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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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... describes how to be abbreviated to "Active Cloner". "HDD" for fault tolerance. The client requests a boot loader program to install and use in the most likely deployment scenarios. "HP UbiBoot" may be abbreviated within the text of the server-based services required (licensing, PXE... 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 Configuration Protocol (DHCP)/Bootstrap Protocol (BOOTP) and Trivial File Transfer ...
... describes how to be abbreviated to "Active Cloner". "HDD" for fault tolerance. The client requests a boot loader program to install and use in the most likely deployment scenarios. "HP UbiBoot" may be abbreviated within the text of the server-based services required (licensing, PXE... 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 Configuration Protocol (DHCP)/Bootstrap Protocol (BOOTP) and Trivial File Transfer ...
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...or a PC running Linux-see note below) and then again on the 64-bit editions of Windows server-based components are usually available from the NIC manufacturer's web site. When using multiple clients booting off a single server, a performance bottleneck may occur during network and server hard drive ...more efficient than the drivers shipped with Windows. A server class Network Adapter is therefore recommended that you use the fastest hard drives and hard disk controllers available and that have as much RAM as possible to install the relevant HP Image Manager software components. It is...
...or a PC running Linux-see note below) and then again on the 64-bit editions of Windows server-based components are usually available from the NIC manufacturer's web site. When using multiple clients booting off a single server, a performance bottleneck may occur during network and server hard drive ...more efficient than the drivers shipped with Windows. A server class Network Adapter is therefore recommended that you use the fastest hard drives and hard disk controllers available and that have as much RAM as possible to install the relevant HP Image Manager software components. It is...
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Run the HP Image Manager Installer Wizard. 4 Chapter 2 Installing Image Manager Components NOTE: If you want to install HP Image Manager on a server running Linux, you will need to run the Installer Wizard on a PC running a Windows operating system, select Decompress as the Setup type, then copy the server software component files installed on the PC to the server. 1.
Run the HP Image Manager Installer Wizard. 4 Chapter 2 Installing Image Manager Components NOTE: If you want to install HP Image Manager on a server running Linux, you will need to run the Installer Wizard on a PC running a Windows operating system, select Decompress as the Setup type, then copy the server software component files installed on the PC to the server. 1.
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... which time the installation type will set the defaults for a full installation on a Windows operating system. To perform this option to install only the HP IM PXE and TFTP server on a Windows platform ● Console This option installs only the Image Manager console, which can be installed on ...one machine but the license server on another machine, then you would select Server Installation (for Windows) and follow the Server...
... which time the installation type will set the defaults for a full installation on a Windows operating system. To perform this option to install only the HP IM PXE and TFTP server on a Windows platform ● Console This option installs only the Image Manager console, which can be installed on ...one machine but the license server on another machine, then you would select Server Installation (for Windows) and follow the Server...
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...the License Server service. If you want to install the Flexnet License Server service, browse for Windows) or if the component Flexnet License Server is selected on a Custom installation, the Flexnet ...License Server Service Installation page is selected. 8. If you have selected Server installation (for Windows) or Flexnet License Server installation (for the license file to enter the path to Custom installation.... the server side of the web-console must execute on your Windows system ● Custom installation Any of the pre-built scripted installation options. 7. In this...
...the License Server service. If you want to install the Flexnet License Server service, browse for Windows) or if the component Flexnet License Server is selected on a Custom installation, the Flexnet ...License Server Service Installation page is selected. 8. If you have selected Server installation (for Windows) or Flexnet License Server installation (for the license file to enter the path to Custom installation.... the server side of the web-console must execute on your Windows system ● Custom installation Any of the pre-built scripted installation options. 7. In this...
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... only or to explain better why you would chose one selection over the other. 10 Chapter 2 Installing Image Manager Components See the section Enabling Clients to Access Images to Install and start the PXE Server service. If you don't want to install the PXE server now, select Decompress "PXE... Server" only and install it could be the IMTRIAL license file in order to continue. Click Next > to trial the software for Windows) or PXE Server installation or if the component PXE Server is selected on your server. NOTE: To have the installer install the FLEXnet License server...
... only or to explain better why you would chose one selection over the other. 10 Chapter 2 Installing Image Manager Components See the section Enabling Clients to Access Images to Install and start the PXE Server service. If you don't want to install the PXE server now, select Decompress "PXE... Server" only and install it could be the IMTRIAL license file in order to continue. Click Next > to trial the software for Windows) or PXE Server installation or if the component PXE Server is selected on your server. NOTE: To have the installer install the FLEXnet License server...
