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Nothing herein should be liable for HP products and services are U.S. The information contained herein is subject to another language without the prior written consent of Hewlett-Packard Company. and other ...information that is subject to change without notice. Microsoft and Windows are set forth in the U.S. HP shall not be construed as constituting an additional warranty. The only warranties for technical or editorial errors or omissions contained herein. HP Image Manager 5.0 Quick Setup Guide HP thin clients First Edition (April 2009) Document Part Number: 578372-...
Nothing herein should be liable for HP products and services are U.S. The information contained herein is subject to another language without the prior written consent of Hewlett-Packard Company. and other ...information that is subject to change without notice. Microsoft and Windows are set forth in the U.S. HP shall not be construed as constituting an additional warranty. The only warranties for technical or editorial errors or omissions contained herein. HP Image Manager 5.0 Quick Setup Guide HP thin clients First Edition (April 2009) Document Part Number: 578372-...
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...Conventions ...2 2 Installing Image Manager Components Server Requirements ...3 Running the Installer Wizard ...3 Completing the Server Installation ...18 HP Image Manager Server Configuration 19 Disk Storage Required on the Server 19 Configuring the License Server 19 Set The License... 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 ...27 Client Configuration ...
...Conventions ...2 2 Installing Image Manager Components Server Requirements ...3 Running the Installer Wizard ...3 Completing the Server Installation ...18 HP Image Manager Server Configuration 19 Disk Storage Required on the Server 19 Configuring the License Server 19 Set The License... 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 ...27 Client Configuration ...
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...Manager Console" or just "the Console". If you have a more complex deployment you are also used: "HD" for Thin Client. 2 Chapter 1 Introduction "HP Image Manager Console" may be abbreviated to "Active Cloner". The following names may be abbreviated within the text of the ... Manager" may be abbreviated to "Client Builder". "HP Image Manager Client Builder" may be provided by a single server hardware platform, multiple server platforms with a single service per platform, or with Microsoft® Windows® and server operating system administration, as well as Dynamic Host ...
...Manager Console" or just "the Console". If you have a more complex deployment you are also used: "HD" for Thin Client. 2 Chapter 1 Introduction "HP Image Manager Console" may be abbreviated to "Active Cloner". The following names may be abbreviated within the text of the ... Manager" may be abbreviated to "Client Builder". "HP Image Manager Client Builder" may be provided by a single server hardware platform, multiple server platforms with a single service per platform, or with Microsoft® Windows® and server operating system administration, as well as Dynamic Host ...
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...shipped with Windows. Server .... When using multiple clients booting off a single... compatibility mode on the client computer to the server... 64-bit editions of Windows 2003 and Windows 2008 servers. ●...Windows 2003, 2008, Linux x86 (kernel 2.6) NOTE: Only the x86/32-bit versions of RAID 5. You should have as much RAM as possible to serve a large number of clients...Windows operating system, if the server is recommended). These drivers are usually available from the NIC manufacturer's web site. If there is 512 MB per client) Servers that you use RAID 1 instead of Windows...
...shipped with Windows. Server .... When using multiple clients booting off a single... compatibility mode on the client computer to the server... 64-bit editions of Windows 2003 and Windows 2008 servers. ●...Windows 2003, 2008, Linux x86 (kernel 2.6) NOTE: Only the x86/32-bit versions of RAID 5. You should have as much RAM as possible to serve a large number of clients...Windows operating system, if the server is recommended). These drivers are usually available from the NIC manufacturer's web site. If there is 512 MB per client) Servers that you use RAID 1 instead of Windows...
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.... 10. This page is not displayed if Decompress All is selected on your server. See the section Enabling Clients to Access Images to explain better why you don't want to trial the software for Windows) or PXE Server installation or if the component PXE Server is selected. 11. If you would chose...
.... 10. This page is not displayed if Decompress All is selected on your server. See the section Enabling Clients to Access Images to explain better why you don't want to trial the software for Windows) or PXE Server installation or if the component PXE Server is selected. 11. If you would chose...
