Capturing Images; Image Format And Compatibility; Original Hdd Size X Cloned Hdd Size; Deploying Images - HP BL860c Deployment Manual

Capturing Images

To capture one image, use the following steps:
1. Ensure that the source computer is booted and running SSTK.
2. Edit the sstk.conf file on the repository, and then change the value of IMAGE_FILE
variable to the name you want created as a result of this capture operation.
The default value for IMAGE_FILE is linux.img.
3. Select [2] capture (capture Linux image).
4. Select the disk to be imaged.
The capture/imaging process begins and the captured image file is stored in data_files/image
directory upon completion.
You can create any number of image files by repeating these steps, as long as you modify the
IMAGE_FILE variable in sstk.conf to a different image file name before each operation. All
files created are stored on the repository.

Image Format and Compatibility:

Basically, the images are composed of the contents of the partitions being zipped, and then joined
together. This means that SSTK must be able to recognize the partition file systems to be able to
copy it. The supported file systems are: ext2, ext3, fat16, fat32, linux-swap, and reiserfs.
Any system that has any partition formatted with an unsupported file system cannot be imaged.

Original HDD size X Cloned HDD size:

The cloned HDD must be larger or equal to the original HDD to allow the deployment process.
If this is not the case, SSTK displays a warning, and then exits.

Deploying Images

To deploy one image, use the following steps:
1. Ensure that the source computer is booted and running SSTK.
2. Edit the sstk.conf file on the repository, and then change the value of IMAGE_FILE
variable to the name of the disk image you want to deploy; this disk image file name must
already exist on repository.
3. Select [3] deploy (deploy Linux image).
4. Select the disk to be imaged.
The deploy process begins and uses the disk image file you defined in the sstk.conf file in
Step 2.

SAN Environment Autoconfiguration

SSTK provides the SAN automatic configuration feature that allows for unattended HBA
configuration before the beginning of the installation process. SSTK matches the HDD that you
set up (either by using the SSTK menu or setting the value of the DISK variable in the sstk.conf
file) with the proper WWID, WWN and LUN, and then configures the hba-emulex.ini for
Emulex or hba-qlogic.ini for QLogic cards.
To enable the SAN automatic configuration feature, ensure that the AUTO_CONFIGURE_SAN
variable in sstk.conf is set to yes; to disable it set AUTO_CONFIGURE_SAN to no.
24 Using the SSTK Deployment Workflow