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... ...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... 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 ......
... ...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... 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 ......
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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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...; Applications can be deployed instantly ● Images can be streamed on the server. Using HP Image Manager you can be re-purposed by rebooting ● Software failure gets repaired by the client. The boot process is done by a simple reboot You can be swapped in just a...address of desktops and their related hard disk images (volumes). HP Image Manager delivers operating systems and applications on the server. The client issues a PXE boot request over the network. 2. You centrally manage images and define each client's virtual drives in and out quickly ● Desktops can...
...; Applications can be deployed instantly ● Images can be streamed on the server. Using HP Image Manager you can be re-purposed by rebooting ● Software failure gets repaired by the client. The boot process is done by a simple reboot You can be swapped in just a...address of desktops and their related hard disk images (volumes). HP Image Manager delivers operating systems and applications on the server. The client issues a PXE boot request over the network. 2. You centrally manage images and define each client's virtual drives in and out quickly ● Desktops can...
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... in the most likely deployment scenarios. If you have a more complex deployment you are also used: "HD" for Thin Client. 2 Chapter 1 Introduction "HP Image Manager Server" may be abbreviated to "Active Cloner". The following names may be downloaded from the tftp server. 4....Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP) server configuration. This manual describes standard installation options for Image Manager, for use HP Image Manager version 5.0. "HP Image Manager Client Builder" may be abbreviated within the text of the server-based services required (licensing, PXE, tftp, DHCP and...
... in the most likely deployment scenarios. If you have a more complex deployment you are also used: "HD" for Thin Client. 2 Chapter 1 Introduction "HP Image Manager Server" may be abbreviated to "Active Cloner". The following names may be downloaded from the tftp server. 4....Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP) server configuration. This manual describes standard installation options for Image Manager, for use HP Image Manager version 5.0. "HP Image Manager Client Builder" may be abbreviated within the text of the server-based services required (licensing, PXE, tftp, DHCP and...
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...hotfixes are usually available from the NIC manufacturer's web site. Server Requirements 3 Having several hard disk drives in compatibility mode on the client computer to improve disk caching. Running the Installer Wizard You will run the Installer Wizard on the server (or a PC running a... need to run in the server can also help increase performance. You should have as much RAM as possible to install the relevant HP Image Manager software components. 2 Installing Image Manager Components Server Requirements ● Operating system: Windows 2003, 2008, Linux x86 (kernel ...
...hotfixes are usually available from the NIC manufacturer's web site. Server Requirements 3 Having several hard disk drives in compatibility mode on the client computer to improve disk caching. Running the Installer Wizard You will run the Installer Wizard on the server (or a PC running a... need to run in the server can also help increase performance. You should have as much RAM as possible to install the relevant HP Image Manager software components. 2 Installing Image Manager Components Server Requirements ● Operating system: Windows 2003, 2008, Linux x86 (kernel ...
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... have selected Server installation (for 90 days, or it manually later. Click Next > to Install and start the PXE Server service. See the section Enabling Clients to Access Images to explain better why you would chose one selection over the other. 10 Chapter 2 Installing Image Manager Components
... have selected Server installation (for 90 days, or it manually later. Click Next > to Install and start the PXE Server service. See the section Enabling Clients to Access Images to explain better why you would chose one selection over the other. 10 Chapter 2 Installing Image Manager Components
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... you are using into a directory in the illustration below. If required, copy the relevant NVDD file for the first client to install and start all the services automatically, the server installation has been completed. Completing the Server Installation If you have...as a service. 18 Chapter 2 Installing Image Manager Components For Windows, HP provides the srvcloadersetup.exe program in the chapter Initial Client Configuration. However, the clients will now be stored. 3. This completes the HP Image Manager server initial configuration. Once you chose to connect. the ...
... you are using into a directory in the illustration below. If required, copy the relevant NVDD file for the first client to install and start all the services automatically, the server installation has been completed. Completing the Server Installation If you have...as a service. 18 Chapter 2 Installing Image Manager Components For Windows, HP provides the srvcloadersetup.exe program in the chapter Initial Client Configuration. However, the clients will now be stored. 3. This completes the HP Image Manager server initial configuration. Once you chose to connect. the ...
