Creating bootable media

You can create a new bootable image using one of the supported bootable media: ISO image, CD, DVD, USB flash drive, or PXE files.

1. On a command line, enter the command name with no options to start the IBM® ToolsCenter Bootable Media Creator wizard. The command name depends on the operating system where you are running the command. The following table lists the name of the command for each supported operating system.

   Operating system	Command name
   Windows	ibm_utl_bomc_v.r.m_windows_i386.exe
   Red Hat Enterprise Linux7.0	ibm_utl_bomc_v.r.m_rhel7_x86-64.bin
   Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.0	ibm_utl_bomc_v.r.m_rhel6_i386.bin
   Red Had Enterprise Linux 6.0 64-bit	ibm_utl_bomc_v.r.m_rhel6_x86-64.bin
   Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.0	ibm_utl_bomc_v.r.m_rhel5_i386.bin
   Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.0 64-bit	ibm_utl_bomc_v.r.m_rhel5_x86-64.bin
   Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0	ibm_utl_bomc_v.r.m_rhel4_i386.bin
   Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 64-bit	ibm_utl_bomc_v.r.m_rhel4_x86-64.bin
   SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11	ibm_utl_bomc_v.r.m_sles11_i386.bin
   SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 64-bit	ibm_utl_bomc_v.r.m_sles11_x86-64.bin
   SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10	ibm_utl_bomc_v.r.m_sles10_i386.bin
   SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 64-bit	ibm_utl_bomc_v.r.m_sles10_x86-64.bin

2. On the Welcome page, type a description in the Descriptive name field. The descriptive text is displayed on the screen when you use the bootable media.
3. Click Next.
4. On the Media Purpose page, complete these fields and then click Next:

   Updates

   Select this check box to bundle UpdateXpress System Pack Installer and firmware updates for the targeted systems on the bootable media.

   Notes:

   • If you create bootable media on a system that is the same machine type as the target system or a system that is in the supported systems list, the machine type is automatically highlighted and selected.
   • Updating firmware is performed using UpdateXpress System Pack Installer.
   • This function updates only firmware. Device drivers must be updated separately.
   • IBM Intellistation Pro is not supported.

   Include firmware updates in the bootable media

   This option is displayed only if you have selected Deployment. By default, the IBM ServerGuide Setup and Installation CD includes only device driver updates. Select this checkbox to include firmware updates on the CD. The firmware updates are deployed after the operating system deployment is finished.

   Diagnostics

   Select this check box to bundle Dynamic System Analysis on the bootable media. This option is disabled if you select Deployment.

   Deployment

   Select this check box to create an IBM ServerGuide Setup and Installation CD. This option is disabled if you select Diagnostics. Selecting this option disables the following options:

   • Diagnostics
   • Enable Task Autorun
   • Create the media to use tui mode

   Note: This option is only displayed on Windows platforms.

   Enable Task AutoRun

   Select this check box to automatically start the selected tool, either UpdateXpress System Pack Installer or Dynamic System Analysis, when you boot from the media. This option cannot be selected with Deployment.

   Create media to use a text-based (non-graphical) user interface

   Select this check box to start the tools in a text user interface. If this checkbox is not selected, the tools start in a graphical user interface. This option cannot be selected with Deployment.

5. On the Acquire Location page, complete these fields and then click Next:

   Check the IBM website

   Select this radio button to acquire the latest updates from the IBM website before creating the bootable media.

   UpdateXpress System Pack (UXSPs)

   Select this radio button to acquire complete UpdateXpress System Packs. UpdateXpress System Pack contains an integration-tested bundle of online, firmware updates for each System x and BladeCenter system. This is the preferred method to obtain updates.

   Latest available individual updates

   Select this radio button to acquire individual updates.

   Look in a local directory

   Select this radio button to acquire updates, tools, and boot environment from the local system. Type the fully qualified path and file name in the given field, or click the Browse to select the file.

6. On the HTTP Proxy page, complete the following steps:
   1. Select a proxy option:

      Do not use proxy

      Select this radio button if you do not require an HTTP proxy server to connect to the Web.

