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Cannot deploy an operating system

Use this information to troubleshoot general issues that you might encounter when you attempt to deploy an operating system to a managed server from Lenovo XClarity Orchestrator.

Complete the following steps to resolve the issue:
  1. Review all requirements for the operating system that is being deployed. See Supported operating systems. For example, an issue can occur with the deployment of VMware ESXi if you do not set the Memory Mapped I/O (MMIO) space to at least 3 GB.
  2. Review operation-system deployment support limitations for specific I/O adapters. For information about I/O adapter support, see the Lenovo XClarity Support – Compatibility webpage.
  3. Ensure that the target server does not have a deferred or partially activated server-configuration pattern. If a configuration pattern has been deferred or partially activated on the target server, restart the server to apply all configuration settings.
  4. View the status of the server from the Deploy OS Images page to ensure that it has a deployment status of Ready. If the status is Not Ready, click the status link to determine why the server is not ready for operating-system deployment.

    For more information about operating-system deployment, see Deploying an operating-system image.

  5. Ensure that the device has visibility to the storage location that was selected in the assigned operating-system profile.
    Tip
    To ensure that operating-system deployments are successful, detach all storage from the server except the storage chosen for the operating-system deployment.