Storix Software SBAdmin AIX System Recovery Guide - Manual (Page 10)

on the system. If this not the same as the network from which the client will be booted, change this field
accordingly.
If device support for the selected platform type or network adapter type selected was
not installed on the system the boot image is created on, an error message will be
displayed. If so, you must either select a different system on which to create the boot
image or install the required device support from the AIX installation media.
Select the name of the Boot server. This is the server on which the network boot image will be stored after
it is created. The network boot server may be the same system from which the network boot image is
created.
Lastly, type the name of the boot image in the Network Boot Image Name field or select the name of an
existing image to overwrite by pressing the arrow button to the right of the entry field. If you enter a unique
name, a new image will be created using that name. If you select an existing name, the named image will
be overwritten.
Note that the network boot “image” actually consists of several files on disk, but will always be referred to
within the application as a single image by a unique Network boot image name. The files are copied into
the directory specified as the Client Directory for CDROM & Network Boot Images when the server was
configured. If you specify the name of an image which already exists, that image will be overwritten.
Upon successful completion, the network boot image will be created and if necessary transferred, to the
boot server. It will now be possible to configure any client to boot from this image using the option
“
Enable/Disable Network Installation of a Client ”.
When all selections are complete, press the Create/Update button. A new window will appear with the output of
the command to create the media and any error message if they should occur, such as in the following
example:
No-prompt Installation
CDROM and Network boot media may be created with the default installation options set, also allowing the
system to be installed as soon as a system is booted from this media. This allows an installation to take place
simply by booting from a network boot image, with no operator intervention required.
To prevent a system from being inadvertently reinstalled by simply booting from the
wrong device this option is not available when booting from a hard disk. Be very
careful, not to leave the CDROM in the drive and the system firmware set to boot
from CDROM first. A no-prompt installation could occur without any user
intervention.
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