How it works

You must have Tivoli® Provisioning Manager for OS Deployment set up and you need to complete some configuration to connect Tivoli Provisioning Manager for OS Deployment to your IBM® BigFix system.

Requirements

You need to configure your IBM BigFix system to work with the Tivoli Provisioning Manager for OS Deployment application. For information about how to configure this, see OS Deployment Setup User Guide .

How it works

This version of Server Automation supports operating system deployment for Windows® server operating systems and Linux® operating systems.

You create and manage your .RAD bare metal profiles, also known as operating system profiles, in Tivoli Provisioning Manager for OS Deployment. Note that only .RAD format profiles are supported. You can then use the OS Deployment and Bare Metal Imaging application in the Systems Lifecycle domain in IBM BigFix to import those profiles into your IBM BigFix system. After you have imported these bare metal profiles into the IBM BigFix system, the profiles become available for selection in the Server Automation Fixlets. For more information about how to use the OS Deployment and Bare Metal Imaging application, see OS Deployment User's Guide .