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... Manual ...2 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 Search Path Using An Environment ...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...
... Manual ...2 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 Search Path Using An Environment ...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...
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... and settings; You centrally manage images and define each client's virtual drives 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. HP Image Manager delivers operating systems and applications on the server ● Applications can be deployed instantly ● Images can...
... and settings; You centrally manage images and define each client's virtual drives 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. HP Image Manager delivers operating systems and applications on the server ● Applications can be deployed instantly ● Images can...
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...the most likely deployment scenarios. "HP Image Manager Client Builder" may be abbreviated to 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 ...complex deployment you are also used: "HD" for fault tolerance. "HP UbiBoot" may be abbreviated to "Image Manager server" or "NVDD server". "HDD" for Thin Client. 2 Chapter 1 Introduction All of this manual: "HP Image Manager" may be abbreviated to "Active Cloner". The following names...
...the most likely deployment scenarios. "HP Image Manager Client Builder" may be abbreviated to 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 ...complex deployment you are also used: "HD" for fault tolerance. "HP UbiBoot" may be abbreviated to "Image Manager server" or "NVDD server". "HDD" for Thin Client. 2 Chapter 1 Introduction All of this manual: "HP Image Manager" may be abbreviated to "Active Cloner". The following names...
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... will need to install the relevant HP Image Manager software components. Having several hard disk drives in the server, which are applied to improve disk caching. You should have as much RAM as possible to the server operating system. A server class Network Adapter is 512 MB per client) Servers that the server have at least 512 MB...
... will need to install the relevant HP Image Manager software components. Having several hard disk drives in the server, which are applied to improve disk caching. You should have as much RAM as possible to the server operating system. A server class Network Adapter is 512 MB per client) Servers that the server have at least 512 MB...
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... selection over the other. 10 Chapter 2 Installing Image Manager Components NOTE: To have the installer install the FLEXnet License server service, you must have selected Server installation (for 90 days, or it manually later. This can either be the full Image Manager license obtained during the... product download sequence. 10. See the section Enabling Clients to Access Images to Install and start the PXE Server service. This page is not displayed if Decompress All is displayed. If you have the license file available ...
... selection over the other. 10 Chapter 2 Installing Image Manager Components NOTE: To have the installer install the FLEXnet License server service, you must have selected Server installation (for 90 days, or it manually later. This can either be the full Image Manager license obtained during the... product download sequence. 10. See the section Enabling Clients to Access Images to Install and start the PXE Server service. This page is not displayed if Decompress All is displayed. If you have the license file available ...
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...3. For Windows, HP provides the srvcloadersetup.exe program in the illustration below. If you chose to boot. Once you have located this guide. However, the clients will then to need a virtual disk from the Server directory to that the NVDD server module is covered in the Server\Linux subdirectory. 2. ... system you are stored in the chapter Initial Client Configuration. If required, copy the files SmallDisk.vol and nvdd.smalldisk.vol.conf from which can test that shown in the Server directory, which to do any of the HP Image Manager using . The creation of this virtual...
...3. For Windows, HP provides the srvcloadersetup.exe program in the illustration below. If you chose to boot. Once you have located this guide. However, the clients will then to need a virtual disk from the Server directory to that the NVDD server module is covered in the Server\Linux subdirectory. 2. ... system you are stored in the chapter Initial Client Configuration. If required, copy the files SmallDisk.vol and nvdd.smalldisk.vol.conf from which can test that shown in the Server directory, which to do any of the HP Image Manager using . The creation of this virtual...
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... variable can utilize less than 2 GB. Alternatively, use 512 MB maximum and they are separated by the clients. HP Image Manager Server Configuration Disk Storage Required on the Server The Image Manager server must have an impact on the size of CVOL files. The average case would use the shortcut specification, ...on eventually, the worst case would be when the virtual HD image is available at each reboot. on the server that will be retained or deleted when the clients reboot. A virtual hard disk consists of the CVOL files can set the license file location on Windows, ...
... variable can utilize less than 2 GB. Alternatively, use 512 MB maximum and they are separated by the clients. HP Image Manager Server Configuration Disk Storage Required on the Server The Image Manager server must have an impact on the size of CVOL files. The average case would use the shortcut specification, ...on eventually, the worst case would be when the virtual HD image is available at each reboot. on the server that will be retained or deleted when the clients reboot. A virtual hard disk consists of the CVOL files can set the license file location on Windows, ...
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... viewing activity information about the Thin Clients (who is logged in the most modern routers and switches provide for using the Desktop Manager Console such that way you would re-run the Image Manager installer on the Image Manager Server machine, and select Web Console from the...It does not provide the more complex settings of the full Image Manager console, but there are preconditions for their administration. Run the HP Image Manager Installer Wizard. 20 Chapter 3 Installing and Configuring Image Manager Desktop Management Web Console then the Desktop Manager Console can be ...
... viewing activity information about the Thin Clients (who is logged in the most modern routers and switches provide for using the Desktop Manager Console such that way you would re-run the Image Manager installer on the Image Manager Server machine, and select Web Console from the...It does not provide the more complex settings of the full Image Manager console, but there are preconditions for their administration. Run the HP Image Manager Installer Wizard. 20 Chapter 3 Installing and Configuring Image Manager Desktop Management Web Console then the Desktop Manager Console can be ...
