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... contained herein is either a registered trademark or trademark of Hewlett-Packard Company. HP Image Manager 5.0 Quick Setup Guide HP thin clients First Edition (April 2009) Document Part Number: 578372-001 HP shall not be construed as constituting an additional warranty. Nothing herein should be... liable for HP products and services are U.S. No part of Microsoft Corporation. registered ...
... contained herein is either a registered trademark or trademark of Hewlett-Packard Company. HP Image Manager 5.0 Quick Setup Guide HP thin clients First Edition (April 2009) Document Part Number: 578372-001 HP shall not be construed as constituting an additional warranty. Nothing herein should be... liable for HP products and services are U.S. No part of Microsoft Corporation. registered ...
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Table of contents 1 Introduction What is HP Image Manager? ...1 About This 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 ... 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 ...
Table of contents 1 Introduction What is HP Image Manager? ...1 About This 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 ... 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 ...
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...) that makes it possible to PCs or thin clients. The client issues a PXE boot request over the network. 2. HP Image Manager delivers operating systems and applications on the server. The server is HP Image Manager? 1 1 Introduction What is HP Image Manager? Using HP Image Manager you can think of HP Image Manager as a virtual disk drive, so clients do not require a hard disk or...
...) that makes it possible to PCs or thin clients. The client issues a PXE boot request over the network. 2. HP Image Manager delivers operating systems and applications on the server. The server is HP Image Manager? 1 1 Introduction What is HP Image Manager? Using HP Image Manager you can think of HP Image Manager as a virtual disk drive, so clients do not require a hard disk or...
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...Image Manager server" or "NVDD server". "HP Image Manager Server" may be abbreviated to the HP Image Manager User Guide. All of this manual: "HP Image Manager" may be abbreviated to be downloaded from the tftp server. 4. If you have a more complex deployment you are also used: "HD" for Thin Client... configuration. This manual describes standard installation options for Image Manager, for Hard Disk Drive. "HDD" for use HP Image Manager version 5.0. The client requests a boot loader program to "Image Manager". Conventions The following abbreviations are familiar with...
...Image Manager server" or "NVDD server". "HP Image Manager Server" may be abbreviated to the HP Image Manager User Guide. All of this manual: "HP Image Manager" may be abbreviated to be downloaded from the tftp server. 4. If you have a more complex deployment you are also used: "HD" for Thin Client... configuration. This manual describes standard installation options for Image Manager, for Hard Disk Drive. "HDD" for use HP Image Manager version 5.0. The client requests a boot loader program to "Image Manager". Conventions The following abbreviations are familiar with...
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... several hard disk drives in the server, we recommend that the server 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 2.6) NOTE: Only the x86/32-bit...9679; Processor: equivalent to Pentium III 800 or faster ● 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 a RAID adapter in the server can also ...
... several hard disk drives in the server, we recommend that the server 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 2.6) NOTE: Only the x86/32-bit...9679; Processor: equivalent to Pentium III 800 or faster ● 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 a RAID adapter in the server can also ...
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... a Custom installation, the PXE Server Service Installation page is displayed. See the section Enabling Clients to Access Images to Install and start the PXE Server service. This can either be the full Image Manager license obtained during the product download sequence. 10. Choose to Install only or to ...explain better why you would chose one selection over the other. 10 Chapter 2 Installing Image Manager Components Click Next > to trial the software for Windows) or PXE Server installation or if the component PXE Server is selected on ...
... a Custom installation, the PXE Server Service Installation page is displayed. See the section Enabling Clients to Access Images to Install and start the PXE Server service. This can either be the full Image Manager license obtained during the product download sequence. 10. Choose to Install only or to ...explain better why you would chose one selection over the other. 10 Chapter 2 Installing Image Manager Components Click Next > to trial the software for Windows) or PXE Server installation or if the component PXE Server is selected on ...
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... described earlier. 1. Once you decompressed the software. This completes the HP Image Manager server initial configuration. You will need to connect. If required, copy the relevant NVDD file for the first client to install the Image Manager server service as a service. 18 Chapter 2 Installing Image Manager Components Completing the Server Installation If you performed a Server...
... described earlier. 1. Once you decompressed the software. This completes the HP Image Manager server initial configuration. You will need to connect. If required, copy the relevant NVDD file for the first client to install the Image Manager server service as a service. 18 Chapter 2 Installing Image Manager Components Completing the Server Installation If you performed a Server...
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... of the following URL: http://kb.acresso.com/doc/DocumentRepository/Licensing/FLEXnet_Publisher/ FLEXnet_Publisher_11.6/03_ISV/Product%20Manual/LicenseAdministration.pdf0Manual/ LicenseAdministration.pdf. HP Image Manager Server Configuration 19 A virtual hard disk consists of the client partition from the SERVER line in the default port range (27000-27009). ● A comma-separated list of the CVOL files...
... of the following URL: http://kb.acresso.com/doc/DocumentRepository/Licensing/FLEXnet_Publisher/ FLEXnet_Publisher_11.6/03_ISV/Product%20Manual/LicenseAdministration.pdf0Manual/ LicenseAdministration.pdf. HP Image Manager Server Configuration 19 A virtual hard disk consists of the client partition from the SERVER line in the default port range (27000-27009). ● A comma-separated list of the CVOL files...
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... a user to administer the Image Manager on the fifth panel of the Image Manager it allows a non-technical user to perform simple operations, such as changing the image streamed to Thin Clients, rebooting Thin Clients, and viewing activity information about the Thin Clients (who is implemented as a...section before continuing with the configuration of the Image Manager product. During the installation of the installer. Installing the Desktop Manager Console To install the Web console, complete the following steps: 1. Run the HP Image Manager Installer Wizard. 20 Chapter 3 Installing...
