topic Re: Ignite installations in Operating System - HP-UX

Ignite installations

Inesa Clinko — Mon, 13 Feb 2006 06:49:44 GMT

Hi!

Colud I ask you for the Ignite installation:
I want to use Ignite-server for installations. I want to prepare separated
images:
1. Installation OS: 11.11, 11.22, 11.23
2. Gold Bundles and patches for every OS,
but keep its in different places, then
OS in order to replace it on every 6
months without changing base OS
installation.
3. Application software, keeped separated
from 1 and 2.
4.Customization.

Could you show me simply / like plan
"TO DO" /how to do this.

Regards,Inna

Re: Ignite installations

Pete Randall — Mon, 13 Feb 2006 06:53:34 GMT

Inna,

I would suggest using Ignite to do your installs and then using swinstall to install patches and applications from depots created using swcopy.

Pete

Re: Ignite installations

Arunvijai_4 — Mon, 13 Feb 2006 06:56:56 GMT

Hi Inna,

You can use IgniteUX to do the variuos installations from Ignite Server.

You can maintain a separate dirs for recent patches and install them to clients.

http://docs.hp.com/en/IUX/ for more information.

-Arun

Re: Ignite installations

Steven E. Protter — Mon, 13 Feb 2006 07:52:36 GMT

Shalom Inna,

You need to create an Ignite server, with access to substantial disk space.

On this server, you can create golden installation images for your various hardware, which would let you roll out servers with patches already installed.

http://docs.hp.com/en/B2355-90941/ch05.html
http://docs.hp.com/en/B2355-90772/ch07s02.html

That is the only addition to your find checklist I would add.

Specific document recommendations:
http://docs.hp.com/en/B2355-90941/ch02s02.html

http://docs.hp.com/en/B2355-90941/ch02s03.html

Lan boot issues:
http://docs.hp.com/en/6839/LANBoot--bootpserversetup.html

I recommend keeping the server current with Ignite 6.x software and having an upgrade plan for the software that preserves your configuration files.

Ignite is an exception to other depot software. To properly upgrade, the previous version must be removed. If you do this prior to backup your your INDEX files and customization, you will have to do the server setup again.

SEP

Re: Ignite installations

Inesa Clinko — Mon, 13 Feb 2006 08:00:37 GMT

Thanks for answers!
Pete, could you explain me more details how to do it?
I'll be grateful, I have to try this as far as possible. :)

Re: Ignite installations

Pratyush Paul_1 — Tue, 14 Feb 2006 08:55:52 GMT

Inesa -

I have prepared a documentation for ignite, and this would help you start. Please do thru this doc, and it would guide you. Please let me know if you have any questions, I would be able to help you with this.

Thanks

Pratyush