HP VL400, PC Image Engineer, Image Library Administrator's Manual
HP
PC Image Engineer
Image Library
System Administrator’s Guide
Image Library for
Vectra VL400
e-Vectra
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This Manual
This manual is intended for MIS (Management Information Services),
IT (Information Technology), or system administrator personnel. A
good knowledge of Microsoft operating systems as well as software
deployment tools is required. You must have administrator privileges.
This manual provides guidelines for using the HP Image Library, which
is part of the HP PC Image Engineer.
What is the Image Library?
The Image Library is a CD-ROM that contains drivers and HP utilities
for HP PCs. The Image Library CD-ROM is the topic of this guide. This
CD-ROM is referred to as the full ‘Administrator Version’ of the Image
Library, to differentiate it from the Image Library & Diagnostics
System CD-ROM (described briefly on page v). The Image Library CDROM is intended for MIS, IT, or system administration personnel.
The drivers and utilities are packaged to enable you to perform
automatic installations on local PCs and also to update a server so that
you can perform remote installations using your own deployment or
maintenance solution or Microsoft SMS 2.0.
The Image Library can be useful during much of the PC’s lifecycle, for
instance:
During qualification of a disk image
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For maintenance tasks, for example, using Microsoft SMS to perform
•
driver updates on remote PCs.
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HP PC Image Engineer Products
The Image Library (Administrator version) is one part of HP PC Image
Engineer solutions. The HP PC Image Engineer suit comprises these
products:
❒ Image Creation and Recovery CD-ROM
❒ Image Library & Diagnostics System CD-ROM
❒ Image Library (Administrator version) CD-ROM
(described in this guide)
❒ Image Transition Tool.
NOTE Not all the Image Engineer products are packaged with each PC.
The range of language versions available may vary between tools.
Image Creation and Recovery CD-ROM
This CD-ROM is provided with most new HP PCs. It contains online
documentation fully explaining its use. With the latest, full-featured
version, you can:
Recover the operating system
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Set disk partitioning parameters
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Upgrade or downgrade the operating system (to the alternative
•
provided on the CD-ROMs)
Browse the operating system master files.
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This CD-ROM can be used in cases where you must reinstall your
operating system and other software, after reformatting your hard disk.
This may be useful when you can not guarantee the integrity of you
software, for instance due to virus infection.
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Image Library and Diagnostics System CD-ROM
This CD-ROM is included with your PC for most models and language
versions. It is used to carry out automated software recovery and/or
diagnostics on single PCs:
Recover all drivers, applications and HP utilities
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Recover individual drivers
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Run HP e-DiagTools, the hardware diagnostics utilities
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Image Transition Tool
The Image Transition Tool is a CD-ROM software utility to help you
adapt an existing PC’s disk image to a new HP PC. Check availability
with your HP supplier, or on HP websites. For more information about
this tool, refer to the Image Transition Tool’s System Administrator’s
Guide.
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Contents
1 Getting Started
What is HP’s Image Library? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
The Image Library CD-ROM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Overview of the Library Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Library Directory Structure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Language Versions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
LAN Card Drivers and Network Protocols. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Starting and Using the User Interface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Creating a Hard Disk Copy of the Image Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
2 Local Automatic Installation
What are the Automatic Installation Packages? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
How to Perform a Local Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Installing Components Without the User Interface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Troubleshooting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
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3 Microsoft SMS
What is Microsoft SMS?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
What is an SMS Package? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
The HP Image Library SMS 2.0 Packages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
How to Use the Image Library with Microsoft SMS . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Phase 1: Copy the Drivers to the SMS Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Phase 2: Update the Required Client PCs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Customizing SMS Packages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Log Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Uninstallation and Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
4 Copying Drivers and Utilities to a Server
What are the Automatic Installation Packages?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
How to Copy Drivers and Utilities to a Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Performing Remote Installations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
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5 Support
Obtaining the Latest Versions of Drivers and Utilities . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Additional Information and Support. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Legal Information
HP Software Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
HP Software License Agreement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
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Getting Started
This chapter describes the Image Library, its contents, and how to start
using the Image Library CD.
