Installation Guide
96 VMware, Inc.
Configuring ESX Server for Scripted Installations
To support scripted installations, you need to configure your ESX Server. To set up the
server for scripted installations, complete the following steps.
1 As root, connect to the service console on the ESX Server.
2 With the CD-ROM in the ESX Server CD-ROM drive, mount the ESX Server
CD-ROM.
mount /mnt/cdrom
3Run the following script.
/usr/bin/scriptedinstall-setup.pl
Once the script is installed, you are asked to restart Apache.
4 At the Restart Apache Now prompt, enter y. This restarts Apache and logs you out
of the VMware Management Interface.
Setting Up the Script
Once you install ESX Server on one system, you can set up a script necessary for
performing a scripted installation of ESX Server on other systems.
When setting up the script, you must choose the networking method for the server on
which you will install ESX Server. You can specify unique network identification
information, including the static IP address and host name of each system or you can
use DHCP initially to quickly set up a number of ESX Server systems.
You can use DHCP initially to create one installation script that is used to deploy new
ESX Server systems from the same floppy image. You must then configure each system
separately and assign a unique host name and IP address. This is in addition to
configuring the server with the management interface wizard.
Otherwise, you can create multiple floppy images, each containing unique network
identification information you specify when you set up the script.
You must copy the script and other essential files to a floppy disk at the end of the setup
process, so make sure you have a formatted floppy disk handy. You need a program to
write the script to the floppy disk, such as dd, rawwritewin, or rawrite. Make sure the
program works with the operating system of the client on which you are creating the
floppy disk.
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