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тАО04-16-2010 09:21 AM
тАО04-16-2010 09:21 AM
All this time playing with ignite and this is the first time I've had to consider doing this.
I've got my first blade coming in and want to ignite it using the original set of DVDs instead of using the golden image from rx4640. That being said, I don't want to hang around in the datacenter flipping through three dvds.
Can I simply copy all three dvds into one depot on my ignite server?
Assuming I can, are the next steps make_config and manage_index?
Thanks for any hints/tips/suggestions.
Doug O'Leary
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тАО04-16-2010 09:51 AM
тАО04-16-2010 09:51 AM
Re: Copying multiple OS DVDs into ignitable depot?
http://bizsupport1.austin.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c01942571/c01942571.pdf
Use the DVDs as the source depots.
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тАО04-16-2010 09:56 AM
тАО04-16-2010 09:56 AM
Re: Copying multiple OS DVDs into ignitable depot?
Thanks for the reply. If I use the DVDs, either in the blade or in the ignite server, I'm still stuck swapping DVDs. That's the part I'd like to avoid. I'd rather kick off the ignite, configure, hit go, then go to bed and have it done in the morning when I get up again...
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тАО04-16-2010 09:57 AM
тАО04-16-2010 09:57 AM
SolutionI regularly swcopy OS DVD sets into a single Ignite archive in order to do cold installations.
It is reasonable, not because you hate DVD swapping, but because the media can get damaged doing that.
Ever to an install and have it fail due to a scratched disk 3?
All you need to do is swcopy each DVD into the same target archive.
swcopy -i -s
Choose a target where there is space, use the menus to do the copy.
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тАО04-16-2010 10:12 AM
тАО04-16-2010 10:12 AM
Re: Copying multiple OS DVDs into ignitable depot?
in other words, what SEP said. ;)
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тАО04-16-2010 10:37 AM
тАО04-16-2010 10:37 AM
Re: Copying multiple OS DVDs into ignitable depot?
Good deal; so swcopy works. Was suspecting it would but it's good to have verification.
After I have my new depot, do I then have to run the make_configs/manage_index? I'm assuming there's no ignite magic that'll automatically pick that up, right?
Thanks again for the replies.
Doug O'Leary
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тАО04-16-2010 11:03 AM
тАО04-16-2010 11:03 AM
Re: Copying multiple OS DVDs into ignitable depot?
Answer to your last question:
Probably not.
cd
swreg -l depot
Now its visible.
Your Ignite server has nbp.efi which lets you boot systems and do OS installs or Ignite clones.
You may want to do the manage_index work if you are creating golden images, but that is not what you are doing here.
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тАО04-16-2010 11:20 AM
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Re: Copying multiple OS DVDs into ignitable depot?
Hope this helps!
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тАО04-16-2010 01:22 PM
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Re: Copying multiple OS DVDs into ignitable depot?
Doug O'Leary
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O'Leary Computers Inc
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Resume: http://www.olearycomputers.com/resume.html