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Register Operating System Data of External Images

In addition to the CA OS images created with the createosimage command, external OS images can be registered to the domain manager. The manager however, does not check whether the image is on the target boot server.

Note: External OS image names are not restricted to eight characters (8.3 notation).

Note: Either an internally stored OS image or an external OS image must be registered in the management database (MDB) before an operating system installation job can be created for a target computer.

To provide an operating system description and register it in the management database (MDB)

1. Create a new directory with the OS image name, for example, winxppro, as follows:

   mkdir DSM-installdisk:\Program Files\CA\DSM\Server\SDBS\var\managedpc\images\winxppro
   

2. Copy default.ini and osinfo.ini from the DSM-installdisk:\Program Files\CA\DSM\osimips\os-template\images\os-image\ directory into the following directory:

   DSM-installdisk:\Program Files\CA\DSM\Server\SDBS\var\managedpc\images\<image name>

3. Open the default.ini file from the following location using an editor:

   DSM-installdisk:\Program Files\CA\DSM\Server\SDBS\var\managedpc\images\<image name>\default.ini

4. Change the OSImage assignment as follows:

   OSImage=winxppro
   

5. Open the osinfo.ini file at the same location using an editor:

   DSM-installdisk:\Program Files\CA\DSM\Server\SDBS\var\managedpc\images\<image name>\osinfo.ini

6. Change the imagename assignment as follows:

   imagename=winxppro
   

7. Register the operating system data in the MDB using the registerosimage command as follows:

   registerosimage -b -i winxppro -s domain_manager_name
   

   The operating system data of the external image, winxppro, is now registered to the management database of the domain manager.