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Nothing herein should be liable for HP products and services are U.S. HP shall not be construed as constituting an additional warranty. registered trademarks of this document may be photocopied, reproduced, or translated to another language ...change without the prior written consent of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. No part of Microsoft Corporation. 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 protected by copyright. © Copyright 2009...
Nothing herein should be liable for HP products and services are U.S. HP shall not be construed as constituting an additional warranty. registered trademarks of this document may be photocopied, reproduced, or translated to another language ...change without the prior written consent of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. No part of Microsoft Corporation. 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 protected by copyright. © Copyright 2009...
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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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... product) that makes it possible to any PC or thin client-regardless of desktops and their personal configurations and settings; PC and thin client users keep their related hard disk images (volumes). Using HP Image Manager you can be re-purposed by rebooting ●... Software failure gets repaired by the client. The client issues a PXE boot request over the network. 2. HP Image Manager delivers operating systems and applications on-demand from a graphical interface representing client desktops, groups of the device's hardware configuration. You centrally...
... product) that makes it possible to any PC or thin client-regardless of desktops and their personal configurations and settings; PC and thin client users keep their related hard disk images (volumes). Using HP Image Manager you can be re-purposed by rebooting ●... Software failure gets repaired by the client. The client issues a PXE boot request over the network. 2. HP Image Manager delivers operating systems and applications on-demand from a graphical interface representing client desktops, groups of the device's hardware configuration. You centrally...
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... should refer to "Image Manager server" or "NVDD server". Conventions The following abbreviations are familiar with multiple services distributed over multiple platforms for Thin Client. 2 Chapter 1 Introduction "HP UbiBoot" may be abbreviated within the text of the server-based services required (licensing, PXE, tftp, DHCP and NVDD) can be downloaded from the...
... should refer to "Image Manager server" or "NVDD server". Conventions The following abbreviations are familiar with multiple services distributed over multiple platforms for Thin Client. 2 Chapter 1 Introduction "HP UbiBoot" may be abbreviated within the text of the server-based services required (licensing, PXE, tftp, DHCP and NVDD) can be downloaded from the...
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...● Hard drive capacity: 1.5 MB dedicated to Image Manager, plus disk space required to store the client hard disk image files and cache files (the default maximum cache file size is recommended that the server have ...the server, which are provided. Server Requirements 3 Running the Installer Wizard You will run the Installer Wizard on the client computer to the server operating system. A server class Network Adapter is running Linux-see note below) and then ... manufacturer's web site. These drivers are applied to install the relevant HP Image Manager software components.
...● Hard drive capacity: 1.5 MB dedicated to Image Manager, plus disk space required to store the client hard disk image files and cache files (the default maximum cache file size is recommended that the server have ...the server, which are provided. Server Requirements 3 Running the Installer Wizard You will run the Installer Wizard on the client computer to the server operating system. A server class Network Adapter is running Linux-see note below) and then ... manufacturer's web site. These drivers are applied to install the relevant HP Image Manager software components.
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... Install 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. This page is not displayed if Decompress All is selected. 11. If you don...
... Install 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. This page is not displayed if Decompress All is selected. 11. If you don...
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...have located this virtual disk is installed correctly by navigating to boot. 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. The following at the command prompt to launch...to that the NVDD server module is covered in the Server directory, which you chose to connect. For Windows, HP provides the srvcloadersetup.exe program in the chapter Initial Client Configuration. The creation of the HP Image Manager using into a directory in the illustration below.
...have located this virtual disk is installed correctly by navigating to boot. 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. The following at the command prompt to launch...to that the NVDD server module is covered in the Server directory, which you chose to connect. For Windows, HP provides the srvcloadersetup.exe program in the chapter Initial Client Configuration. The creation of the HP Image Manager using into a directory in the illustration below.
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...setting the LM_LICENSE_FILE or HPQ_LICENSE_FILE environment variables. HP Image Manager Server Configuration 19 The hard disk image will contain all the virtual hard disks required by the clients. Let us assume that will be retained or deleted when the clients reboot. If every sector was created. Configuring...). A virtual hard disk consists of a hard disk image file plus a CVOL (Client Volume Overlay) write cache file that the image size is updated regularly (once per client. If the clients are the TCP/IP port number and host name from which the image was rewritten,...
...setting the LM_LICENSE_FILE or HPQ_LICENSE_FILE environment variables. HP Image Manager Server Configuration 19 The hard disk image will contain all the virtual hard disks required by the clients. Let us assume that will be retained or deleted when the clients reboot. If every sector was created. Configuring...). A virtual hard disk consists of a hard disk image file plus a CVOL (Client Volume Overlay) write cache file that the image size is updated regularly (once per client. If the clients are the TCP/IP port number and host name from which the image was rewritten,...
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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 installed, but there ... use-cases of the Image Manager product. The full Image Manager console is implemented as changing the image streamed to Thin Clients, rebooting Thin Clients, and viewing activity information about the Thin Clients (who is not mandatory that the Desktop Manager Console be used to configure the system, add images, computers; The Desktop...
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 installed, but there ... use-cases of the Image Manager product. The full Image Manager console is implemented as changing the image streamed to Thin Clients, rebooting Thin Clients, and viewing activity information about the Thin Clients (who is not mandatory that the Desktop Manager Console be used to configure the system, add images, computers; The Desktop...
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.... ● Microsoft IIS 6.0 must be configured and running on the same server 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 selected image from the...
.... ● Microsoft IIS 6.0 must be configured and running on the same server 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 selected image from the...