      Use proxy

      Select this radio button if you require an HTTP proxy server to connect to the Web, and then complete these fields:

      Host name

      The host name, IP address, or domain name of the HTTP proxy server.

      Port

      The port number for the HTTP proxy server.

   2. If credentials must be specified to authenticate to the HTTP proxy server, select the Authenticate using the following credentials check box and enter the following credential information:

      User name

      The user name to use for authenticating to the HTTP proxy server.

      Password

      The password for the specified user name.

   3. To test the connection to the specified HTTP proxy server, click Test Connection.
7. Click Next to go to the Targeted Systems page.
8. On the Targeted Systems page, select one or more machine types that you want the bootable media to support and then click Next. Use Update List to update the system support list for all functions.

   Use Rollback to roll back to the original system support lists bundled with each function.

   Tips:

   • Click Select All to select all machine types or click Unselect All to unselect all machine types.
   • You can manually add or delete machine types for IBM systems using the Add or Delete button.
   • If a function is not supported by a system, selection of the unsupported function is disabled for that system.
   • To add support for new systems or updates released after the current version of the Bootable Media Creator, use Update List to update the support list from the IBM website.
9. On the Target Directory page, specify the directory where you want to store the downloaded files.
10. On the Media Format page, specify the format to use for the bootable media.
    • To create an ISO image:
      1. For Device type, select CD/DVD.
      2. Select Write to image file and then type the fully qualified path and file name for the ISO image in the given field.
    • To create a CD or DVD:
      1. For Device type, select CD/DVD.
      2. Select Write directly to device to write the bootable medium to the specified CD or DVD drive.
      3. For Disk, select the letter associated with the CD or DVD drive for Windows (such as E:) or the device name for Linux (such as /dev/hdb).
    • To create a USB flash drive:
      1. For Device type, select USB.
      2. Select Write directly to device to write the bootable medium to the specified USB flash drive.
      3. For Disk, select the letter associated with the USB flash drive for Windows (such as E:) or the device name for Linux (such as /dev/hdb).
    • To create PXE files:
      1. For Device type, select PXE.
      2. For PXE TFTP server address, specify the IP address of the TFTP server to use for PXE boot.
      3. For Directory to write PXE files to, select the fully qualified path or click Browse to select the path where you want to write the PXE files in the given field.
11. Click Next. If you selected only UXSPI functions on the Media Purpose page, the Unattended Mode Configuration page is displayed. Complete the following applicable fields:

    Do not use unattended mode

    Select this radio button to disable unattended mode.

    Use unattended mode

    Select this radio button to enable unattended updates. If you select this option you must complete the following additional fields:

    Upload log files to:

    Use this list to choose where to place the log files when unattended updates are complete. Your choices are:

    • TFTP Server
    • FTP Server
    • NFS Share
    • Samba Server
    • USB Drive

    Note:

    1. To upload log files to a TFTP, FTP, or Samba server, or to an NFS share, the directory where the files are to be uploaded must already exist (it will not be created as part of the upload process), and it must allow anonymous access.
    2. To upload the unattended log package to the specified location, you must ensure that you can perform the following actions, if you are using the SLES 10 x86–64 operating system environment:
       • For Samba shares: mount -t cifs //$address/$directory $mount_point -o user=anonymous, password=anonymous
       • For NFS shares: mount -t nfs $address:$directory $mount_point
       • For FTP and TFTP uploads, ensure that the local file can be uploaded to the address and directory specified in the FTP or TFTP command.

    Server Address

    The address of the server where the log files will be loaded.

    Save to directory

    Indicates the directory where the logs are saved.

12. On the Confirm Choices page, review the configuration information you provided for creating the bootable media.
13. Optional: Click Save to save this configuration information to a file, which you can import into this tool to recreate this bootable media at a later time.
14. Click Next.

    The Creation Progress page is displayed. IBM ToolsCenter Bootable Media Creator acquires UpdateXpress System Pack updates if appropriate, Dynamic System Analysis if specified, and then creates the bootable media. A progress bar indicates that the acquisition and creation are in progress and shows the percentage of progress.

15. When the bootable media is finished, click Next.
16. Click Finish.