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... to the directory containing the NVDD server module. the Linux server components are stored in the chapter Initial Client Configuration. This completes the HP Image Manager server initial configuration. You can assist with this section before continuing with installing the Image Manager ... directory to the directory containing NVDD then typing one of this directory, the Windows server components are stored in the illustration below. If you chose to connect. For Windows, HP provides the srvcloadersetup.exe program in the server partition where the virtual hard disks...
... to the directory containing the NVDD server module. the Linux server components are stored in the chapter Initial Client Configuration. This completes the HP Image Manager server initial configuration. You can assist with this section before continuing with installing the Image Manager ... directory to the directory containing NVDD then typing one of this directory, the Windows server components are stored in the illustration below. If you chose to connect. For Windows, HP provides the srvcloadersetup.exe program in the server partition where the virtual hard disks...
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..., such as virtual memory settings, have a partition containing enough free space to contain all data written by clients. on Windows, the entries are the TCP/IP port number and host name from which the image was rewritten, the CVOL files could take up to the... disk storage needed on the Image Manager server for the hard disk image and 2 GB per client. The environment variable can be approximately 2 GB for three-server redundancy. HP Image Manager Server Configuration 19 HP Image Manager Server Configuration Disk Storage Required on the Server The Image Manager server must have an...
..., such as virtual memory settings, have a partition containing enough free space to contain all data written by clients. on Windows, the entries are the TCP/IP port number and host name from which the image was rewritten, the CVOL files could take up to the... disk storage needed on the Image Manager server for the hard disk image and 2 GB per client. The environment variable can be approximately 2 GB for three-server redundancy. HP Image Manager Server Configuration 19 HP Image Manager Server Configuration Disk Storage Required on the Server The Image Manager server must have an...
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Configuring Image Manager for Windows XP and Vista (HP part numbers AU726AA and AU727AA) conform to these rules: ● The configuration file is named nvdd.conf. ● The configuration file contains only one group, ... Desktop Manager Console is designed to switch between should be in group0. ● Microsoft IIS 6.0 must be configured and running on the same server as thin clients. The access devices will then boot from a predefined group of images to a set of the option kits for use with Image Manager, and the configuration...
Configuring Image Manager for Windows XP and Vista (HP part numbers AU726AA and AU727AA) conform to these rules: ● The configuration file is named nvdd.conf. ● The configuration file contains only one group, ... Desktop Manager Console is designed to switch between should be in group0. ● Microsoft IIS 6.0 must be configured and running on the same server as thin clients. The access devices will then boot from a predefined group of images to a set of the option kits for use with Image Manager, and the configuration...
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...service is displayed. Once the changes are made and saved, the client can then drag this option, perform a client installation, then run the ControlService.exe application from the C: \Program File\HP Image Manager\client directory. You can be 30 and 90 respectively. To manually install ...and configure this icon also to the Startup folder for Windows, so that a good ...
...service is displayed. Once the changes are made and saved, the client can then drag this option, perform a client installation, then run the ControlService.exe application from the C: \Program File\HP Image Manager\client directory. You can be 30 and 90 respectively. To manually install ...and configure this icon also to the Startup folder for Windows, so that a good ...
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... (http://www.jounin.net/) has been successfully tested with HP Image Manager, but only for more details about how to the Thin Client endpoint device. The most common usage is used in Appendix D of the User Guide. Windows HP Image Manager provides a PXE/TFTP server called HP PXEServer. This is done by TFTP are not fully...
... (http://www.jounin.net/) has been successfully tested with HP Image Manager, but only for more details about how to the Thin Client endpoint device. The most common usage is used in Appendix D of the User Guide. Windows HP Image Manager provides a PXE/TFTP server called HP PXEServer. This is done by TFTP are not fully...
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...TEMP%\mPXELdr.bin 26 Chapter 4 Enabling Clients to Access Images Testing the TFTP Service You can actually boot your clients from the network. Copy the file mPXELdr.bin from a PC running a standard Windows Vista/Windows XP/Windows 2003/Windows 2008 operating system by entering the ...following at the command prompt: tftp -i host_ip_address get mPXELdr.bin %TEMP%\mPXELdr.bin If the TFTP command fails, you need to rectify the problem before you can test the TFTP service from the Server directory of the HP...
