topic Re: Choosing different images while installing from ignite in Operating System - HP-UX

Choosing different images while installing from ignite

yash123 — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 01:48:42 GMT

Hi,
What are the changes to be done in ignite server to get option to choose hp ux v2 or v3 while installing.
My requirement is to configure my present ignite server to get options to choose any one image from the below four images.
2620 v2 and v3, 4640 v2 and v3, 7620 v2 and v3.

Thanks
Yash

Re: Choosing different images while installing from ignite

VK2COT — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 09:42:17 GMT

Hello,

It was discussed in thos Forum on many
occasions. Please review it through
the "Forums advanced search".

If you are doing it manually, it is all
linked to commands like:

make_depots
make_config
manage_index

Cheers,

VK2COT

Example (this was published sometime ago,
I cannot remember the author, but
I am sure it is easy to give them credit
when searching the Forum):

The manual procedure for creating an 11i
Core-OS depot for the server to use with client installs is:

1) Mount the first 11i Core-OS CD.

2) Copy the contents of this CD to a depot:

# make_depots -r B.11.23 -s /dev/dsk/c0t0d0 (or other mount point)

3) Unmount the first CD and mount the second 11i Core-OS CD.

4) Using the same target , copy the contents of the second CD:

# make_depots -r B.11.23 -s /dev/dsk/c0t0d0 (or other mount point)

5) Create a config file to describe your new depot:

# make_config -c /var/opt/ignite/data/Rel_B.11.23/core_cfg -s /var/spool/sw

6) Add the configuration to the INDEX file:

# manage_index -a -f /var/opt/ignite/data/Rel_B.11.23/core_cfg

7) Check what is available:

# manage_index -l

Re: Choosing different images while installing from ignite

Steven E. Protter — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 10:38:06 GMT

Shalom Yash,

You need to have installed the proper software a Ignite Server. The software needed to boot into Ignite and chose OS is on the Core OS DVD of each OS.

http://docs.hp.com/en/5992-4731/ch02s01.html

http://docs.hp.com/en/5992-2872/ch05s27.html

http://docs.hp.com/en/5992-3336/ch02s05.html

Those documents should provide you detail needed to do this. Your request is within the standard abilities of the Ignite Software suite.

SEP

Re: Choosing different images while installing from ignite

yash123 — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 11:42:31 GMT

Thnaks VK2COT & SEP,
I am not using non SD source (golden image).
So i need to make chnages in golden_image.cfg and INDEX file.

I know to configure for single image.

Help me to add more image in configuration file.

If multiple images are there how ignite server recognize each ?

do i need to execute
/opt/ignite/lbin/archive_impact â t â g /ignite_archive/image1.tz
for all images(if i have image1.tz, image2.tz, image3.tz etc)

Regards
Yash

Re: Choosing different images while installing from ignite

sujit kumar singh — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 09:10:50 GMT

hi

i think one golden_image.cfg for one golden image.

so the idea might involve:

1) prepare another golden.cfg for another golden image and follow all the process and add the similar entires for that in the /var/opt/ignite/INDEX

then check for syntax using:

#instl_adm -T

to see if that image is listed as an available config in the Ignite index,

check

#manage_index -l

Regards
Sujit

Re: Choosing different images while installing from ignite

sujit kumar singh — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 18:58:51 GMT

Hi

in continuation of the earlier post just would like to add the configs og golden image in different names while adding the configs to /var/opt/ignite/INDEX

u can put names as

golden_image_11.23{
.
.
.
}
golden_image_11.31{
.
.
.
}

etc.

