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YoucaninstallESX Serverusingremoteandscriptedinstallations.
Thisappendixcontainsthefollowingtopics:
“ScriptingYourInstallations”onpage 101
“EnablingScriptedInstallation”onpage 102
“SettingUptheScript”onpage 103
“EditingtheKickstartConfigurationFile”onpage 107
Scripting Your Installations
AfteryouinstallESX Serveronasystem,youcanquicklydeployorprovisionmore
ESX Serversystemsthatsharethesameorsimilarconfigurations.Youcansetupa
scripttoaidintheinstallation.TheESX Serverscriptedinstallationmethodisbasedon
RedHat’skickstartinstallationmethod.Thescriptisa
kickstartconfigurationfile,
whichconsistsofthechoicesyouwanttomakedu ringtheinstallationoftheESX Server
software.
ForallofyourserverstohavethesameconfigurationastheoriginalESX Serversystem,
makethesamechoicesforthescriptthatyoumadewhenyouinstalledESX Serveron
the
originalsystem.
Theinstallationcanrununattendedasintheoriginalinstallation,butiftheinstaller
encountersanunspecifiedsettingforthesystem,youmustrespondtothepromptthat
appears.
Remote and Scripted
Installations
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