1 Getting Started
What is HP’s Image Library?
What is HP’s Image Library?
The Image Library is a CD-ROM that contains drivers and HP utilities
for specific HP PCs. The CD-ROM face or cover shows the target HP
PCs.
The Image Library can help you perform tasks such as:
Evaluating HP drivers and HP software utilities for the target HP PC.
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Creating a completely new disk image for the target HP PC for
•
evaluation, qualification and deployment.
Installing and updating drivers and HP utilities on a server for later
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deployment on remote target HP PCs.
The Image Library is designed so that you can:
Automatically install drivers and utilities on a target PC locally
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Remotely copy drivers to a Microsoft SMS 2.0 server
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Remotely copy drivers and utilities to a server.
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The Image Library CD-ROM
The Image Library CD-ROM
Overview of the Library Contents
The drivers and HP software utilities are provided in two different
formats:
Automatic packages. Each automatic package consists of a single
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executable file.
SMS packages. These packages are in Microsoft SMS 2.0 format and
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each package can consist of up to four files. Only the drivers (not the
HP utilities) are provided.
Each of these formats has its own directory substructure on the CDROM.
For Last Minute
Information
List of Components and
Version Numbers
Detailed Information on
CD Contents
For the latest information about the CD-ROM, consult the
LatestNews.htm file in the root directory of the CD-ROM.
To view a complete list of components available on the Image Library
CD, including the version number of each component, select the option
‘Quick Tour’ on the opening screen of the Image Library user interface.
For detailed information about each automatic package, such as notes,
version numbers, and supported platforms, use the Properties Button
on the user interface Component Selection screen.
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The Image Library CD-ROM
Library Directory Structure
NOTE The CD directory structure is described here to help you understand
the Image Library’s layout and contents. However, the exact layout may
differ from the one shown.
Within
\Packages, each subdirectory level corresponds to a
classification criteria.
Level234567
Subdirectory
of \Packages
Example or
possible values
Examples Automatic\NT4\Driver\LAN\3COM\L3c520ar
\Package
Type
Automatic
SMS
Sms\W98\Driver\Audio\Crystal\BIKU001
\Operating
System
NT4
W2000
W98
\Driver or
\Utility
Driver
Utility
\Type \Vendor \HPVersion
Audio, Video,
IDE,
DiagTools
HP, 3COM,
Intel,
Symbios
L3c520ar
Language Versions
For the Automatic packages, all language versions of the operating
system (that are shipped by HP) are supported.
The SMS packages support only the English version of the operating
system.
For more information about support for different operating system
language versions, consult the
each package. These files are accessible in the individual packages’
subdirectories.
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LatestNews.htm file that comes with
1 Getting Started
System Requirements
System Requirements
This version of the Image Library CD-ROM is available on two different
CDs, one for the HP Vectra VL400 and one for the HP e-Vectra. Only
these two target PCs are supported by this version of the Image
Library. In each case, the supported target PC is indicated on the CD
face.
Before using the Image Library, ensure that the target PC is compatible
with the version of CD you are using.
The target PC must have one of the following operating systems:
Windows NT 4.0 SP4, SP5 or SP6a
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Windows 95 (VL400 only)
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The supported software release corresponds to the latest SR
available for your language. For example, the latest SR in English is
SR 2.5 so this is the supported version.
What is a Target PC?
Windows NT
Administrator Rights
Windows 98 Second Edition
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Windows 2000 Gold.
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In this manual, a “target PC” refers to any PC on which you want to
install the drivers and software utilities. It does not refer to the SMS or
generic server which is used to distribute or deploy the drivers and
software utilities.
For target PCs running Windows NT 4 or Windows 2000, you must have
administrator rights.
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System Requirements
Preparing the Target PC
Vanilla Operating
System
How to Prepare the
Target PC
A ‘Vanilla Operating System’ must be installed before you can use the
Image Library.
