Sample plan: Physical Server Build

This sample Automation Plan completes a simple end-to-end physical server build. You must have BigFix Bare Metal Server set up and integrated with BigFix to run this Automation Plan. The first step in the plan deploys an operating system to one or more computers. The second step creates a baseline patches the operating system on the virtual machine created in the first step. The third step installs Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Enterprise Server Edition on the computer or computers that you created in the first step. The final step patches Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Enterprise Server Edition that is installed in step 3. All sample plans are read-only. To use a sample plan, you must copy it, re-name it, and then update the placeholder Fixlets with Fixlets, Tasks, or Baselines as per your requirements.

About this task

This Automation Plan uses some sample Fixlets that will not suit the requirements for your particular server build. Replace these Fixlets with relevant Fixlets that you want to run on your endpoints to complete a physical server build.

Complete the following steps to run the sample Automation Plan.

Procedure

  1. Open the Server Automation domain.
  2. From the navigation tree in the Domain Panel, click Automation Plans.
  3. In the Automation Plans dashboard, enter 102 and press Enter. This is the ID of the sample Automation Plan.
  4. Select the Automation Plan from the list of Automation Plans.
  5. Click Copy to copy the Automation Plan, enter a name and then save the copy that you have just created.
  6. To run the copied Automation Plan, click Take Action. The following table shows the parameters and targets that you need to input for each step in the sample Automation Plan.
    Table 1. Plan steps and parameters and targets
    Step Description Parameters and targets
    Step 1 Deploy an operating system to one or more computers (133) This step installs an operating system on computers.
    1. Parameter: For information about the required parameters, see Fixlets for operating system deployment.
    2. Targets: The BigFix Bare Metal Server server.
    Step 2 Placeholder for OS or Application Patches - (REPLACE ME) This Fixlet is a placeholder. Replace this Fixlet with a Fixlet that suits your requirements.
    1. Parameter: Any parameters required by the Fixlet that you include in step 2.
    2. Targets: The computer name that you entered for the newly created computer in step 1.
    Step 3 Install Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Enterprise Edition on Windows (72) This step installs Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Enterprise Server Edition on the Windows® virtual machine that you created in step 1.
    1. Parameter: The parameters are described in the Install Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Enterprise Edition on Windows® (72) Fixlet.
    2. Targets: The computer name that you entered for the newly created computer in step 1.
    Step 4 Placeholder for OS or Application Patches - (REPLACE ME) This step patches Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Enterprise Server Edition that you installed in the previous step. The Fixlet contained in the sample plan is a placeholder. Replace this Fixlet with a Fixlet, Task, or Baseline to suit your patching requirements.
    1. Parameter: Any parameters required by the patching Fixlet, Task, or Baseline.
    2. Targets: The computer name that you entered for the newly created computer in step 1.
  7. Click OK to run the Automation Plan.