Regards
Sujit

Re: Choosing different images while installing from ignite

yash123 — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 03:54:07 GMT

Thanks Sujit

so the INDEX file should like
cfg "HP-UX B.11.11 Default" {
description "This selection supplies the default system configuration th at HP supplies for the B.11.11 release."
"/opt/ignite/data/Rel_B.11.11/config"
"/opt/ignite/data/Rel_B.11.11/hw_patches_cfg"
"/var/opt/ignite/config.local"
}
cfg "HP-UX B.11.23 Default" {
description "This selection supplies the default system configuration th at HP supplies for the B.11.23 release."
"/opt/ignite/data/Rel_B.11.23/config"
"/opt/ignite/data/Rel_B.11.23/hw_patches_cfg"
"/var/opt/ignite/config.local"
}
cfg "HP-UX B.11.31 IA Golden Image Archive OS" {
description "B.11.31 IA golden image archive "
"/opt/ignite/data/Rel_B.11.31/config"
"/opt/ignite/data/Rel_B.11.31/hw_patches_cfg"
"/var/opt/ignite/config.local"
}

is it correct.
for 11.11,11.21,11.31

Regards
yash

Re: Choosing different images while installing from ignite

sujit kumar singh — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 07:29:25 GMT

hello yash,

what i mean to say is the following:

if i have my system with two golden images say golden.cfg and golden11.31.cfg , say first is for 11.23 golden image and the second is the golden image for say 11.31 system, then we need to do following things::

1)for the new golden image i have kept a separate cfg file that is i have two golden.cfg file namely at

/var/opt/ignite/data/Rel_B.11.23/golden.cfg
and
/var/opt/ignite/data/Rel_B.11.31/golden1131.cfg

I have the golden images at say /var/opt/ignite/recovery/archives/Rel_B.11.23/system1.gz â fro 11.23 systems and
/var/opt/ignite/recovery/archives/Rel_B.11.31/system2.gz ---- for an 11.31 system.

The steps will be as

1)after creation of the golden images for the system 11.23 , know the archive impact entries running archive_impact command on the image , and running save_config command to get the vg00 disk layout of the system.edit the /var/opt/ignite/data/Rel_B.11.23/golden.cfg

2)Repeat all the steps for 113l golden image also that for that also run the command archive_layout and save_config and edit the file /var/opt/ignite/data/Rel_B.11.31/golden1131.cfg

For Ignite config on the server to have the two golden cfgs the INDEX file should look like follows:

cfg "HP-UX B.11.23 Default" {
description "This selection supplies the default system configuration that HP supplies for the B.11.23 release."
"/opt/ignite/data/Rel_B.11.23/config"
"/var/opt/ignite/data/Rel_B.11.23/core_archive_cfg"
"/var/opt/ignite/config.local"
}
cfg "HP-UX B.11.00 Default" {
description "This selection supplies the default system configuration that HP supplies for the B.11.00 release."
"/opt/ignite/data/Rel_B.11.00/config"
"/opt/ignite/data/Rel_B.11.00/hw_patches_cfg"
"/var/opt/ignite/config.local"
}
cfg "HP-UX B.11.11 Default" {
description "This selection supplies the default system configuration that HP supplies for the B.11.11 release."
"/opt/ignite/data/Rel_B.11.11/config"
"/opt/ignite/data/Rel_B.11.11/hw_patches_cfg"
"/var/opt/ignite/config.local"
}
cfg "HP-UX B.11.23 Golden_Image" {
description "This selection supplies the default system configuration that HP supplies for the B.11.11 release."
"/var/opt/ignite/data/Rel_B.11.23/golden.cfg"
"/var/opt/ignite/data/Rel_B.11.23/disk_layout"
"/var/opt/ignite/config.local"
}
cfg "HP-UX B.11.31 Golden_Image" {
description "This selection supplies the default system configuration that HP supplies for the B.11.11 release."
"/var/opt/ignite/data/Rel_B.11.31/golden1131.cfg"
"/var/opt/ignite/data/Rel_B.11.31/disk_layout"
"/var/opt/ignite/config.local"
}

The disk_layout file has been generated running the save_config command individually on the corresponding golden image.

regards
sujit

Re: Choosing different images while installing from ignite

sujit kumar singh — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 18:07:34 GMT

hope that i was clear in helping u ctach the point ....

rgards
Sujit

Re: Choosing different images while installing from ignite

yash123 — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 05:17:15 GMT

Thanks Sujit........