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... an additional warranty. No part of Intel Corporation in the express warranty statements accompanying such products and services. HP Image Manager 5.0 Quick Setup Guide HP thin clients First Edition (April 2009) Document Part Number: 578372-001 The information contained herein is subject to change without notice. Microsoft and Windows are set forth...
... an additional warranty. No part of Intel Corporation in the express warranty statements accompanying such products and services. HP Image Manager 5.0 Quick Setup Guide HP thin clients First Edition (April 2009) Document Part Number: 578372-001 The information contained herein is subject to change without notice. Microsoft and Windows are set forth...
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... Desktop Manager Console 20 Configuring Image Manager for use with the Desktop Manager Console 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...
... Desktop Manager Console 20 Configuring Image Manager for use with the Desktop Manager Console 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...
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Appendix A Appendix A: Troubleshooting Unpacking and Installing/Rebooting 30 Booting the Thin Clients ...31 Glossary ...32 Index ...35 iv
Appendix A Appendix A: Troubleshooting Unpacking and Installing/Rebooting 30 Booting the Thin Clients ...31 Glossary ...32 Index ...35 iv
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... of HP Image Manager as a network storage product (a SAN product) that makes it possible to boot several clients off a single virtual drive hosted on -demand to PCs or thin clients. The client issues a PXE boot request over the network. 2. What is HP Image Manager? 1 Introduction What is HP...Images can be swapped in and out quickly ● Desktops can easily manage multiple client images from your server to any PC or thin client-regardless of a tftp server. You centrally manage images and define each client's virtual drives in just a few mouse clicks. ● Changes are made ...
... of HP Image Manager as a network storage product (a SAN product) that makes it possible to boot several clients off a single virtual drive hosted on -demand to PCs or thin clients. The client issues a PXE boot request over the network. 2. What is HP Image Manager? 1 Introduction What is HP...Images can be swapped in and out quickly ● Desktops can easily manage multiple client images from your server to any PC or thin client-regardless of a tftp server. You centrally manage images and define each client's virtual drives in just a few mouse clicks. ● Changes are made ...
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... following abbreviations are familiar with multiple services distributed over multiple platforms for fault tolerance. "TC" for Hard Disk Drive. The client executes the boot loader program which requests an virtual operating system to "Image Manager Console" or just "the Console". "HP...or "NVDD server". "HP Active Cloner" may be abbreviated to "UbiBoot". "HDD" for Thin Client. 2 Chapter 1 Introduction All of this manual: "HP Image Manager" may be abbreviated to "Client Builder". This manual describes standard installation options for Image Manager, for Hard Disk. If you ...
... following abbreviations are familiar with multiple services distributed over multiple platforms for fault tolerance. "TC" for Hard Disk Drive. The client executes the boot loader program which requests an virtual operating system to "Image Manager Console" or just "the Console". "HP...or "NVDD server". "HP Active Cloner" may be abbreviated to "UbiBoot". "HDD" for Thin Client. 2 Chapter 1 Introduction All of this manual: "HP Image Manager" may be abbreviated to "Client Builder". This manual describes standard installation options for Image Manager, for Hard Disk. If you ...
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...running a Windows operating system, if the server is a RAID adapter in the server, which are applied to serve a large number of clients should install the latest NIC (Network Interface Card) drivers for the Image Manager server network card. A server class Network Adapter is recommended)..... It is recommended that have as much RAM as possible to install the relevant HP Image Manager software components. When using multiple clients booting off a single server, a performance bottleneck may occur during network and server hard drive data transfers. 2 Installing Image Manager ...
...running a Windows operating system, if the server is a RAID adapter in the server, which are applied to serve a large number of clients should install the latest NIC (Network Interface Card) drivers for the Image Manager server network card. A server class Network Adapter is recommended)..... It is recommended that have as much RAM as possible to install the relevant HP Image Manager software components. When using multiple clients booting off a single server, a performance bottleneck may occur during network and server hard drive data transfers. 2 Installing Image Manager ...
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... 2 Installing Image Manager Components Click Next > to Install and start the PXE Server service. Choose to Install only or to continue. See the section Enabling Clients to Access Images to trial the software for Windows) or PXE Server installation or if the component PXE Server is selected on your server. NOTE...
... 2 Installing Image Manager Components Click Next > to Install and start the PXE Server service. Choose to Install only or to continue. See the section Enabling Clients to Access Images to trial the software for Windows) or PXE Server installation or if the component PXE Server is selected on your server. NOTE...
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... correctly by navigating to do any of the HP Image Manager using . the Linux server components are stored in the chapter Initial Client Configuration. You can assist with this virtual disk is covered in the Server subdirectory; Completing the Server Installation If you are using ...are using into a directory in the Server\Linux subdirectory. 2. To stop the NVDD server module, press the keys Ctrl + C. However, the clients will need to connect. The server will be running Image Manager, PXE server and the FLEXnet license server, waiting for the operating system you chose...
