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ESX Server 3 and VirtualCenter Installation Guide

110 VMware, Inc.

To run a scripted installation using a PXE server

1UploadyourkickstartfiletoanNFSorHTTPserver.

2SpecifytheinstallationmethodinthePXEserverbootoptions,where<ksurl>is

theURLtoaccessthekickstartfileand<methodurl>istheURLtoaccessthe

uploadedinstallationfiles.

Editing the Kickstart Configuration File

Thekickstartconfigurationfileisatextfilecontainingtheoptionsspecifiedforthe

ESX Serverinstallation.Youcanedityourkickstartconfigurationfiletomodifythe

optionsyouspecifiedusingtheVIWebAccessinterface,ortospecifyadditional

optionsnotavailableinthatinterface.

See theRedHatEnterpriseLinux3:

SystemAdministrationGuideavailableat

www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/enterprise/RHEL‐3‐Manual/pdf/rhel‐sag‐en.pdf.

%include Section

Usethe%includesectiontodirectthekickstartparsertoadditionalkickstartfilesthat

mightincludemorekickstartcommands.Thesectioncontainsthefollowingcommand:

%include </path/to/file>

Youcanaddseveral%includesectionstoyourkickstartfile.

Command Section

ThecommandsectioncontainstheoptionsspecifiedfortheESX Serverinstallation.

Thissectionisrequiredandmustappearfirstinthekickstartfile.

MostofthecommandsthatcanbeincludedinthissectionarestandardRedHat

kickstartcommands.SomecommandsareVMwarespecific.TheVMwarespecific

commandsarelisted

inTable B‐1.SeetheRedHatEnterpriseLinux3:System

AdministrationGuideforinformationonoptionalcommandsthatarenotVMware

specific.