topic Re: SmartStart Scripting question in ProLiant Deployment and Provisioning

SmartStart Scripting question

Thomas Sords — Wed, 17 Sep 2003 11:53:18 GMT

Does anyone have a script for a DL380 G3/G2 that I can use to start off with? I am prepping to roll out 6 G3's with the same config and also have to support 3 G2's and am having problems wrapping my mind around the SS Scripting Toolkit. I would appreciate any help with the scripting side that is possible. I have already done the .ary, .hwr, .prt, and unattend.txt files.

Re: SmartStart Scripting question

Jeff Mathews — Thu, 18 Sep 2003 21:21:21 GMT

Do you have a server you could borrow, or even a desktop you can use for a little while? What I would suggest is downloading the Rapid Deployment Pack (RDP) for Proliants and installing it. You get a 30 day demo, and you will get scripts that work on all your servers pre-defined for you. Just capture your array and hardware settings, then push it out to all your servers. I highly recommend the product, and it is very useful for other activities. We pushed a patch for one of the latest RPC vulnerabilities to all our servers in about 30 seconds using this system. Works like a charm, and is pretty easy to setup.

Jeff

Re: SmartStart Scripting question

Jeff Allen_5 — Wed, 24 Sep 2003 23:12:44 GMT

It sounds like you're already there. You have already done all the hard work! What specific scripting help are you needing?

Re: SmartStart Scripting question

Thomas Sords — Fri, 26 Sep 2003 08:19:21 GMT

Gah... not sure if this going in the right place, but here goes. I guess my question in what to do next. Following the Scripting best practices manual, I have (I think) created the CD and diskette, but wanted to confirm. Will get back when I have tried it.