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herein is subject to change without notice. Microsoft and Windows are U.S. registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. Internet Explorer is 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 - HP t5400 | 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 - HP t5400 | 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 - HP t5400 | HP Image Manager 5.0: Quick Setup Guide - Page 5
-demand from your server to PCs or thin clients. The server is used as a virtual disk drive, so clients do not require a hard disk or flash memory. All application processing is done by the client. A single software image containing the operating system, application and hardware drivers for multiple - HP t5400 | HP Image Manager 5.0: Quick Setup Guide - Page 6
be abbreviated to "UbiBoot". "HP Image Manager Client Builder" may be abbreviated to "Client Builder". "HP Active Cloner" may be abbreviated to "Active Cloner". The following abbreviations are also used: "HD" for Hard Disk. "HDD" for Hard Disk Drive. "TC" for Thin Client. 2 Chapter 1 Introduction - HP t5400 | HP Image Manager 5.0: Quick Setup Guide - Page 7
and Windows 2008 servers. ● Main memory: 128 MB minimum, 512 MB or more recommended ● Processor: equivalent to Pentium III 800 or faster ● Hard drive capacity: 1.5 MB dedicated to Image Manager, plus disk space required to store the client hard disk image files and cache files (the default maximum - HP t5400 | 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 - HP t5400 | HP Image Manager 5.0: Quick Setup Guide - Page 9
2. Click Next > to display the License Agreement screen. Running the Installer Wizard 5 - HP t5400 | 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 - HP t5400 | 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 - HP t5400 | HP Image Manager 5.0: Quick Setup Guide - Page 12
installation type determines subsequent installation wizard defaults. For a server installation, the relevant options are: ● Server Installation (for Windows) This option will set the defaults for a full installation on a Windows operating system. To exclude specific items, either unselect them from - HP t5400 | HP Image Manager 5.0: Quick Setup Guide - Page 13
't install) all the software components from the Image manager distribution to a folder on your hard drive. You can use 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 system ● Custom installation - HP t5400 | HP Image Manager 5.0: Quick Setup Guide - Page 14
. Choose 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 - HP t5400 | HP Image Manager 5.0: Quick Setup Guide - Page 15
components/Components for Windows is selected on a Custom installation, the Server Folders Paths page is displayed. This page is not displayed if Decompress All is selected. NOTE: The figure shows the dialog with the Custom option selected. If the Typical option is selected (the default) the three - HP t5400 | HP Image Manager 5.0: Quick Setup Guide - Page 16
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 the Image Manager Server (nvdd.exe) is - HP t5400 | HP Image Manager 5.0: Quick Setup Guide - Page 17
you have selected Server installation (for Windows) or if Partial install the Web Console. Full install may require the Windows installation disk. This option will install and configure IIS, FastCGI the web console manually. NOTE: The desktop manager console installation is described in more detail in - HP t5400 | 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 - HP t5400 | HP Image Manager 5.0: Quick Setup Guide - Page 19
20. Click Next > to review the settings before continuing. Running the Installer Wizard 15 - HP t5400 | HP Image Manager 5.0: Quick Setup Guide - Page 20
specified 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 - HP t5400 | HP Image Manager 5.0: Quick Setup Guide - Page 21
22. When the installation has been completed, click Finish. Running the Installer Wizard 17 - HP t5400 | HP Image Manager 5.0: Quick Setup Guide - Page 22
the default destination is C:\Program Files\HP Image Manager ● If you performed a Decompress All operation, you must navigate to the directory to which you decompressed the software. Once you have located this directory, the Windows server components are stored in the Server subdirectory; the Linux - HP t5400 | HP Image Manager 5.0: Quick Setup Guide - Page 23
, the CVOL files could take up to the virtual hard disk image size. The average case would be when the virtual HD image is updated regularly (once per quarter). This would be approximately 2 GB for the HD and 800 MB per client. Some Windows settings, such as virtual memory settings, have an impact - HP t5400 | 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 - HP t5400 | HP Image Manager 5.0: Quick Setup Guide - Page 25
already have some web-services configured on this server; for example if the server is running some other software tool that generates a web-page to control or monitor the tool. In the case of Partial Install, a white-paper is available from the HP Image Manager Business Support Center web site http - HP t5400 | HP Image Manager 5.0: Quick Setup Guide - Page 26
image. The Desktop Manager Console lets you quickly select a new image and simultaneously restart the access devices using it. The configuration file that comes with Image Manager, and the configuration file supplied as part of the option kits for Windows XP and Vista (HP part numbers AU726AA - HP t5400 | HP Image Manager 5.0: Quick Setup Guide - Page 27
for Windows, so 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 - HP t5400 | 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 - HP t5400 | HP Image Manager 5.0: Quick Setup Guide - Page 29
TFTP server 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 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 - HP t5400 | HP Image Manager 5.0: Quick Setup Guide - Page 30
the Server directory of the 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 from a PC running a standard Windows Vista - HP t5400 | HP Image Manager 5.0: Quick Setup Guide - Page 31
Manager solution, with multiple Thin Clients able to boot off a single virtualized disk. Refer to the troubleshooting section in Appendix A of this guide if you have any problems booting your new image. Client Configuration 1. If the client contains a bootable hard disk drive or flash disk, either - HP t5400 | HP Image Manager 5.0: Quick Setup Guide - Page 32
content to a location on your hard-drive, you extract the content to the C:\Program Files\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 - HP t5400 | 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 - HP t5400 | 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 - HP t5400 | HP Image Manager 5.0: Quick Setup Guide - Page 35
DHCP scope is specific to MAC addresses (this sometimes occurs in secure environments), make sure that the Thin Clients MAC address has been added to the allowed clients list. I receive an error "PXE-E53: No boot filename received" This problem typically occurs because the HP IM PXE Server is not - HP t5400 | HP Image Manager 5.0: Quick Setup Guide - Page 36
you to update an existing image with the content of an overlay file. DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol. This protocol allows for a server to specify pre-boot values to a networkattached system. disk signature A unique identification value written on Windows disk drives. domain credentials - HP t5400 | HP Image Manager 5.0: Quick Setup Guide - Page 37
in software. mPXELdr mPXELdr.BIN is a Network Boot Program NAT network address translator NTLDR a Windows 2000/Windows XP/Windows 2003 operating system loader NVD Network Virtual Disk. The name of the protocol and technology that enables HP Image manager to share virtual drives with several clients - HP t5400 | HP Image Manager 5.0: Quick Setup Guide - Page 38
VMWare A software product that emulates a PC in software. 34 Glossary - HP t5400 | HP Image Manager 5.0: Quick Setup Guide - Page 39
19 DHCP configuration 25 disk storage required 19 file locations 18 TFTP 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 25 W Windows TFTP directory 25 Index 35
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HP Image Manager 5.0
Quick Setup Guide