Daemon nvddadmin Administrator tool for the network virtual disk daemon NVDDPasswd Password creation tool. The password is then used to authenticate an NVDAdmin ... -
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VMWare A software product that emulates a PC in software. 34 Glossary -
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... I Image Manager definition 1 server requirements for installation 3 images client access 25 installation server ... configuration 25 server requirements Image Manager installation 3 T testing service TFTP configuration 26 TFTP server configuration 25 testing service 26 TFTP directory Linux 25 Windows ...