topic Re: Creating a second software golden image in Operating System - HP-UX

Creating a second software golden image

Bill McNAMARA_1 — Tue, 30 Oct 2001 11:59:23 GMT

Ref:
http://forums.itrc.hp.com/cm/QuestionAnswer/1,,0x76cbe7726eccd5118ff10090279cd0f9,00.html

At the moment I have specified my golden image to be just coreOs software.

I would like to have other images created that would append to the coreOs image and be selectably installed.
(not some files may overlap, but acceptably overwritten by the second image.)

For example, soft1base.gz, soft1+x.gz, soft1+y.gz images.

How can I best create these images without going through the process of duplicating my coreOs golden image.

Choices are for the moment, swinstall from bundle disadvantage: lot of reboots, and lot of configuration

advantage: hopefully easier to manipulate (via script?)

What do you suggest?

Later,
Bill

Re: Creating a second software golden image

harry d brown jr — Tue, 30 Oct 2001 12:16:01 GMT

You can include additional files in the operating system archive if you wish using two different techniques. The first is to edit the file /var/opt/ignite/recovery/makrec.append and add to it the file name, directory name, or software distributor product name you wish to include in the operating system archive. The second technique is to run make_recovery in preview mode with the -p option, manually add files to include and/or exclude from the archive, and resume the make_recovery with the -r option. The manual pages for /opt/ignite/bin/make_recovery and /opt/ignite/bin/ignite appear at the end of this chapter.

http://vig.pearsoned.com/samplechapter/0130125148.pdf

live free or die
harry

ps: I have no clue if this will help you :-(

Re: Creating a second software golden image

Bill McNAMARA_1 — Tue, 30 Oct 2001 12:28:13 GMT

but there's soooo much to read.

Is there not a oneliner to create images of installed software... like

# ignite_put_this_tar_gz -infile image1.gz
# ignite_add_config_choice -image1.gz

Later,
Bill

Re: Creating a second software golden image

harry d brown jr — Tue, 30 Oct 2001 12:35:52 GMT

You mean like this:

# make_config -s /var/opt/ignite/Patches -a 800 -c /var/opt/ignite/data/Rel_B.11.00/misc_patch_bundle_cfg

Re: Creating a second software golden image

Bill McNAMARA_1 — Tue, 30 Oct 2001 13:37:46 GMT

If I then modify the /var/opt/ignite/INDEX file to include the new bundle in our "HP-UX B.10.20 archive" configuration:
cfg "HP-UX B.10.20 archive" {
description "The ARCHIVE B.10.20 release with patches."
"/opt/ignite/data/Rel_B.10.20/config"
"/var/opt/ignite/data/Rel_B.10.20/core_700_archive_cfg"
"/var/opt/ignite/data/Rel_B.10.20/patch_bundle_cfg"
"/var/opt/ignite/data/Rel_B.10.20/misc_patch_bundle_cfg"
"/var/opt/ignite/config.local"
}

Will my Default installation always include the misc_patch_bundle depot..

I don't really want that though, I'd prefer to make it optional.

How can I do this?

Later,
Bill

Re: Creating a second software golden image

harry d brown jr — Tue, 30 Oct 2001 13:54:27 GMT

As long as you don't have load_with_any set, then it should be optional:

* To force install of the patch bundle:

In the sw_sel stanza for the patch bundle in the file /var/opt/ignite/data/Rel_B.10.20/patch_bundle_cfg (you created this file with the make_config command), add the following line:

load_with_any = "golden image"

"golden image" is the name used in the sw_sel stanza in the file /var/opt/ignite/data/Rel_B.10.20/core_700_archive_cfg for our archive 10.20 UX system. The load_with_any line will cause this software selection to always be loaded with the "golden image" archive.

http://www.software.hp.com/products/IUX/docs/sysadm.html#Chapter-4

live free or die
harry

Re: Creating a second software golden image

Bill McNAMARA_1 — Tue, 30 Oct 2001 14:29:06 GMT

okay, finally...

If I want to create an installation script, calling
swinstall network:/var/opt/ignite/BUNDLE

and I know that a few of these products require reboots.

Would this affect my install:
ie
proposed script:
swintall -x patch1
swintall -x patch2
swintall -x patch3
swintall -x patch4
(reboot)
swintall -x patch5
swintall -x patch6
(reboot)
swintall -x patch7

(The make_config does not work because it installs in incorrect order)

Is this possible with ignite?

Later,
Bill

Re: Creating a second software golden image

Bill McNAMARA_1 — Tue, 30 Oct 2001 14:56:28 GMT

Can I do this in the INDEX file?:

cfg "HP-UX B.11.00 Option B" {
description "The ARCHIVE B.11.00 release with extra good stuff."
"/opt/ignite/data/Rel_B.11.00/config"
"/var/opt/ignite/data/Rel_B.11.00/golden.cfg"
"/var/opt/ignite/data/Rel_B.11.00/patch_bundle.cfg"
"/var/opt/ignite/config.local"
#
# in particular this:
#
post_config_script += "/var/opt/ignite/scripts/wierd_install.ksh"
}

Re: Creating a second software golden image

harry d brown jr — Tue, 30 Oct 2001 15:02:41 GMT

Bill,

The order of the config file is the order inwhich it will install, so yes that will work.

live free or die
harry

Re: Creating a second software golden image

Bill McNAMARA_1 — Tue, 30 Oct 2001 15:04:22 GMT

Thanks for your patience Harry..!

Later,
Bill