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activateOS—Activate OS Installation Order

This action schedules a planned installation of an operating system for execution.

If the target computer is OSIM managed, a planned operating system is available for it, and if there is no OS installation pending for it, then the installation of the planned OS is scheduled for execution.

In any other case, the action will fail.

This action has the following format:

targetComputer action=activateOS 

name=computer_name 
[atTime="YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm"]
[wakeup[={y|n=}]] 
[restart[={y|n}]]
[waitBs[={y|n}]]
[waitIm[={y|n}]]

attime

Specifies the Specifies the date and time when the action will be started.

The date has the ISO format "YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm".

name

Specifies the name of the computer for which the installation of the planned operating system is scheduled for execution.

restart

This optional parameter specifies if a running system will be restarted when the associated installation request will be carried out.

If restart or restart=y is coded, then a restart will be performed.

If restart=n is coded, then no automatic restart will be performed and it is up to the user to reboot the system to start the OS installation process.

If the parameter is not coded, the default is given by restart=n.

waitBs

If waitBs or waitBs=y is coded then the activation request might be deferred until the addressed target is assigned a boot server. If it waitBs=n is coded then the request is not deferred because of a missing boot server assignment. The default is waitBs=n

WaitIm

If waitIm or waitIm=y is coded then the activation request might be deferred until the associated boot and OS images are staged at the related boot server. If it waitIm=n is coded then the request is not deferred because of not yet staged images. The default is waitIm=n.

wakeup

This optional parameter specifies whether a target system in power standby mode shall be waked up for this installation or not.
If wakeup or wakeup=y is coded, then the systems will be waked up.
If wakeup=n is specified, no wake up will be performed.
If the parameter is not coded, the default wakeup=n will be used.