The ‘Vanilla’ OS consists of a version of your Microsoft OS with the
minimum set of default drivers required for the PC to operate.
Installation of the Vanilla Operating System is described below.
To prepare your PC for the installation of drivers and HP utilities, we
recommend you use the Image Creation and Recovery CD-ROM that
came with your PC. Simply start the CD-ROM and follow the step by
step guide.
The Image Creation and Recovery CD-ROM includes options to
recreate the special HP Utility Partition on your hard-disk and reinstall
the operating system.
Alternatively, you can reinstall your operating system using the
Microsoft Operating System CD. However, the HP Utility Partition will
not be created if you use the Microsoft CD.
To prepare for use of the Image Library:
1 Start with a blank, formatted hard disk.
2 Using either the HP Image Creation and Recovery CD-ROM, or the
appropriate Microsoft Operating System CD, install one of the
following operating systems:
Windows NT 4.0 SP4, SP5 or SP6a
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Windows 95, latest SR available (VL400 only)
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Windows 98 Second Edition
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Windows 2000.
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System Requirements
3 Copy the directory from your CD to the directory on your hard disc
as follows:
Using this installation CD Installing this
Operating System
HP Image Creation and
Recovery CD
The appropriate
Microsoft Operating
System CD
Windows NT4 windows_NT C:\i386
Windows 2000 windows_2000 C:\i386
Windows 98 windows_95 \Windows\Options\Cabs
Windows 95 windows_98 \Windows\Options\Cabs
Windows NT4 \i386 C:\i386
Windows 2000 \i386 C:\i386
Windows 98 \win98 \Windows\Options\Cabs
Windows 95 \win95 \Windows\Options\Cabs
Copy this directory
from the CD
To this directory on your PC
Hard Disk
3 (a) If you are using the Microsoft OS (install) CD:
If you installed Windows NT 4.0 or Windows 2000, copy the entire
\i386
If you installed Windows 95 create the
directory on the hard disk, then copy the contents of the
directory from the operating system CD to the hard disk.
\Windows\Options\Cabs
\Win95
directory from the operating system CD to this new directory.
If you installed Windows 98, create the
directory on the hard disk, then copy the contents of the
directory from the operating system CD to this new directory.
3 (b) If you are using the HP Image Creation and Recovery CD:
If you installed Windows NT 4.0 or Windows 2000, copy the entire
windows_NT or windows_2000 directory from the CD to the hard
disk directory
If you installed Windows 95 create the
directory on the hard disk, then copy the contents of the
windows_95 or windows_98 directory from the CD to this new
directory.
\Windows\Options\Cabs
\Win98
C:\i386.
\Windows\Options\Cabs
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System Requirements
If you installed Windows 98, create the \Windows\Options\Cabs
directory on the hard disk, then copy the contents of the
windows_98 directory from the CD to this new directory.
4 If you do not copy the operating system setup files to the hard disk
as described above, you will be prompted to insert the operating
system CD when using the Image Library.
No other software should be installed and no other operations should
be performed on the PC. until the reinstallation process is complete.
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LAN Card Drivers and Network Protocols
LAN Card Drivers and Network Protocols
When using the Image Library to install LAN card drivers, the following
network protocols are automatically installed for each operating
system.
Windows 95: NetBEUI + IPX/SPX
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Windows 98/2000: TCP/IP (DCHP)
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Windows NT 4: NetBEUI.
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When LAN drivers are installed, a random hostname is automatically
generated to ensure that there is no conflict with any other PC on the
network
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Starting and Using the User Interface
Starting and Using the User Interface
Before using the Image Library for a local installation, ensure that the
target PC is compatible with the version of CD you are using. If you are
copying drivers and utilities to a server, ensure that the final target PCs
are compatible with the version of CD you are using. The CD face or
cover shows the target HP PC.
To start the user interface, insert the CD in the target PC or server. It
will start automatically. (You can also launch it manually by clicking
Start Run then entering FrontPanel.exe.) The following screen
will appear:
This example
shows the
e-Vectra
version.
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