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OS Installations

The OS Installations folder displays a list of the OS installations of all PXE enabled computers in the All Computers folder.

There are three different ways to display the OS installations

• Basic (default)
• Advanced
• Details

To change the view, select one of the others in the Tasks portlet or by using the View menu.

New PXE enabled computers introduced in the network are added automatically to this list when they have been identified by a boot server.

For each OS installation, the Details list shows the following information:

• State icon and name of the computer
• State of the OS installation
• Change / activation date
• MAC address
• OS image name

More parameters can be selected to appear here.

Right-click an OS installation to open its context menu. Depending on the state of the OS installation, the options are active (selectable) or not (grayed out).

This folder shows all the OS installations for all PXE target computers.

• Double-click an entry to display the parameters of an OS installation.
• Select and right-click an entry to
• Edit (planned)
• Reset to Default (planned)
• Install OS Image

  You can copy/drag an OS image to any managed or unmanaged computer to edit its OS image.

• Replace MAC Address
• Reinstall (current)
• Renew Installation (failed / stopped)
• Activate Installation (planned)
• Stop Installation (activated / pending)
• Abort Installation (installing)
• Manage (Unmanaged)
• Delete from OS Installation Management
• Delete (Failed / Stopped)
• Delete (planned)