Using Autoyast To Install And Configure Multiple Oes Servers; Security Considerations; Prerequisites - Novell OPEN ENTERPRISE SERVER 2 SP2 Installation Manual

Using AutoYaST to Install and
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Configure Multiple OES Servers
If you need to install OES to multiple systems that perform similar tasks and that share the same
environment and similar but not necessarily identical hardware, you might want to use AutoYaST to
perform the installation.
You use the Configuration Management tool (YaST > Miscellaneous > Autoinstallation) to generate
an XML profile file (referred to as a control file) and use it to perform OES installations to multiple
servers that share the same hardware and environments. You can also tailor this control file for any
specific environment. You then provide this control file to the YaST2 installation program.
This section does not provide complete AutoYaST instructions. It provides only the additional
information you need when setting up AutoYaST to install multiple OES 2 SP2 servers.
For complete instructions on using AutoYaST2, see
with Yast2 (http://forgeftp.novell.com/yast/doc/SLES10/autoinstall/index.html). You can also
access the documentation locally on an OES server in
or
html/index.html autoyast.pdf
This section contains the following information:
Section 8.1, "Security Considerations," on page 167
Section 8.2, "Prerequisites," on page 167
Section 8.3, "Setting Up a Control File with OES Components," on page 168
Section 8.4, "Setting Up an Installation Source," on page 174

8.1 Security Considerations

See "Password for User Admin Written in Clear Text in control.xml" on page

8.2 Prerequisites

You need at least the following components to install an OES 2 SP2 server by using AutoYaST:
A server with OES 2 SP2 already installed.
One or more target computers to install the server software to and the following information
about each:
Number of hard disks
MAC address
Monitor types and graphics hardware
A control file.
For information on setting up a control file with OES components, see
File with OES Components" on page
A boot scenario set up.
Automatic Linux Installation and Configuration
/usr/share/doc/packages/autoyast2/
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