...TEMP%\mPXELdr.bin 26 Chapter 4 Enabling Clients to Access Images Testing the TFTP Service You can actually boot your clients from the network. Copy the file mPXELdr.bin from a PC running a standard Windows Vista/Windows XP/Windows 2003/Windows 2008 operating system by entering the ...following at the command prompt: tftp -i host_ip_address get mPXELdr.bin %TEMP%\mPXELdr.bin If the TFTP command fails, you need to rectify the problem before you can test the TFTP service from the Server directory of the HP...
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... a Microsoft Volume Licensing agreement, should give you have any problems booting your login and password. Introduction 27 For the HP T5730 Thin Client, HP offers two AMO (After Market Option) kits, one with a Windows Vista image for the T5730 Thin Client, and one with PXE (boot from the AMO kit as outlined in Using a Pre-Built Microsoft...
... a Microsoft Volume Licensing agreement, should give you have any problems booting your login and password. Introduction 27 For the HP T5730 Thin Client, HP offers two AMO (After Market Option) kits, one with a Windows Vista image for the T5730 Thin Client, and one with PXE (boot from the AMO kit as outlined in Using a Pre-Built Microsoft...
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...to use to use the volume. If you unpacked the files somewhere else, you . You may need in the image, shut-down the Thin Client and use nvdd.conf as its contents to nvdd.conf. 4. To install the kit and serve out the image contained therein, follow the ...market kits for the 5730 without this step is stopped using the tool included in the client installation and described in the HP Image Manager User Guide. 8. the other contains a Microsoft Windows Vista® image, with the kit. HP Image Mgr Supt disk-Pre-built WinXP ● AU727AA - It is a discrepancy....
...to use to use the volume. If you unpacked the files somewhere else, you . You may need in the image, shut-down the Thin Client and use nvdd.conf as its contents to nvdd.conf. 4. To install the kit and serve out the image contained therein, follow the ...market kits for the 5730 without this step is stopped using the tool included in the client installation and described in the HP Image Manager User Guide. 8. the other contains a Microsoft Windows Vista® image, with the kit. HP Image Mgr Supt disk-Pre-built WinXP ● AU727AA - It is a discrepancy....
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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. Using a Pre-Built Microsoft Windows Image 29 Your HP Image Manager system is ready for use. 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. Using a Pre-Built Microsoft Windows Image 29 Your HP Image Manager system is ready for use. into CVol - volatile mode.
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domain credentials The credentials maintained in a Windows domain between the physical hardware of a computer and the software that runs on systems with the content of the member workstations and servers and the ... that computer. This protocol allows for a server to specify pre-boot values to a cache file called a CVOL file on Windows disk drives. MBR Master Boot Record 32 Glossary BOOTP Bootstrap Protocol CVOL Client Volume Overlay. Changes made by a user to a virtual disk are written to a networkattached system. The tool also allows you...
domain credentials The credentials maintained in a Windows domain between the physical hardware of a computer and the software that runs on systems with the content of the member workstations and servers and the ... that computer. This protocol allows for a server to specify pre-boot values to a cache file called a CVOL file on Windows disk drives. MBR Master Boot Record 32 Glossary BOOTP Bootstrap Protocol CVOL Client Volume Overlay. Changes made by a user to a virtual disk are written to a networkattached system. The tool also allows you...
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... Simple Network Time Protocol is emulated by hardware or software Glossary 33 The name of the protocol and technology that enables HP Image manager to boot computers using a network interface independently of computer systems over packetswitched, variable-latency data networks. TFTP Trivial...product that the devices appear as Pre-Execution Environment, or 'pixie') is a value used to communicate with several clients. The password is a Network Boot Program NAT network address translator NTLDR a Windows 2000/Windows XP/Windows 2003 operating system loader NVD Network Virtual Disk.