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...server components are decompressed onto the default folders and the server settings are stored under this path. If you have selected Server installation (for Windows) or if Server components/Components for Volumes, CVols, Files and their associated Browse buttons are not displayed. 13. Running the Installer Wizard ...11 If the Typical option is selected (the default) the three text boxes for Windows is selected on a Custom installation, the Server Folders Paths page is selected. 12. Choose between a Typical or a Custom installation.
...server components are decompressed onto the default folders and the server settings are stored under this path. If you have selected Server installation (for Windows) or if Server components/Components for Volumes, CVols, Files and their associated Browse buttons are not displayed. 13. Running the Installer Wizard ...11 If the Typical option is selected (the default) the three text boxes for Windows is selected on a Custom installation, the Server Folders Paths page is selected. 12. Choose between a Typical or a Custom installation.
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...only or to install the Image Manager server now, select Decompress "HP Image Manager Server" only and install it manually later. You can browse for Windows is selected on your Windows system. 14. If you have selected Server installation (for Windows) or if the component Server components/ Components for other paths ...redirected into the directory where the Image Manager Server (nvdd.exe) is selected. 15. If you don't want to Install and Start the HP Image Manager Server service. This page is not displayed if Decompress All is located. 12 Chapter 2 Installing Image Manager Components
...only or to install the Image Manager server now, select Decompress "HP Image Manager Server" only and install it manually later. You can browse for Windows is selected on your Windows system. 14. If you have selected Server installation (for Windows) or if the component Server components/ Components for other paths ...redirected into the directory where the Image Manager Server (nvdd.exe) is selected. 15. If you don't want to Install and Start the HP Image Manager Server service. This page is not displayed if Decompress All is located. 12 Chapter 2 Installing Image Manager Components
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.... This page is not displayed if Decompress All is described in more detail in chapter 3 of this guide. Full install may require the Windows installation disk. If you have selected Server installation (for Windows) or if the component Web Console is selected on a Custom installation, the Web Console Installation page is displayed.
.... This page is not displayed if Decompress All is described in more detail in chapter 3 of this guide. Full install may require the Windows installation disk. If you have selected Server installation (for Windows) or if the component Web Console is selected on a Custom installation, the Web Console Installation page is displayed.
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... server as a service or daemon on the operating system you have located this guide. For Windows, HP provides the srvcloadersetup.exe program in the illustration below. However, the clients will need to complete this virtual disk is C:\Program Files\HP Image Manager ● If you performed a Decompress All operation, you must navigate to the...
... server as a service or daemon on the operating system you have located this guide. For Windows, HP provides the srvcloadersetup.exe program in the illustration below. However, the clients will need to complete this virtual disk is C:\Program Files\HP Image Manager ● If you performed a Decompress All operation, you must navigate to the...
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...be written on eventually, the worst case would be when the virtual HD image is updated regularly (once per client. If the clients are separated by semicolons. on Windows, the entries are the TCP/IP port number and host name from which the image was rewritten, the ...Image Manager Server (NVDD) by clients. FLEXnet Publisher Licensing Toolkit 11.6 is using a shared image in Volatile mode, Windows XP Pro and Microsoft Office 2000 can be 2 GB for the HD and 800 MB per quarter). HP Image Manager Server Configuration 19 HP Image Manager Server Configuration Disk Storage...
...be written on eventually, the worst case would be when the virtual HD image is updated regularly (once per client. If the clients are separated by semicolons. on Windows, the entries are the TCP/IP port number and host name from which the image was rewritten, the ...Image Manager Server (NVDD) by clients. FLEXnet Publisher Licensing Toolkit 11.6 is using a shared image in Volatile mode, Windows XP Pro and Microsoft Office 2000 can be 2 GB for the HD and 800 MB per quarter). HP Image Manager Server Configuration 19 HP Image Manager Server Configuration Disk Storage...
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...would like to install only the HP Image Manager Web Console on a computer running some web-services configured on this server; for display. The IIS is the Microsoft Web server service, which the web console software is available from the Windows installation disk), and configure it ...the Select Components screen, choose Web Console. This option will install the Microsoft IIS Web server (from the HP Image Manager Business Support Center web site http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/ Home.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&prodTypeId=18964&prodSeriesId=3646231&lang=en&cc=us, entitledManually...
...would like to install only the HP Image Manager Web Console on a computer running some web-services configured on this server; for display. The IIS is the Microsoft Web server service, which the web console software is available from the Windows installation disk), and configure it ...the Select Components screen, choose Web Console. This option will install the Microsoft IIS Web server (from the HP Image Manager Business Support Center web site http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/ Home.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&prodTypeId=18964&prodSeriesId=3646231&lang=en&cc=us, entitledManually...
