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- Compaq vc4815 | HP Image Manager 5.0: Quick Setup Guide - Page 1
HP Image Manager 5.0 Quick Setup Guide - Compaq vc4815 | HP Image Manager 5.0: Quick Setup Guide - Page 2
HP products and services are set forth in the express warranty statements accompanying such products and services. Nothing herein should be construed as constituting an additional warranty. HP -Packard Company. HP Image Manager 5.0 Quick Setup Guide HP thin clients First Edition (April 2009) Document - Compaq vc4815 | HP Image Manager 5.0: Quick Setup Guide - Page 3
22 Modifying the client image to support Desktop Manager Console 23 Supported browsers for the Desktop Manager Console 24 4 Enabling Clients to Access Images TFTP and DHCP Server Configuration 25 Windows ...25 Linux ...25 Testing the TFTP Service 26 5 Initial Client Configuration Introduction - Compaq vc4815 | HP Image Manager 5.0: Quick Setup Guide - Page 4
Appendix A Appendix A: Troubleshooting Unpacking and Installing/Rebooting 30 Booting the Thin Clients ...31 Glossary ...32 Index ...35 iv - Compaq vc4815 | HP Image Manager 5.0: Quick Setup Guide - Page 5
thin client users keep their personal configurations and settings; their data remains unique and secure on the server. Using HP Image Manager you can easily manage multiple client images from a graphical interface representing client desktops, groups of desktops and their related hard disk images - Compaq vc4815 | HP Image Manager 5.0: Quick Setup Guide - Page 6
refer to the HP Image Manager User Guide. Conventions The following names may be abbreviated within the text of this manual: "HP Image Manager" may be abbreviated to "Image Manager". "HP Image Manager Server" may be abbreviated to "Image Manager server" or "NVDD server". "HP Image Manager Console - Compaq vc4815 | HP Image Manager 5.0: Quick Setup Guide - Page 7
the Installer Wizard You will need to run the Installer Wizard on the server (or a PC running a Windows operating system, if the server is running Linux-see note below) and then again on the client computer to install the relevant HP Image Manager software components. Server Requirements 3 - Compaq vc4815 | HP Image Manager 5.0: Quick Setup Guide - Page 8
to install HP Image Manager on a server running Linux, you will need to run the Installer Wizard on a PC running a Windows operating system, select 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 - Compaq vc4815 | HP Image Manager 5.0: Quick Setup Guide - Page 9
2. Click Next > to display the License Agreement screen. Running the Installer Wizard 5 - Compaq vc4815 | HP Image Manager 5.0: Quick Setup Guide - Page 10
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 - Compaq vc4815 | HP Image Manager 5.0: Quick Setup Guide - Page 11
4. Click Next > to continue. 5. Specify the directory where the software components will be installed. 6. Click Next > then select the type of installation required from the following options: Running the Installer Wizard 7 - Compaq vc4815 | HP Image Manager 5.0: Quick Setup Guide - Page 12
to run the Image Manager and on the Flexnet License Server Service Installation panel, uncheck the Install "Flexnet License Server" Service checkbox. Then to install only the HP IM PXE and TFTP server on a Windows platform ● Console This option installs only the Image Manager console, which can - Compaq vc4815 | HP Image Manager 5.0: Quick Setup Guide - Page 13
this option if you plan to run HP Image Manager server on a Linux server, or if you want to manually install and configure everything on your Windows is selected on a Custom installation, the Flexnet License Server Service Installation page is displayed. This page is not displayed if Decompress - Compaq vc4815 | HP Image Manager 5.0: Quick Setup Guide - Page 14
to Install only or to Install and start the PXE Server service. If you don't want to install the PXE server now, select Decompress "PXE Server" only and install it manually later. See the section Enabling Clients to Access Images to explain better why you would chose one selection over the other - Compaq vc4815 | HP Image Manager 5.0: Quick Setup Guide - Page 15
● for Files: \files Custom-You must choose the folder paths: ● Volumes folder: \volumes is the default location where the images will be stored ● CVOLs folders: \cvols is the default location where the CVOLs will be created and stored ● Files folders: - Compaq vc4815 | HP Image Manager 5.0: Quick Setup Guide - Page 16
selected. 15. Choose to Install only or to Install and Start the HP Image Manager Server 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, logs are redirected into the directory where - Compaq vc4815 | HP Image Manager 5.0: Quick Setup Guide - Page 17
and configure IIS, FastCGI, and the web console. Partial install will only decompress into the install directory all needed files to install the web console manually. NOTE: The desktop manager console installation is described in more detail in chapter 3 of this - Compaq vc4815 | HP Image Manager 5.0: Quick Setup Guide - Page 18
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 - Compaq vc4815 | HP Image Manager 5.0: Quick Setup Guide - Page 19
20. Click Next > to review the settings before continuing. Running the Installer Wizard 15 - Compaq vc4815 | HP Image Manager 5.0: Quick Setup Guide - Page 20
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 - Compaq vc4815 | HP Image Manager 5.0: Quick Setup Guide - Page 21
22. When the installation has been completed, click Finish. Running the Installer Wizard 17 - Compaq vc4815 | HP Image Manager 5.0: Quick Setup Guide - Page 22
Initial Client Configuration. If you chose to do any of the steps manually (for example, if you have an existing FLEXnet server), you will need to complete this section before continuing with this guide. The following procedure assumes you have already installed the Server components of the HP Image - Compaq vc4815 | HP Image Manager 5.0: Quick Setup Guide - Page 23
