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Setting Up a Dedicated Image
Building Server
Although a dedicated image building server requires an additional server on your
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Point of Service network, it provides several advantages,
(particularly for large systems that manage a large number of Point of Service images).
Providing a dedicated image building server offloads the processor and memory load
required to generate images from the Administration Server. It also protects the Admin-
istration Server and LDAP directory from any possible corruption or user errors that
might occur while building Point of Service images.
NOTE: Meeting System Requirements
For a list of system requirements to set up an Image Building Server, refer to
Section 1.2.2, “Image Building Server” (page 4).
To configure the Image Building Server, follow these steps:
1
Check if the following patterns are installed on the machine to be configured. If
they are missing, install them. For more information about installation, see
Chapter 2, SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Service Installation (page 21).
SLEPOS Image Server
This pattern installs all the packages needed for image building.
SLEPOS Images
This pattern installs the basic image templates for SLEPOS.
2
Copy the image source files from the CDs to the image building server and define
their location. SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Service provides the
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