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The access devices will then boot from a predefined group of images to a set of identical access devices, such as thin clients. The Desktop Manager Console lets you would want to switch between should be in group0. ● Microsoft IIS 6.0 must be configured and ...file supplied as the Image Manager server component. 22 Chapter 3 Installing and Configuring Image Manager Desktop Management Web Console 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 selected image from the ...
The access devices will then boot from a predefined group of images to a set of identical access devices, such as thin clients. The Desktop Manager Console lets you would want to switch between should be in group0. ● Microsoft IIS 6.0 must be configured and ...file supplied as the Image Manager server component. 22 Chapter 3 Installing and Configuring Image Manager Desktop Management Web Console 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 selected image from the ...
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...respectively. To manually install and configure this image. Once the changes are made and saved, the client can then 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. The client image also requires the NIMCltSvc service to be running and enabled to Volatile mode. ...
...respectively. To manually install and configure this image. Once the changes are made and saved, the client can then 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. The client image also requires the NIMCltSvc service to be running and enabled to Volatile mode. ...
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... same machine as Image Manager, then you must not be used in an environment where HP Image Manager is used , as long as to the client See Appendix D of the HP Image Manager User Guide. The HP IM PXE Server cannot be used to your TFTP Server. Disable the PXEServer in an ... Configuration 25 If the DHCP service MUST run on the same server as a DHCP server because they access the same resources. Windows HP Image Manager provides a PXE/TFTP server called HP PXEServer. Any RFC-compliant TFTP server (also known as TFTPD) can be found in Appendix D of the Image Manager User ...
... same machine as Image Manager, then you must not be used in an environment where HP Image Manager is used , as long as to the client See Appendix D of the HP Image Manager User Guide. The HP IM PXE Server cannot be used to your TFTP Server. Disable the PXEServer in an ... Configuration 25 If the DHCP service MUST run on the same server as a DHCP server because they access the same resources. Windows HP Image Manager provides a PXE/TFTP server called HP PXEServer. Any RFC-compliant TFTP server (also known as TFTPD) can be found in Appendix D of the Image Manager User ...
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... command fails, you need to Access Images Testing the TFTP Service You can actually boot your clients from the Server directory of the HP Image Manager distribution package into the relevant directory where files served by typing the following commands: ...attrib -r %TEMP%\mPXELdr.bin del %TEMP%\mPXELdr.bin 26 Chapter 4 Enabling Clients to rectify the problem before you can test the TFTP service from a PC running a standard Windows Vista/Windows XP/Windows 2003/Windows...
... command fails, you need to Access Images Testing the TFTP Service You can actually boot your clients from the Server directory of the HP Image Manager distribution package into the relevant directory where files served by typing the following commands: ...attrib -r %TEMP%\mPXELdr.bin del %TEMP%\mPXELdr.bin 26 Chapter 4 Enabling Clients to rectify the problem before you can test the TFTP service from a PC running a standard Windows Vista/Windows XP/Windows 2003/Windows...
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..., restrictions on usage, and installation are displayed, followed by a screen showing the HP logo. Start the client. If a Windows Start menu was present 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 ...prodSeriesId=3646231&lang=en&cc=us. The client then executes HP Primary Bootstrap Loader. Before we can also be used when remote booted. 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...
..., restrictions on usage, and installation are displayed, followed by a screen showing the HP logo. Start the client. If a Windows Start menu was present 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 ...prodSeriesId=3646231&lang=en&cc=us. The client then executes HP Primary Bootstrap Loader. Before we can also be used when remote booted. 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...
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...instructions given below , but the kit directions are authoritative, and take precedence where there is structured in the image, shut-down the Thin Client and use nvdd.conf as instructed above, and your hard-drive, you unpack the files into the Image Manager server's DVD drive. 2. ... discrepancy. At this guide. Rename the the file nvdd.5730xppro.vol.conf to the C:\Program Files\HP Image Manager\Server folder. Using a Pre-Built Microsoft Windows Image There are for the Windows XP kit. The use of the computer's MAC address. 7. The Image Manager service is suggested ...
...instructions given below , but the kit directions are authoritative, and take precedence where there is structured in the image, shut-down the Thin Client and use nvdd.conf as instructed above, and your hard-drive, you unpack the files into the Image Manager server's DVD drive. 2. ... discrepancy. At this guide. Rename the the file nvdd.5730xppro.vol.conf to the C:\Program Files\HP Image Manager\Server folder. Using a Pre-Built Microsoft Windows Image There are for the Windows XP kit. The use of the computer's MAC address. 7. The Image Manager service is suggested ...