It is possible to perform Parallels H-Sphere installation by importing a specially formatted config.xml file with all Parallels H-Sphere physical and logical servers' configuration.
Run the install script with the install option. In the installer's command line, enter:
install xml=CONFIG_XML_LOCATION [ skip-sitestudio ]
Parallels H-Sphere includes the hsphere-info package installed on each Parallels H-Sphere Unix server. The package installs the /hsphere/shared/bin/hsinfo script on each server, and the script collects information about this server into the /hsphere/shared/etc/config.xml file.
The hsinfo has the following syntax:
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Usage: hsinfo [ -ame ] [ -p box IP ] [ -g group ] [ -t type ] [ -f xmlfile ] [ -s delimiter ] hsinfo -l [ -p box IP ] [ -g group ] [ -s delimiter ] [ -f xmlfile ] hsinfo -i [ -ame ] [ -g group ] [ -f xmlfile ] [ -s delimiter ] hsinfo -n [ -p box IP ] [ -g group ] [ -f xmlfile ] hsinfo -o a[ddress]|i[nterface]|n[umber] [ -f xmlfile ] hsinfo -d [ -f xmlfile ] hsinfo -v [ -f xmlfile ] hsinfo -G hsinfo -T hsinfo -h -l list of logical server names -i list of physical server IPs -n domain name of the logical server -d servise zone name -p phisical box IP (default: local physical box) -v hspere version -a show IP address -m show mask -e show external IP addreyyss -o show network interface name of the physical IP -G list of possible logical server groups -T list of possible IP types -h help by default show only IP addresses group: cp, mail, unix_hosting, windows_hosting, mysql, pgsql, mssql, dns, mrtg, system (default: all) type: system, service, shared, dedicated, resellerSSL, resellerDNS, all (default: service) xmlfile: XML file location (default: /hsphere/shared/etc/config.xml)The /hsphere/shared/etc/config.xml XML file contains information about physical and logical server names, ids, IPs; system zones; current Parallels H-Sphere version, etc.
The /hsphere/local/config/customs/customs utility returns the files customized by user according to the customization conf_file. It has the following syntax:
Usage: customs [ -hmv ] [ -c conf_file ] { package_name1 } [ package_name2 ... ] -h : to see this help message; -m : to return the masks of the given packages (names only); -v : verbose, package mask output before the list of its customized files; -c conf_file : path to the user customization configuration file, default: /hsphere/local/config/customs/customs.conf; package_nameN : name of the package to list the customized files for.