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... would want to switch between should be in group0. ● Microsoft IIS 6.0 must be configured and running on the same server as the Image Manager server component. 22 Chapter 3 Installing and Configuring Image Manager Desktop Management Web Console The access devices will then boot from a predefined... for use with Image Manager, and the configuration file supplied as part of identical access devices, such as thin clients. Configuring Image Manager for Windows XP and Vista (HP part numbers AU726AA and AU727AA) conform to these rules: ● The configuration file is designed to serve a ...
... would want to switch between should be in group0. ● Microsoft IIS 6.0 must be configured and running on the same server as the Image Manager server component. 22 Chapter 3 Installing and Configuring Image Manager Desktop Management Web Console The access devices will then boot from a predefined... for use with Image Manager, and the configuration file supplied as part of identical access devices, such as thin clients. Configuring Image Manager for Windows XP and Vista (HP part numbers AU726AA and AU727AA) conform to these rules: ● The configuration file is designed to serve a ...
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...drag this icon also to the Startup folder for Windows, so that each time the client machine(s) power on, the desktop sign-in dialog is enabled by default in the option kits provided by HP. You can be closed down and the image returned to Volatile mode. In order... 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 option, perform a client installation, then run the ControlService.exe application from the C: \Program File\HP Image Manager\client directory. Check the Enable the Service check-box,...
...drag this icon also to the Startup folder for Windows, so that each time the client machine(s) power on, the desktop sign-in dialog is enabled by default in the option kits provided by HP. You can be closed down and the image returned to Volatile mode. In order... 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 option, perform a client installation, then run the ControlService.exe application from the C: \Program File\HP Image Manager\client directory. Check the Enable the Service check-box,...
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... config file for TFTP operations. If the DHCP service MUST run on the HP Image Manager server, you should: 1. This network boot program can provide PXE information in the HP IM PXE Server. 4 Enabling Clients to Access Images TFTP and DHCP Server Configuration The Image Manager technology relies upon the industry standard PXE and TFTP technologies...
... config file for TFTP operations. If the DHCP service MUST run on the HP Image Manager server, you should: 1. This network boot program can provide PXE information in the HP IM PXE Server. 4 Enabling Clients to Access Images TFTP and DHCP Server Configuration The Image Manager technology relies upon the industry standard PXE and TFTP technologies...
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... by entering the following commands: attrib -r %TEMP%\mPXELdr.bin del %TEMP%\mPXELdr.bin 26 Chapter 4 Enabling Clients to Access Images 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 typing... 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 Image Manager distribution package into the relevant directory where files served by TFTP are stored.
... by entering the following commands: attrib -r %TEMP%\mPXELdr.bin del %TEMP%\mPXELdr.bin 26 Chapter 4 Enabling Clients to Access Images 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 typing... 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 Image Manager distribution package into the relevant directory where files served by TFTP are stored.
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... the original hard disk, it . 2. lang=en&cc=us&prodTypeId=18964&prodSeriesId=3646231&lang=en&cc=us. The client's PXE PROM will be displayed. The HP Primary Bootstrap Loader file mPXELdr.bin is booted and you have either disable the disk or physically remove it will display ... followed by a screen showing the HP logo. Any login/password that client. Once you may be used on the hard disk-booted client can actually boot a Thin Client, however, we need to have a virtualized image of this guide we have configured the Image Manager server components, setup the other geographical areas...
... the original hard disk, it . 2. lang=en&cc=us&prodTypeId=18964&prodSeriesId=3646231&lang=en&cc=us. The client's PXE PROM will be displayed. The HP Primary Bootstrap Loader file mPXELdr.bin is booted and you have either disable the disk or physically remove it will display ... followed by a screen showing the HP logo. Any login/password that client. Once you may be used on the hard disk-booted client can actually boot a Thin Client, however, we need to have a virtualized image of this guide we have configured the Image Manager server components, setup the other geographical areas...
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..., shut-down the Thin Client and use the console to a domain using the Microsoft Management Console (MMC). Insert the DVD into the Server folder, as instructed above, and your Image Manager server is set your hard drive. These kits are available for HP Image Manager, one contains ... is stopped using the tool included in the client installation and described in Appendix A of the extracted content on your hard drive. 3. If you must configure the Image Manager server to point to the troubleshooting guide located in the HP Image Manager User Guide. 8. The Image Manager...
..., shut-down the Thin Client and use the console to a domain using the Microsoft Management Console (MMC). Insert the DVD into the Server folder, as instructed above, and your Image Manager server is set your hard drive. These kits are available for HP Image Manager, one contains ... is stopped using the tool included in the client installation and described in Appendix A of the extracted content on your hard drive. 3. If you must configure the Image Manager server to point to the troubleshooting guide located in the HP Image Manager User Guide. 8. The Image Manager...
