HP dc73 Altiris Deployment Solution Guide for Workstation Clients using Embedd - Page 12

Installing the 9x sample jobs, Prerequisites for using the 9x or 10x sample jobs - blade workstation client drivers

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3-3 Installing the 9x sample jobs A number of Deployment Solution sample jobs are available on the client software website to implement common capture and deployment tasks. To install the sample jobs for Embedded OS 9.xx, perform these steps: 1. Based on your client computer, go to one of the following websites: • HP Blade Workstation Client: http://www.hp.com/support/bwclient • HP dc72 Blade Workstation Client: http://www.hp.com/support/dc72 • HP dc73 Blade Workstation Client: http://www.hp.com/support/dc73 2. Click Download drivers and software. 3. Click Workstation Blade Client Embedded OS, and scroll down to the Software section. 4. Scroll down the list of client software to the following sample jobs file: Altiris Deployment Solution Sample Jobs for Microsoft Windows Systems (9xHPBladeWorkstationClientJobs.bin) 5. To view details of the sample jobs, click on the description. To download the sample jobs, click on Obtain software, and save the 9xHPBladeWorkstationClientJobs.bin file to your hard drive. 6. Bring up the Deployment Solution console. In the Jobs pane, right click the Samples folder, and select Import. Browse to the 9xHPBladeWorkstationClientJobs.bin file saved in step 5, and select it. Figure 3-5 shows the 9.xx sample jobs that are imported. Figure 3-5 Embedded OS 9.xx sample jobs 3-4 Installing the 10x sample jobs The 10x sample jobs are installed in the same manner as the 9x sample jobs described in the previous section, except that the 10x sample jobs are labeled as follows: Altiris Deployment Solution Sample Jobs for Microsoft Windows Systems (10xHPBladeWorkstationClientJobs.bin) 3-5 Prerequisites for using the 9x or 10x sample jobs The following requirements must be met in order to use the 9x or 10x sample jobs supplied by HP: • The client computers must be on the same subnet as the Altiris Deployment Server. • There can only be one PXE server per subnet. • The client computers must already have Embedded OS version 9.40 or newer installed. • If you are using Embedded OS 8.xx, you must run e2fsck immediately before every activity that happens at the automation console prompt. Failure to clean the partition after every reboot will result in an Altiris 'Invalid Volume' error. • Each client must have a static Altiris Deployment Server IP address assigned, or be on a network configured to allow the Client to detect the server IP using multicasting. Installing Altiris Deployment Solution 12

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3-3 Installing the 9x sample jobs
A number of Deployment Solution sample jobs are available on the client software website to implement common
capture and deployment tasks. To install the sample jobs for Embedded OS 9.xx, perform these steps:
1.
Based on your client computer, go to one of the following websites:
HP Blade Workstation Client:
HP dc72 Blade Workstation Client:
HP dc73 Blade Workstation Client:
2.
Click
Download drivers and software
.
3.
Click
Workstation Blade Client Embedded OS
, and scroll down to the
Software
section.
4.
Scroll down the list of client software to the following sample jobs file:
Altiris Deployment Solution Sample
Jobs for Microsoft Windows Systems
(9xHPBladeWorkstationClientJobs.bin)
5.
To view details of the sample jobs, click on the description. To download the sample jobs, click on
Obtain
software
, and save the
9xHPBladeWorkstationClientJobs.bin
file to your hard drive.
6.
Bring up the Deployment Solution console. In the Jobs pane, right click the Samples folder, and select
Import. Browse to the
9xHPBladeWorkstationClientJobs.bin
file saved in step 5, and select it.
Figure 3-5 shows the 9.xx sample jobs that are imported.
Figure 3-5
Embedded OS 9.xx sample jobs
3-4 Installing the 10x sample jobs
The 10x sample jobs are installed in the same manner as the 9x sample jobs described in the previous section,
except that the 10x sample jobs are labeled as follows:
Altiris Deployment Solution Sample
Jobs for Microsoft Windows Systems
(10xHPBladeWorkstationClientJobs.bin)
3-5 Prerequisites for using the 9x or 10x sample jobs
The following requirements must be met in order to use the 9x or 10x sample jobs supplied by HP:
The client computers must be on the same subnet as the Altiris Deployment Server.
There can only be one PXE server per subnet.
The client computers must already have Embedded OS version 9.40 or newer installed.
If you are using Embedded OS 8.xx, you must run
e2fsck
immediately before every activity that happens
at the automation console prompt. Failure to clean the partition after every reboot will result in an Altiris
'Invalid Volume' error.
Each client must have a static Altiris Deployment Server IP address assigned, or be on a network configured
to allow the Client to detect the server IP using multicasting.