Active System Manager Release 8.1.1 User’s Guide

Template – deploy operating system to hard drive

This template deploys an OS to the local hard disk drive of a bare metal server. A single server component is available in the Template Builder.

In the Templates page, select the Deploy OS to Hard Drive template, and then click Clone in the right pane.
In the Create Template dialog box, enter the Template Name and Template Description .
Click Save.
In the Template Builder, click the server component, click Edit in the dialog box that is displayed, and then configure the following settings in the Server Component dialog box.
In the Component Name box, type the component name. (Optional)
Under Hardware Settings, perform the following:
1. From the Target Boot Device drop-down list, select the corresponding target boot device.
2. From the Server Pool drop-down list, select the corresponding server pool.
Under OS Settings, perform the following:
1. To select the administrator password that you want to configure on the deployed OS, in the Administrator password box, type the administrator password.
2. In the Confirm administrator password box, retype the password again to confirm.
  - NOTE: It is critical to update the password within this template. The value in the template is masked, but the actual password is not set. If this password is not set, you cannot log in to the deployed server.
3. From the OS Image drop-down list, select an OS image that is configured and to be deployed in your ASM managed environment.
Under Network Settings, update the network settings accordingly for the hypervisor that you are deploying and for the configured networks in your environment.
To save the settings, click Save.
To publish the template, click Publish Template. The template is now ready to be deployed.