topic Ignite as relocation tool - rx3600 to VM in Operating System - HP-UX

Ignite as relocation tool - rx3600 to VM

Ian Dennison_1 — Thu, 21 May 2009 06:07:55 GMT

Am trying to use an Ignite Image on an Ignite Server to recreate an rx3600 (11.23) Server on a HP VM. I cannot get the ignite system to recognise the images I have when it comes to selecting configurations.

Example message follows,..
NOTE: The currently selected configuration does not contain any
environments. You may want to select another configuration.

This isnt a golden image, I need it like-for-like for the previous Server. I have all the executables / config files necessary to build this system on the ignite image, so I should not need any further depots.

Is there some dependency that is being missed here?

Share and Enjoy! Ian

Re: Ignite as relocation tool - rx3600 to VM

Scot Bean — Thu, 21 May 2009 20:09:55 GMT

Post a stanza from your server's INDEX file you expect to work.

How did you create the image you are trying to use?

Re: Ignite as relocation tool - rx3600 to VM

Ian Dennison_1 — Thu, 21 May 2009 20:24:10 GMT

Scott,

Thanks for the response. managed to figure it out in the end. Will post soluition for those interested below.

Share and Enjoy! Ian

Re: Ignite as relocation tool - rx3600 to VM

Ian Dennison_1 — Thu, 21 May 2009 20:29:53 GMT

How its done (in really simple terms)

1. Get a make_net_recovery image of original server onto the ignite server
2. Setup the VM Guest and get the MAC Address of the VMGuest on the vswitch
3. Add the MAC Address and hostname etc to /etc/bootptab on the ignite server (or another bootp server if not on same subnet)
4. Create /var/opt/ignite/clients/0x[MAC Address of VM] on the ignite server
5. Copy across files from old Servers directory to newly created directory.
# cd /var/opt/ignite/clients/[MAC of src]
# find CINDEX recovery | cpio -pdvma ../[MAC Address of VM]

6. Boot VM guest and specify network boot in "boot from file" options of EFI.
7. Select recovery and away you go.

Took me ages to get the melon around this. Ian