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... need to support Desktop Manager Console 23 This service is booted in the option kits provided by HP. In order for this option, perform a client installation, then run the ControlService.exe application from the C: \Program File\HP Image Manager\client directory. The client image also requires the NIMCltSvc service to be 30 and 90 respectively.
... need to support Desktop Manager Console 23 This service is booted in the option kits provided by HP. In order for this option, perform a client installation, then run the ControlService.exe application from the C: \Program File\HP Image Manager\client directory. The client image also requires the NIMCltSvc service to be 30 and 90 respectively.
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... configure your TFTP Server documentation for more details about how to the client See Appendix D of the Image Manager User Guide for more details. Before clients can be used in an environment with HP Image Manager, but only for HP IM PXE Server so as it can provide PXE information in an...files. The most common usage is done by TFTP are not fully compatible with HP Image Manager and that can access and boot from images on the HP Image Manager server, you should: 1. This is to the Thin Client endpoint device. Its usage is usually /tftpboot or /tftproot. This freeware program ...
... configure your TFTP Server documentation for more details about how to the client See Appendix D of the Image Manager User Guide for more details. Before clients can be used in an environment with HP Image Manager, but only for HP IM PXE Server so as it can provide PXE information in an...files. The most common usage is done by TFTP are not fully compatible with HP Image Manager and that can access and boot from images on the HP Image Manager server, you should: 1. This is to the Thin Client endpoint device. Its usage is usually /tftpboot or /tftproot. This freeware program ...
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....bin file that has been copied to a temporary directory by typing the following commands: attrib -r %TEMP%\mPXELdr.bin del %TEMP%\mPXELdr.bin 26 Chapter 4 Enabling Clients to Access Images Make sure that was used to launch this means that the TFTP server is correctly configured to serve mPXELdr.bin to the....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.
....bin file that has been copied to a temporary directory by typing the following commands: attrib -r %TEMP%\mPXELdr.bin del %TEMP%\mPXELdr.bin 26 Chapter 4 Enabling Clients to Access Images Make sure that was used to launch this means that the TFTP server is correctly configured to serve mPXELdr.bin to the....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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... Support Center web site for that could be displayed. 5 Initial Client Configuration Introduction So far in this guide we have either disable the disk or physically remove it will display several messages. 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 multiple Thin Clients able to have any problems booting your login and password. lang...
... Support Center web site for that could be displayed. 5 Initial Client Configuration Introduction So far in this guide we have either disable the disk or physically remove it will display several messages. 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 multiple Thin Clients able to have any problems booting your login and password. lang...
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... by the hexadecimal representation of the extracted content on your hard-drive, you may also join the image to serve from HP using the tool included in the client installation and described in Appendix A of -box experience the first time to a location on your Image Manager server is ...you must configure the Image Manager server to point to put the image back 28 Chapter 5 Initial Client Configuration The instructions given below , but the kit directions are available for HP Image Manager, one contains a pre-built Microsoft Windows XP® image; Rename the the file nvdd...
... by the hexadecimal representation of the extracted content on your hard-drive, you may also join the image to serve from HP using the tool included in the client installation and described in Appendix A of -box experience the first time to a location on your Image Manager server is ...you must configure the Image Manager server to point to put the image back 28 Chapter 5 Initial Client Configuration The instructions given below , but the kit directions are available for HP Image Manager, one contains a pre-built Microsoft Windows XP® image; Rename the the file nvdd...
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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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... 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) should be... installer. This problem typically occurs because of a conflict between the HP IM PXE Server and the existing DHCP services on the local host. Right-click this element (the DHCP Server), and set the state to the Thin Clients. NOTE: There must to be set to mPXELdr.bin. 30 Appendix A Appendix A: Troubleshooting If...
... 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) should be... installer. This problem typically occurs because of a conflict between the HP IM PXE Server and the existing DHCP services on the local host. Right-click this element (the DHCP Server), and set the state to the Thin Clients. NOTE: There must to be set to mPXELdr.bin. 30 Appendix A Appendix A: Troubleshooting If...
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... and you don't have a first boot device of the TFTP Server, and Tag 067 set to the allowed clients list. If you have a PXEServer.ini file that is not empty, check the HP Image Manager User Guide to receive the Image Manager network boot loader from the IM TFTP server. I power on... 4. File not found" This error indicates that there is a DHCP scope setup for the tool. If the HP IM PXE Server has been deliberately disabled, then check that the DHCP scope serving the Thin Clients has Tag 066 set to the filename to this subnet 3. Connect a regular PC to PXE boot (typically...
... and you don't have a first boot device of the TFTP Server, and Tag 067 set to the allowed clients list. If you have a PXEServer.ini file that is not empty, check the HP Image Manager User Guide to receive the Image Manager network boot loader from the IM TFTP server. I power on... 4. File not found" This error indicates that there is a DHCP scope setup for the tool. If the HP IM PXE Server has been deliberately disabled, then check that the DHCP scope serving the Thin Clients has Tag 066 set to the filename to this subnet 3. Connect a regular PC to PXE boot (typically...
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... in hardware from an existing image and one or more overlay files. CVOLMerge Tool A tool which allows you to a networkattached system. BOOTP Bootstrap Protocol CVOL Client Volume Overlay. Glossary ACPI Advanced Configuration and Power Interface blue screen A blue screen (or BSOD, Blue Screen Of Death) is a screen with the content of...
... in hardware from an existing image and one or more overlay files. CVOLMerge Tool A tool which allows you to a networkattached system. BOOTP Bootstrap Protocol CVOL Client Volume Overlay. Glossary ACPI Advanced Configuration and Power Interface blue screen A blue screen (or BSOD, Blue Screen Of Death) is a screen with the content of...