HP Image Manager Server Configuration Disk Storage Required on the Server The Image Manager server must have a partition containing enough free space to contain all the virtual hard disks required by clients. A virtual hard disk consists of a hard disk image file plus a CVOL (Client Volume Overlay) - Compaq vc4815 | HP Image Manager 5.0: Quick Setup Guide - Page 24
as changing the image streamed to Thin Clients, rebooting Thin Clients, and viewing activity information about the Thin Clients (who is logged in, IP address, computer name). The full Image Manager console is used to configure the system, add images, computers; then the Desktop Manager Console can - Compaq vc4815 | HP Image Manager 5.0: Quick Setup Guide - Page 25
available from the HP Image Manager Business Support Center web site http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/ Home.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&prodTypeId=18964&prodSeriesId=3646231&lang=en&cc=us, entitledManually Installing the Desktop Manager Components . Browse to this site, select Manuals and then - Compaq vc4815 | HP Image Manager 5.0: Quick Setup Guide - Page 26
for use with the Desktop Manager Console The Desktop Manager Console is designed to serve a selected image from a predefined group of images to a set of identical access devices, such as thin clients. The access devices will then boot from the selected image. The Desktop Manager Console lets you - Compaq vc4815 | HP Image Manager 5.0: Quick Setup Guide - Page 27
that each time the client machine(s) power on, the desktop sign-in dialog is displayed. The client image also requires the NIMCltSvc service to be running 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 - Compaq vc4815 | HP Image Manager 5.0: Quick Setup Guide - Page 28
Desktop Manager Console Supported browsers include all Web standards-compliant browsers, such as Internet Explorer version 7 and beyond, Firefox, Google Chrome, and Apple Safari. Web standards are defined by the World Wide Web consortium (W3C). 24 Chapter 3 Installing and Configuring Image Manager - Compaq vc4815 | HP Image Manager 5.0: Quick Setup Guide - Page 29
to the client See Appendix D of the Image Manager User Guide for more details. Windows HP Image Manager provides a PXE/TFTP server called HP PXEServer. The services that are not fully compatible with HP Image Manager and that must not be used in an environment where HP Image Manager is used. Linux - Compaq vc4815 | HP Image Manager 5.0: Quick Setup Guide - Page 30
HP Image Manager distribution package into the relevant directory where files served by TFTP are stored. Make sure that the TFTPD daemon is configured correctly and working. Testing the TFTP Service You can test the TFTP service rectify the problem before you can actually boot your clients from the - Compaq vc4815 | HP Image Manager 5.0: Quick Setup Guide - Page 31
services required to support virtual disk sharing, and (if required) enabled the desktop manager console to easily manage the Image Manager operation. Before we can actually boot a Thin Client, however, we need to have a virtualized image of the disk for that client. For the HP T5730 Thin Client, HP - Compaq vc4815 | HP Image Manager 5.0: Quick Setup Guide - Page 32
\HP Image Manager\Server folder. The instructions given below are for the Windows XP kit. If you have any issues with any of the following steps, refer to the troubleshooting guide located in Appendix A of this guide. Before starting the installation procedure, ensure that the Image Manager service - Compaq vc4815 | HP Image Manager 5.0: Quick Setup Guide - Page 33
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 - Compaq vc4815 | HP Image Manager 5.0: Quick Setup Guide - Page 34
A: Troubleshooting Unpacking and Installing/Rebooting I always get a "Service had trouble starting" message when rebooting the Server and also at the end of the HP IM installer. This problem typically occurs because of a conflict between the HP IM PXE Server and the existing DHCP services on - Compaq vc4815 | HP Image Manager 5.0: Quick Setup Guide - Page 35
have a PXEServer.ini file that is not empty, check the HP Image Manager User Guide to make sure that the options specified in this file are specified correctly. ● If a tool other than HP IM PXE Server is being used to provide the TFTP service, then check that the directory is set correctly, and that - Compaq vc4815 | HP Image Manager 5.0: Quick Setup Guide - Page 36
when a Windowsbased computer crashes boot loader The first program to execute when a system is booted. BOOTP Bootstrap Protocol CVOL Client Volume Overlay. Changes hard disk image file from an existing image and one or more overlay files. The tool also allows you to update an existing image with the - Compaq vc4815 | HP Image Manager 5.0: Quick Setup Guide - Page 37
of the protocol and technology that enables HP Image manager to share virtual drives with several clients. NVDAdmin (protocol) Protocol use to Area Network. A storage area network is an architecture to attach remote computer storage devices (such as disk arrays, tape libraries, and optical jukeboxes - Compaq vc4815 | HP Image Manager 5.0: Quick Setup Guide - Page 38
VMWare A software product that emulates a PC in software. 34 Glossary - Compaq vc4815 | HP Image Manager 5.0: Quick Setup Guide - Page 39
Image Manager definition 1 server requirements for installation 3 images client access 25 installation server requirements 3 installer wizard 3 installing Image Image Manager installation 3 T testing service TFTP configuration 26 TFTP server configuration 25 testing service 26 TFTP directory Linux
HP Image Manager 5.0
Quick Setup Guide