Edit an OS Build Plan

In case you edit a pre-existing custom attribute’s type or constraint or both in an OS Build Plan, then the associated Deployment Plans are updated with the changes. In case you add or delete a step, then the changes are propagated to the associated Deployment Plans.

Prerequisites

  • You must be logged in as a Software administrator to modify an OS Build Plan.

  • Ensure that the OS Build Plan you intend to edit is not used by a server profile. This is because the server profile contains the Deployment Plan. The Deployment Plan in turn contains the OS Build Plan.

Procedure

  1. From the main menu, select OS Build Plan.
  2. From the master pane of the Build Plans screen, select an OS Build Plan.
  3. Select Edit from the Actions menu.
  4. Perform the following actions in the Edit OS Build Plan dialog:
    1. Name — Edit the name for the OS Build Plan.
    2. Description — Edit the description for the OS Build Plan.
    3. Type — You cannot modify this field.
  5. Click Add Steps to display the Add Steps dialog, listing the available Plan Scripts along with the type.
  6. Perform one of the following in the Add Steps dialog:
    1. For Type > Deploy, the Plan Script lists General and Deploy types. Select one or more Plan Scripts of type General and Deploy from the list.
    2. For Type > Capture, the Plan Script lists General and Capture types. Select one or more Plan Scripts of type General and Capture from the list.

    The Custom Attributes section displays the custom attributes of the selected Plan Scripts. These custom attributes can be modified. For Capture type Plan Script, custom attributes are not available.

  7. Drag and drop the Plan Scripts to reorder them or specify a number in the text boxes, preceding the Plan Scripts. The numbers get automatically serialized.
  8. Click to modify the to modify a custom attribute and assign a new value (other than the original value) to the Default Value of the listed custom attributes.
  9. Perform any of the following actions in the Edit Custom Attribute dialog:
    1. Type — Select a type from the list, to assign to the custom attribute.
    2. String — Specify the Description, Help text, Regular expression and the Default value for this type.

      • This type is the default type and can be used to create user-defined custom attributes.

      • All the fields are optional for this type.

    3. IPv4 Address — Specify the Description, Help text, and the Default value for this type.

      • This type is used to provide static IPv4 addresses only to the custom attribute. This type is intended for assigning IP addresses for any other type of server that the deployed server uses. For server owned IP addresses, use NIC type.

      • The Description and Help text fields are optional.

    4. Option — Specify the Description and Option values for this type. For multiple options, select one of the options as default using the radio buttons.

      • This type provides a list of selectable values.

      • This type must contain at least one option.

      • The Description field is optional.

    5. Password — Specify the Description, Allowed characters that can be used to create a password, Minimum length, Maximum length that can be used for the password, Default password and Confirm default password.

      • This type provides the option to create and confirm the default password.

      • This field is a secure entry, and hence, is protected by credentials service.

      • The contents of the Password field is not displayed in plain text.

      • All the fields are optional for this type.

    6. Number — Specify the Description, Minimum, Maximum, Increment, measurement Unit and Default value.

      • This type is used to provide a number value to the custom attribute.

      • All the fields are optional for this type.

    7. Hostname — Specify the fields Description, Help text, and Default value.

      • This type provides a plain text name to the custom attribute.

      • All the fields are optional for this type.

    8. FQDN — Specify the fields Description, Help text, and Default value.

      • This type provides a domain name to the custom attribute.

      • All the fields are optional for this type.

    9. NIC — Specify the Description and Help text. Select IPv4 configuration options from Allow static, Allow DHCP, Allow no network connection, or Allow no network teaming.

      • This type automatically assigns a name to the custom attribute that uses the dot notation for the Interface configuration parameters.

      • The accepted configuration parameters are .mac, .ipaddress, .vlanid, .dhcp, .netmask, .gateway, .dns1, .dns2, .dns3, .networkuri, .ipv4disable and .domain.

      • The Description field is optional.

      • The default selection for IPv4 configuration is Allow static.

      • The Allow no network teaming option is available only when the Plan Script supports NIC teaming. Selecting only Allow no network teaming is not a valid option.

  10. Click OK to update the OS Build Plan.
    NOTE:

    Default OS Build Plans have default Plan Scripts and custom attributes associated with them.