IBM REDP-4372-00 manual Deploying to a pristine system, Creating a deployment scheme

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2.4 Deploying to a pristine system

After creating the unattended profile as shown in 2.2.3, “Creating the unattended profile” on page 22, we create a deployment scheme and deploy the profile to a target IBM SurePOS client machine. In this section we cover:

￿The creation of a deployment scheme

￿How to modify an unattended profile for a dynamic host name

￿The process the client machine goes through during boot and installation

2.4.1Creating a deployment scheme

Before deploying a profile on a target computer, you must specify how your profile is going to be deployed. In Tivoli Provisioning Manager for OS Deployment, this is done through Task Templates → Deployment Schemes. In order to create a deployment scheme follow the step by step instructions below:

1.First, login to the Tivoli Provisioning Manager for OS Deployment console and select OS Deployment → Task Templates → Deployment schemes. Right- mouse-click on Deployment Schemes and select New Deployment Scheme as shown in Figure 2-37.

Figure 2-37 Creating a new deployment scheme

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