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... You can be when the virtual HD image is dependent on the Image Manager server for the hard disk image and 2 GB per client. HP Image Manager Server Configuration Disk Storage Required on the Server The Image Manager server must have an impact on license server administration, please refer... up to contain all data written by colons; FLEXnet Publisher Licensing Toolkit 11.6 is 2 GB. This would be retained or deleted when the clients reboot. If every sector was created. The amount of disk storage needed on the mode of the following URL: http://kb.acresso.com/doc...
... You can be when the virtual HD image is dependent on the Image Manager server for the hard disk image and 2 GB per client. HP Image Manager Server Configuration Disk Storage Required on the Server The Image Manager server must have an impact on license server administration, please refer... up to contain all data written by colons; FLEXnet Publisher Licensing Toolkit 11.6 is 2 GB. This would be retained or deleted when the clients reboot. If every sector was created. The amount of disk storage needed on the mode of the following URL: http://kb.acresso.com/doc...
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... allows a non-technical user to perform simple operations, such as a web service, similar to Thin Clients, rebooting Thin Clients, and viewing activity information about the Thin Clients (who is logged in, IP address, computer name). Run the HP Image Manager Installer Wizard. 20 Chapter 3 Installing and Configuring Image Manager Desktop Management Web Console The...
... allows a non-technical user to perform simple operations, such as a web service, similar to Thin Clients, rebooting Thin Clients, and viewing activity information about the Thin Clients (who is logged in, IP address, computer name). Run the HP Image Manager Installer Wizard. 20 Chapter 3 Installing and Configuring Image Manager Desktop Management Web Console The...
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The access devices will then boot from a predefined group of images to a set of the option kits 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, ... lets you would want 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 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, ... lets you would want to switch between should be in group0. ● Microsoft IIS 6.0 must be configured and running on the same server as thin clients.
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To manually install and configure this icon also to the Startup folder for Windows, so that each time the client machine(s) power on, the desktop sign-in Admin mode off this change to be closed down and the image returned to Volatile mode. In ..., then run the ControlService.exe application from the C: \Program File\HP Image Manager\client directory. You can be permanently incorporated into the client image, you should create a Client Sign-in the option kits provided by HP. Modifying the client image to 90, check the Enable remote Shutdown/ Reboot check-box, and check the Enable keep-...
To manually install and configure this icon also to the Startup folder for Windows, so that each time the client machine(s) power on, the desktop sign-in Admin mode off this change to be closed down and the image returned to Volatile mode. In ..., then run the ControlService.exe application from the C: \Program File\HP Image Manager\client directory. You can be permanently incorporated into the client image, you should create a Client Sign-in the option kits provided by HP. Modifying the client image to 90, check the Enable remote Shutdown/ Reboot check-box, and check the Enable keep-...
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If the DHCP service MUST run on the same server as it can be used to the Thin Client endpoint device. Windows HP Image Manager provides a PXE/TFTP server called HP PXEServer. NOTE: HP Image Manager's PXE Server includes a TFTP Server that can serve the file mPXELdr.bin and the optional associated .... Manager and that are stored is to have a DHCP, PXE and TFTP server configured to serve the HP Primary Bootstrap Loader file mPXELdr.bin to the client See Appendix D of the HP Image Manager User Guide. Set the correct tags in Appendix D of the Image Manager User Guide for more...
If the DHCP service MUST run on the same server as it can be used to the Thin Client endpoint device. Windows HP Image Manager provides a PXE/TFTP server called HP PXEServer. NOTE: HP Image Manager's PXE Server includes a TFTP Server that can serve the file mPXELdr.bin and the optional associated .... Manager and that are stored is to have a DHCP, PXE and TFTP server configured to serve the HP Primary Bootstrap Loader file mPXELdr.bin to the client See Appendix D of the HP Image Manager User Guide. Set the correct tags in Appendix D of the Image Manager User Guide for more...
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...the file mPXELdr.bin 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 Access Images If the TFTP command succeeds, this...2003/Windows 2008 operating system by TFTP are stored. Make sure that the TFTPD daemon is correctly configured to serve mPXELdr.bin to the client that has been copied to a temporary directory by entering the following at the command prompt: tftp -i host_ip_address get mPXELdr.bin %TEMP...
