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- The status is either "normal" or "warning"
- Has been placed into maintenance mode
Cloning images cannot be collected from VM hosts or VM guests.
Preparations
- Install the desired operating system and necessary applications on the managed server from which a cloning image will be collected.
Additionally, apply any required patches and other necessary settings.
Make sure that the source server operates properly after those steps.
- When the configurations of managed servers are as below, execute the following commands before collecting cloning images.
- In a SAN data environment using a built-in disk boot, and a physical WWN or VIOM
[Windows Manager]
>
Installation_folder
\SVROR\Manager\bin\rcxadm server set -name
physical server
-attr bootagt=dos <RETURN>
[Linux Manager]
#/opt/FJSVrcvmr/bin/rcxadm server set -name
physical server
-attr bootagt=dos <RETURN>
- When using the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 ext4 file system, and one of the following conditions is met
- In a SAN boot environment using HBA address rename
- When using a rack mount or tower server and the server is registered with "Disable" of "Association with server management
software (ServerView)" is selected
[Windows Manager]
>
Installation_folder
\SVROR\Manager\bin\rcxadm server set -name
physical server
-attr bootagt=winpe
<RETURN>
[Linux Manager]
#/opt/FJSVrcvmr/bin/rcxadm server set -name
physical server
-attr bootagt=winpe <RETURN>
- In a SAN boot environment using HBA address rename, and the following model
- PRIMERGY BX960 S1
[Windows Manager]
>
Installation_folder
\SVROR\Manager\bin\rcxadm server set -name
physical server
-attr bootagt=winpe
<RETURN>
[Linux Manager]
#/opt/FJSVrcvmr/bin/rcxadm server set -name
physical server
-attr bootagt=winpe <RETURN>
- Check whether the DHCP client is enabled on the managed server to collect the cloning image from.
- Cloning images with the same name can be saved up until the maximum number of image versions.
When collecting a new cloning image when the maximum number of image versions has already been reached, select the cloning
image to delete.
The maximum number of image versions is three by default.
This setting can be changed by following the instructions given in "8.4 Changing the Maximum Number of Cloning Image Versions
".
- When deploying cloning images, the destination server temporarily starts up with its hostname set to either the physical server name
or the source server's hostname.
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