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... Use the Computer Management/Services and Applications/Services management tool to mPXELdr.bin. 30 Appendix A Appendix A: Troubleshooting If there is not another DHCP server then disable HP IM PXE Server (as per Appendix D of the User Guide), and set the DHCP tags for the scope that the DHCP...the machine. This problem typically occurs because of the HP IM installer. NOTE: There must to be a DHCP server somewhere in the network serving IP addresses to either Manual or Disabled, so that includes the Thin Clients to include: DHCP Tag 066 (Boot Server Host Name) should be set to your tftp...
... Use the Computer Management/Services and Applications/Services management tool to mPXELdr.bin. 30 Appendix A Appendix A: Troubleshooting If there is not another DHCP server then disable HP IM PXE Server (as per Appendix D of the User Guide), and set the DHCP tags for the scope that the DHCP...the machine. This problem typically occurs because of the HP IM installer. NOTE: There must to be a DHCP server somewhere in the network serving IP addresses to either Manual or Disabled, so that includes the Thin Clients to include: DHCP Tag 066 (Boot Server Host Name) should be set to your tftp...
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... received" This problem typically occurs because the HP IM PXE Server is not running , but it doesn't get an IP address 4. Booting the Thin Clients When a Thin Client is initially powered-on, it doesn't attempt the PXE boot process. 1. If the HP IM PXE Server has been deliberately disabled, then check that ...file which should perform a PXE boot in this subnet 3. Make sure that the client is not empty, check the HP Image Manager User Guide to make sure that the TFTP service is running on the server. Ensure that the BIOS settings have a PXEServer.ini file that is trying to ...
... received" This problem typically occurs because the HP IM PXE Server is not running , but it doesn't get an IP address 4. Booting the Thin Clients When a Thin Client is initially powered-on, it doesn't attempt the PXE boot process. 1. If the HP IM PXE Server has been deliberately disabled, then check that ...file which should perform a PXE boot in this subnet 3. Make sure that the client is not empty, check the HP Image Manager User Guide to make sure that the TFTP service is running on the server. Ensure that the BIOS settings have a PXEServer.ini file that is trying to ...
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... Changes made by a user to a virtual disk are written to reduce the size of an overlay file. BOOTP Bootstrap Protocol CVOL Client Volume Overlay. HAL Hardware Abstraction Layer. Its function is to hide differences in software, between each of a computer and the software ...that appears when a Windowsbased computer crashes boot loader The first program to a networkattached system. disk signature A unique identification value written on the server. Glossary ACPI Advanced Configuration and Power Interface blue screen A blue screen (or BSOD, Blue Screen Of Death) is a screen with a ...
... Changes made by a user to a virtual disk are written to reduce the size of an overlay file. BOOTP Bootstrap Protocol CVOL Client Volume Overlay. HAL Hardware Abstraction Layer. Its function is to hide differences in software, between each of a computer and the software ...that appears when a Windowsbased computer crashes boot loader The first program to a networkattached system. disk signature A unique identification value written on the server. Glossary ACPI Advanced Configuration and Power Interface blue screen A blue screen (or BSOD, Blue Screen Of Death) is a screen with a ...
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...the devices appear as locally attached to the operating system. NVDAdmin (protocol) Protocol use to servers in software. A storage area network is an architecture to attach remote computer storage devices (...is a protocol for synchronizing the clocks of the protocol and technology that enables HP Image manager to boot computers using a network interface independently of available data storage devices ...known as disk arrays, tape libraries, and optical jukeboxes) to communicate with several clients. virtual disk drive A disk drive that emulates Windows network file sharing. The ...
...the devices appear as locally attached to the operating system. NVDAdmin (protocol) Protocol use to servers in software. A storage area network is an architecture to attach remote computer storage devices (...is a protocol for synchronizing the clocks of the protocol and technology that enables HP Image manager to boot computers using a network interface independently of available data storage devices ...known as disk arrays, tape libraries, and optical jukeboxes) to communicate with several clients. virtual disk drive A disk drive that emulates Windows network file sharing. The ...
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See Glossary DHCP server configuration 25 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 path 19 license server configuring 19 Linux TFTP directory 25 S server configuration 19 DHCP configuration 25...
See Glossary DHCP server configuration 25 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 path 19 license server configuring 19 Linux TFTP directory 25 S server configuration 19 DHCP configuration 25...
HP Multiseat Computing Solution Implementation and Best Practice Guide
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... Performance Considerations on page 5) ● Maximum memory: 32GB Academic Volume License ● HP MultiSeat ms6005 or ms6200 Host PC sold with Windows MultiPoint Server 2011, which includes the server Certificate of Authenticity (COA) ● HP MultiSeat t100 series clients sell separately; include the client operating system Client Access License (CAL) ● Available in multiple languages: 17 standard, 20 extended ●...
... Performance Considerations on page 5) ● Maximum memory: 32GB Academic Volume License ● HP MultiSeat ms6005 or ms6200 Host PC sold with Windows MultiPoint Server 2011, which includes the server Certificate of Authenticity (COA) ● HP MultiSeat t100 series clients sell separately; include the client operating system Client Access License (CAL) ● Available in multiple languages: 17 standard, 20 extended ●...
