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

Ignite help

Mitja — Wed, 06 Feb 2002 15:57:24 GMT

I am a new igntie user and I need a little help. Can anyone write me down the steps to create a golden image and the steps to recover a system from a golden image.

Thanks Mitja

Re: Ignite help

harry d brown jr — Wed, 06 Feb 2002 16:02:56 GMT

Mitja,

If you want to be able to recover your system, should you lose your disks, you can create a bootable backup:

make_recovery -Avi

it will default to /dev/rmt/0mn.

You can use this same tape to build another similar machine, just remember to change the IP and hostname.

live free or die
harry

Re: Ignite help

harry d brown jr — Wed, 06 Feb 2002 16:08:25 GMT

Mitja,

Here is some documentation:

http://www.docs.hp.com/hpux/onlinedocs/B2355-90704/B2355-90704_top.html

http://www.docs.hp.com/hpux/onlinedocs/B8339-90027/B8339-90027_top.html

live free or die
harry

Re: Ignite help

Magdi KAMAL — Wed, 06 Feb 2002 16:10:20 GMT

Hi Mitja,

Here quick and sure steps:

1. To generate the Ignite-UX tape :

# make_recovery -A -d /dev/rmt/#mn

Means : copy entire vg00 to tape.
The character "#" in the device name /dev/rmt/#mn is the number of your tape drive.

2. To restore a system with Ignite-UX tape :

2.1 Insert the tape into the drive.
2.2 Stop all running applications.
2.3 shutdown reboot.
2.4 Interrupt the boot sequence by typing any character
2.5 intercat with ISL : YES
2.6 ISL> SEA
This search for all your known hardware path within your system.
2.7 ISL> bo P#
Means, Boot with hardware path number P# which is the hardware path for the tape drive that you have under your system.

2.8 If you want the EXACT copy of system on the tape, just type OK and your system configuration will be restored as an image of the one done while generating the Ignite-UX tape in point 1

2.9 If you want to clone another system, just interact with interface to provide a new :
System name, IP address, gateway, sizing file system and so on.

Good luck

Magdi

Re: Ignite help

Magdi KAMAL — Wed, 06 Feb 2002 16:15:34 GMT

Hi again,

If you choose point 2.8 ( EXACT configuration like the one on tape ), the root password will be the same , unless you want to modify it, you may choose point 2.9 and remains the other values unchanged.

Hope this helps and any questions just post it after .

Good luck.

Magdi

Re: Ignite help

Magdi KAMAL — Wed, 06 Feb 2002 16:23:59 GMT

Hi again,

Do not forget the no-rewind device in :

/dev/rmt/#mn

This is located by the character "n" at the end of the device name.
Because, Ignite-UX needs to put the lif area in the begining of the tape then followed by the volume group vg00.

Magdi

Re: Ignite help

Eileen Millen — Wed, 06 Feb 2002 16:27:04 GMT

Hello Mitja,
You would install the OS, Applications and any patches and customizations.
Then copy the /opt/ignite/data/scripts/make_sys_image from the Ignite server to /tmp on the client.
edit some places in the script
run
/tmp/make_sys_image with some options.
This creates a tar gzip archive.
You can find information in the Ignite Administration Guide B2355 -90738.
http://docs.hp.com/hpux/os/11i/oe/index.html
under the Sys Admin heading.
The information is on page 110
Eileen

Re: Ignite help

Magdi KAMAL — Wed, 06 Feb 2002 16:28:16 GMT

Hello,

If you try to clone another server, do not forget to change the mac address .

Magdi