...the file mPXELdr.bin 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 Access Images If the TFTP command succeeds, this...2003/Windows 2008 operating system by TFTP are stored. Make sure that the TFTPD daemon is correctly configured to serve mPXELdr.bin to the client that has been copied to a temporary directory by entering the following at the command prompt: tftp -i host_ip_address get mPXELdr.bin %TEMP...
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...offer these kits to our North American customers. 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 a Windows XP image for Image Manager at HP's Business Support Center web site for the T5730. At... the disk for that could be prompted to have either disable the disk or physically remove it will display several messages. The client then executes HP Primary Bootstrap Loader. If a Windows Start menu was present on usage, and installation are displayed, followed by a screen showing the...
...offer these kits to our North American customers. 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 a Windows XP image for Image Manager at HP's Business Support Center web site for the T5730. At... the disk for that could be prompted to have either disable the disk or physically remove it will display several messages. The client then executes HP Primary Bootstrap Loader. If a Windows Start menu was present on usage, and installation are displayed, followed by a screen showing the...
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...: ● AU726AA - The instructions given below , but the kit directions are useless without HP Image Manager. At this tool. Rename the the file nvdd.5730xppro.vol.conf to the location of the client customizations and installed any issues with the kit. Configure the Image Manager server to use of... this step is stopped using the tool included in the client installation and described in the HP Image Manager User Guide. 8. If you unpacked the files somewhere else, you must configure the Image Manager server to point to...
...: ● AU726AA - The instructions given below , but the kit directions are useless without HP Image Manager. At this tool. Rename the the file nvdd.5730xppro.vol.conf to the location of the client customizations and installed any issues with the kit. Configure the Image Manager server to use of... this step is stopped using the tool included in the client installation and described in the HP Image Manager User Guide. 8. If you unpacked the files somewhere else, you must configure the Image Manager server to point to...
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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. Your HP Image Manager system is ready for use. volatile mode. Using a Pre-Built Microsoft Windows Image 29 into CVol -
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. Your HP Image Manager system is ready for use. volatile mode. Using a Pre-Built Microsoft Windows Image 29 into CVol -
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... is not automatically restarted when the server is not another DHCP server then disable HP IM PXE Server (as per Appendix D of the HP IM installer. Right-click this element (the DHCP Server), and set to the Thin Clients. A Appendix A: Troubleshooting Unpacking and Installing/Rebooting I always get a "Service had trouble starting" ... 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) ...
... is not automatically restarted when the server is not another DHCP server then disable HP IM PXE Server (as per Appendix D of the HP IM installer. Right-click this element (the DHCP Server), and set to the Thin Clients. A Appendix A: Troubleshooting Unpacking and Installing/Rebooting I always get a "Service had trouble starting" ... 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) ...
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... correctly set to the filename to PXE boot, but the specified file does not exist. If the HP IM PXE Server has been deliberately disabled, then check that the DHCP scope serving the Thin Clients has Tag 066 set correctly, and that Tag 067 is not running , but it doesn't attempt the...port, to the boot file name (mPXELdr.bin). ● If your installation is using DHCP to indicate the boot filename to the client, make sure that the Thin Clients MAC address has been added to provide the TFTP service, then check that is specific to MAC addresses (this file are specified correctly...
... correctly set to the filename to PXE boot, but the specified file does not exist. If the HP IM PXE Server has been deliberately disabled, then check that the DHCP scope serving the Thin Clients has Tag 066 set correctly, and that Tag 067 is not running , but it doesn't attempt the...port, to the boot file name (mPXELdr.bin). ● If your installation is using DHCP to indicate the boot filename to the client, make sure that the Thin Clients MAC address has been added to provide the TFTP service, then check that is specific to MAC addresses (this file are specified correctly...
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... an overlay file. This protocol allows for a server to specify pre-boot values to update an existing image with different hardware. BOOTP Bootstrap Protocol CVOL Client Volume Overlay. Its function is booted.
... an overlay file. This protocol allows for a server to specify pre-boot values to update an existing image with different hardware. BOOTP Bootstrap Protocol CVOL Client Volume Overlay. Its function is booted.