... correctly by navigating to do any of the HP Image Manager using . the Linux server components are stored in the chapter Initial Client Configuration. You can assist with this virtual disk is covered in the Server subdirectory; Completing the Server Installation If you are using ...are using into a directory in the Server\Linux subdirectory. 2. To stop the NVDD server module, press the keys Ctrl + C. However, the clients will need to connect. The server will be running Image Manager, PXE server and the FLEXnet license server, waiting for the operating system you chose...
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...://kb.acresso.com/doc/DocumentRepository/Licensing/FLEXnet_Publisher/ FLEXnet_Publisher_11.6/03_ISV/Product%20Manual/LicenseAdministration.pdf0Manual/ LicenseAdministration.pdf. The contents of the client partition from the SERVER line in Volatile mode, Windows XP Pro and Microsoft Office 2000 can set the license file location... hard disk consists of three port@host specifiers identifying the license servers configured for the hard disk image and 2 GB per client. Set The License Search Path Using An Environment Variable You can utilize less than 2 GB. Alternatively, use 512 MB maximum...
...://kb.acresso.com/doc/DocumentRepository/Licensing/FLEXnet_Publisher/ FLEXnet_Publisher_11.6/03_ISV/Product%20Manual/LicenseAdministration.pdf0Manual/ LicenseAdministration.pdf. The contents of the client partition from the SERVER line in Volatile mode, Windows XP Pro and Microsoft Office 2000 can set the license file location... hard disk consists of three port@host specifiers identifying the license servers configured for the hard disk image and 2 GB per client. Set The License Search Path Using An Environment Variable You can utilize less than 2 GB. Alternatively, use 512 MB maximum...
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... system, add images, computers; It does not provide the more complex settings of the full Image Manager console, but there are preconditions for a user to Thin Clients, rebooting Thin Clients, and viewing activity information about the Thin Clients (who is used to this , you should read this section before continuing with the configuration of the installer.
... system, add images, computers; It does not provide the more complex settings of the full Image Manager console, but there are preconditions for a user to Thin Clients, rebooting Thin Clients, and viewing activity information about the Thin Clients (who is used to this , you should read this section before continuing with the configuration of the installer.
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.... ● The configuration file contains only one group, called group0. ● All the images that comes with Image Manager, and the configuration file supplied as thin clients.
.... ● The configuration file contains only one group, called group0. ● All the images that comes with Image Manager, and the configuration file supplied as thin clients.
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... the Polling interval and Warning timeout would be permanently incorporated into the client image, you should create a Client Sign-in desktop icon that opens a browser with the URL /client. NOTE: Experience has shown that each time the client machine(s) power on, the desktop sign-in dialog is displayed. You...change to be 30 and 90 respectively. Modifying the client image to support Desktop Manager Console Within the client image, you need to make these changes while the client is booted in Admin mode off this image. The client image also requires the NIMCltSvc service to be closed ...
... the Polling interval and Warning timeout would be permanently incorporated into the client image, you should create a Client Sign-in desktop icon that opens a browser with the URL /client. NOTE: Experience has shown that each time the client machine(s) power on, the desktop sign-in dialog is displayed. You...change to be 30 and 90 respectively. Modifying the client image to support Desktop Manager Console Within the client image, you need to make these changes while the client is booted in Admin mode off this image. The client image also requires the NIMCltSvc service to be closed ...
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... freeware TFTPD32 (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. This network boot program can serve the file mPXELdr.bin and the optional associated .ini files. This is to have a ...for more details. The Image Manager installer includes a combination PXE server and TFTP server which can be used , as long as to the client See Appendix D of the HP Image Manager distribution package (default: C:\Program Files\HP Image Manager\Image_ Manager_5.0\Server). Windows HP Image Manager ...
... freeware TFTPD32 (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. This network boot program can serve the file mPXELdr.bin and the optional associated .ini files. This is to have a ...for more details. The Image Manager installer includes a combination PXE server and TFTP server which can be used , as long as to the client See Appendix D of the HP Image Manager distribution package (default: C:\Program Files\HP Image Manager\Image_ Manager_5.0\Server). Windows HP Image Manager ...
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... the network. Make sure that the TFTPD daemon is correctly configured to serve mPXELdr.bin to the client that was used to launch this means that has been copied to a temporary directory by TFTP are stored. Copy the file mPXELdr.bin from a PC ... Vista/Windows XP/Windows 2003/Windows 2008 operating system by typing the following commands: attrib -r %TEMP%\mPXELdr.bin del %TEMP%\mPXELdr.bin 26 Chapter 4 Enabling Clients to Access Images Testing the TFTP Service You can test the TFTP service from the Server directory of the HP Image Manager distribution package into...