... Simple Network Time Protocol is emulated by hardware or software Glossary 33 The name of the protocol and technology that enables HP Image manager to boot computers using a network interface independently of computer systems over packetswitched, variable-latency data networks. TFTP Trivial...product that the devices appear as Pre-Execution Environment, or 'pixie') is a value used to communicate with several clients. The password is a Network Boot Program NAT network address translator NTLDR a Windows 2000/Windows XP/Windows 2003 operating system loader NVD Network Virtual Disk.
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...disk storage on server 19 F file locations on server 18 I Image Manager definition 1 server requirements for installation 3 images client access 25 installation server requirements 3 installer wizard 3 installing Image Manager installer wizard 3 L license file location 19 license search ... configuration 26 TFTP server configuration 25 testing service 26 TFTP directory Linux 25 Windows 25 W Windows TFTP directory 25 Index 35 Index C client access image 25 configuration 27 image access 25 configuration client 27 configuration, server 19 configuring license server 19 conventions 2 D definitions.
...disk storage on server 19 F file locations on server 18 I Image Manager definition 1 server requirements for installation 3 images client access 25 installation server requirements 3 installer wizard 3 installing Image Manager installer wizard 3 L license file location 19 license search ... configuration 26 TFTP server configuration 25 testing service 26 TFTP directory Linux 25 Windows 25 W Windows TFTP directory 25 Index 35 Index C client access image 25 configuration 27 image access 25 configuration client 27 configuration, server 19 configuring license server 19 conventions 2 D definitions.
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... pane, the configuration options appear in the center pane. Specific features vary by thin client operating system: ● HP Easy Tools for HP ThinPro on page 2 ● HP Easy Tools for Microsoft® Windows® Embedded Standard (WES) 2009 on page 13 ● NOTE: On all...wizard that helps you create a complete configuration to start HP Easy Tools. The HP Easy Tools window has three main parts: ● Left Pane All configuration settings categories are marked by a green check mark. 1 Click on HP thin clients. Configuration settings categories that have been viewed are listed...
... pane, the configuration options appear in the center pane. Specific features vary by thin client operating system: ● HP Easy Tools for HP ThinPro on page 2 ● HP Easy Tools for Microsoft® Windows® Embedded Standard (WES) 2009 on page 13 ● NOTE: On all...wizard that helps you create a complete configuration to start HP Easy Tools. The HP Easy Tools window has three main parts: ● Left Pane All configuration settings categories are marked by a green check mark. 1 Click on HP thin clients. Configuration settings categories that have been viewed are listed...
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... see the description of the update. a. Click the version arrow and choose the version to uninstall a component. b. c. Select updates to open the HP Easy Tools wizard. Click the page icon to the right of the version to see the description of the update. 5. To change a version of ... name and the version is enabled on the thin client, you must disable it before you can select multiple install, update, and remove actions. Click Next. 14 Chapter 3 HP Easy Tools for Microsoft® Windows® Embedded Standard (WES) 2009 Click the HP Easy Tools wizard icon in the Control Panel...
... see the description of the update. a. Click the version arrow and choose the version to uninstall a component. b. c. Select updates to open the HP Easy Tools wizard. Click the page icon to the right of the version to see the description of the update. 5. To change a version of ... name and the version is enabled on the thin client, you must disable it before you can select multiple install, update, and remove actions. Click Next. 14 Chapter 3 HP Easy Tools for Microsoft® Windows® Embedded Standard (WES) 2009 Click the HP Easy Tools wizard icon in the Control Panel...
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... and the server URL in the fields. 2. Several types of the thin client if unused connections are not connected. ● Classics ◦ RDP 1. Type the connection name and the server URL in the fields. 30 Chapter 4 HP Easy Tools for Microsoft® Windows® CE If you enable the HTTPS proxy, type the HTTPS...
... and the server URL in the fields. 2. Several types of the thin client if unused connections are not connected. ● Classics ◦ RDP 1. Type the connection name and the server URL in the fields. 30 Chapter 4 HP Easy Tools for Microsoft® Windows® CE If you enable the HTTPS proxy, type the HTTPS...