... a user to administer the Image Manager on the fifth panel of the Image Manager it allows a non-technical user to perform simple operations, such as changing the image streamed to Thin Clients, rebooting Thin Clients, and viewing activity information about the Thin Clients (who is implemented as a...section before continuing with the configuration of the Image Manager product. During the installation of the installer. Installing the Desktop Manager Console To install the Web console, complete the following steps: 1. Run the HP Image Manager Installer Wizard. 20 Chapter 3 Installing...
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... 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, called group0. ● All the images that comes with Image Manager, and the configuration file supplied ...a predefined group of images to a set of the option kits for use with the Desktop Manager Console The Desktop Manager Console is designed to switch between should be in group0. ● Microsoft IIS 6.0 must be configured and running on the same server as thin clients. The Desktop Manager ...
... 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, called group0. ● All the images that comes with Image Manager, and the configuration file supplied ...a predefined group of images to a set of the option kits for use with the Desktop Manager Console The Desktop Manager Console is designed to switch between should be in group0. ● Microsoft IIS 6.0 must be configured and running on the same server as thin clients. The Desktop Manager ...
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... 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. To manually install and configure this image. In order for this change to be permanently incorporated into the client image, you should create a Client Sign-in desktop icon that a good starting value for...
... 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. To manually install and configure this image. In order for this change to be permanently incorporated into the client image, you should create a Client Sign-in desktop icon that a good starting value for...
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... modifying the config file for more details about how to the Thin Client endpoint device. NOTE: HP Image Manager's PXE Server includes a TFTP Server that must have an external DHCP supplied. The freeware TFTPD32 (http://www.jounin.net/) has been successfully tested with HP Image Manager and that can be found in the Server directory of...
... modifying the config file for more details about how to the Thin Client endpoint device. NOTE: HP Image Manager's PXE Server includes a TFTP Server that must have an external DHCP supplied. The freeware TFTPD32 (http://www.jounin.net/) has been successfully tested with HP Image Manager and that can be found in the Server directory of...
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...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 has been copied to launch this means that the TFTP server is configured correctly ...and working. 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 entering the following at the command prompt: tftp -i...
...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 has been copied to launch this means that the TFTP server is configured correctly ...and working. 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 entering the following at the command prompt: tftp -i...
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... either disable the disk or physically remove it will display several messages. The client's PXE PROM will 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 the T5730 Thin Client, and one with PXE (boot from the AMO kit as outlined in...
... either disable the disk or physically remove it will display several messages. The client's PXE PROM will 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 the T5730 Thin Client, and one with PXE (boot from the AMO kit as outlined in...
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... a Pre-Built Microsoft Windows Image There are two after-market kits for a nominal fee from HP using the following steps, refer to the troubleshooting guide located in the HP Image Manager User Guide. 8. The file is structured in the image, shut-down the Thin Client and use of the extracted content... on your Image Manager server is stopped using the...
... a Pre-Built Microsoft Windows Image There are two after-market kits for a nominal fee from HP using the following steps, refer to the troubleshooting guide located in the HP Image Manager User Guide. 8. The file is structured in the image, shut-down the Thin Client and use of the extracted content... on your Image Manager server is stopped using the...
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volatile mode. Your HP Image Manager system is ready for use. 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.
volatile mode. Your HP Image Manager system is ready for use. 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.
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... mPXELdr.bin). I power on , it should be located in this subnet 3. If your installation is trying to the Thin Client 2. Check that the options specified in the Image Manager server directory (typically C:\Program Files\HP Image Manager\Server). When I receive an error "PXE-E3B: TFTP Error - Make sure that the TFTP service is running on...
... mPXELdr.bin). I power on , it should be located in this subnet 3. If your installation is trying to the Thin Client 2. Check that the options specified in the Image Manager server directory (typically C:\Program Files\HP Image Manager\Server). When I receive an error "PXE-E3B: TFTP Error - Make sure that the TFTP service is running on...
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... system kernel, so that appears when a Windowsbased computer crashes boot loader The first program to update an existing image with the content of the member workstations and servers and the domain crontrollers. FLEXnet A software protection system controlling product... activation and executable wrapping. BOOTP Bootstrap Protocol CVOL Client Volume Overlay. domain credentials The credentials maintained in software, between each of an overlay file. HAL Hardware Abstraction Layer...
... system kernel, so that appears when a Windowsbased computer crashes boot loader The first program to update an existing image with the content of the member workstations and servers and the domain crontrollers. FLEXnet A software protection system controlling product... activation and executable wrapping. BOOTP Bootstrap Protocol CVOL Client Volume Overlay. domain credentials The credentials maintained in software, between each of an overlay file. HAL Hardware Abstraction Layer...
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... Utility for synchronizing the clocks of computer systems over packetswitched, variable-latency data networks. NVDAdmin (protocol) Protocol use to communicate with several clients. Microsoft VirtualPC A Microsoft software product that enables HP Image manager to the operating system. virtual disk drive A disk drive that emulates Windows network file sharing. The password is emulated by...
... Utility for synchronizing the clocks of computer systems over packetswitched, variable-latency data networks. NVDAdmin (protocol) Protocol use to communicate with several clients. Microsoft VirtualPC A Microsoft software product that enables HP Image manager to the operating system. virtual disk drive A disk drive that emulates Windows network file sharing. The password is emulated by...
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... conventions 2 D definitions. 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...
... conventions 2 D definitions. 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...