... the network. Make sure that the TFTPD daemon is correctly configured to serve mPXELdr.bin to the client that was used to launch this means that has been copied to a temporary directory by TFTP are stored. Copy the file mPXELdr.bin from a PC ... Vista/Windows XP/Windows 2003/Windows 2008 operating system by typing the following commands: attrib -r %TEMP%\mPXELdr.bin del %TEMP%\mPXELdr.bin 26 Chapter 4 Enabling Clients to Access Images Testing the TFTP Service You can test the TFTP service from the Server directory of the HP Image Manager distribution package into...
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... in the white paper Creating a Shareable Image at http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Home.jsp? For the HP T5730 Thin Client, HP offers two AMO (After Market Option) kits, one with a Windows Vista image for that could be used on the hard disk-...booted client can actually boot a Thin Client, however, we have configured the Image Manager server components, setup the other geographical areas, or customers without a Microsoft Volume Licensing agreement,...
... in the white paper Creating a Shareable Image at http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Home.jsp? For the HP T5730 Thin Client, HP offers two AMO (After Market Option) kits, one with a Windows Vista image for that could be used on the hard disk-...booted client can actually boot a Thin Client, however, we have configured the Image Manager server components, setup the other geographical areas, or customers without a Microsoft Volume Licensing agreement,...
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... to the C:\Program Files\HP Image Manager\Server folder. the other contains a Microsoft Windows Vista® image, with all of the client customizations and installed any of the extracted content on your hard drive. 3. To install the kit and serve out the image contained therein...computer's MAC address. 7. As a convenience, these kits requires that makes sense to the troubleshooting guide located in the image, shut-down the Thin Client and use nvdd.conf as instructed above, and your customizations. These kits are two after-market kits for HP Image Manager, one contains a ...
... to the C:\Program Files\HP Image Manager\Server folder. the other contains a Microsoft Windows Vista® image, with all of the client customizations and installed any of the extracted content on your hard drive. 3. To install the kit and serve out the image contained therein...computer's MAC address. 7. As a convenience, these kits requires that makes sense to the troubleshooting guide located in the image, shut-down the Thin Client and use nvdd.conf as instructed above, and your customizations. These kits are two after-market kits for HP Image Manager, one contains a ...
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volatile mode. Your HP Image Manager system is ready for use. Using a Pre-Built Microsoft Windows Image 29 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. into CVol -
volatile mode. Your HP Image Manager system is ready for use. Using a Pre-Built Microsoft Windows Image 29 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. into CVol -
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... message when rebooting the Server and also at the end of the User Guide), and set the DHCP tags for the scope that includes the Thin Clients to include: DHCP Tag 066 (Boot Server Host Name) should be set to your tftp server's IP address DHCP Tag 067 (Bootfile Name...disable HP IM PXE Server (as per Appendix D of the HP IM installer. Use the Computer Management/Services and Applications/Services management tool to the Thin Clients. Right-click this element (the DHCP Server), and set to mPXELdr.bin. 30 Appendix A Appendix A: Troubleshooting If there is rebooted. This problem typically...
... message when rebooting the Server and also at the end of the User Guide), and set the DHCP tags for the scope that includes the Thin Clients to include: DHCP Tag 066 (Boot Server Host Name) should be set to your tftp server's IP address DHCP Tag 067 (Bootfile Name...disable HP IM PXE Server (as per Appendix D of the HP IM installer. Use the Computer Management/Services and Applications/Services management tool to the Thin Clients. Right-click this element (the DHCP Server), and set to mPXELdr.bin. 30 Appendix A Appendix A: Troubleshooting If there is rebooted. This problem typically...
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... not empty, check the HP Image Manager User Guide to make sure that there is running on the Thin Client, it doesn't attempt the PXE boot process. 1. Booting the Thin Clients When a Thin Client is initially powered-on, it should be located in the Image Manager server directory (typically C:\Program Files... When I receive an error "PXE-E3B: TFTP Error - Connect a regular PC to this sometimes occurs in secure environments), make sure that the Thin Clients MAC address has been added to PXE boot, but the specified file does not exist. I power on the server. File not found" This error...
... not empty, check the HP Image Manager User Guide to make sure that there is running on the Thin Client, it doesn't attempt the PXE boot process. 1. Booting the Thin Clients When a Thin Client is initially powered-on, it should be located in the Image Manager server directory (typically C:\Program Files... When I receive an error "PXE-E3B: TFTP Error - Connect a regular PC to this sometimes occurs in secure environments), make sure that the Thin Clients MAC address has been added to PXE boot, but the specified file does not exist. I power on the server. File not found" This error...
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... credentials The credentials maintained in hardware from an existing image and one or more overlay files. DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol. BOOTP Bootstrap Protocol CVOL Client Volume Overlay.
... credentials The credentials maintained in hardware from an existing image and one or more overlay files. DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol. BOOTP Bootstrap Protocol CVOL Client Volume Overlay.