Create an install tape using DVD

[KapilRaj]

Hello there,

Is there a way I can create an installable tape(DDS) using hpux 11iv2 DVDs ?.

I have an old A class server which does not have a DVD drive. It is in a lab where it is tough to configure an ignite server.

Any inputs appreciated.

Regards,

Kaps

[Steven E. Protter]

Shalom Kaps,

What you need is an Ignite boot helper to bridge the lab network to an Ignite server.

Once this is done, you can network boot the A class system to the existing Ignite infrastructure.

Alternately, you can connect a portable dds tape drive to the system itself and do make_tape_recovery

make_tape_recovery produces a boot tape.

SEP

[Prasanth Thomas]

HI,

you have to verify that your A class server is lan boot supported.

Regards,
PT.

[AVV]

Hi,


As far as I know, there is only IGNITE which creates boot tape and be used for further installation when system crashes...

Any other way?

[Abhijit P. · Accepted solution]

Hi Kapil,

There is a procedure given in HP site however never tried this but you can check it , also let us know if it works

http://docs.hp.com/en/B3920-90073/ch04s02.html

Creating a Bootable Install Tape


The make_medialif command, also delivered with Ignite-UX, creates a bootable LIF image which can be copied to either a DDS tape or a writable CD to create an Ignite-UX install medium.

Examples
Some typical examples of the use of make_medialif are the following:

To create a boot LIF image using the config file /home/root/myconfig and then place it in /home/root/uxinstlf, enter the following:


# make_medialif -f /home/root/myconfig -l /home/root/uxinstlf


To create a bootable DDS medium that will allow the installation of a configuration defined on an Ignite-UX server, for example, the "HP-UX B.10.20 Default" configuration, and using the same tape drive as before, do the following:


# make_medialif -c "HP-UX B.10.20 Default" -l \/home/root/uxinstlf


# mt -t /dev/rmt/c0t3d0DDS1n rew


# dd if=/home/root/uxinstlf of=/dev/rmt/c0t3d0DDS1n obs=2k


# mt -t /dev/rmt/c0t3d0DDS1n rew


Note that the install will proceed according to how the variables run_ui and control_from_server are set in the INSTALLFS and in the config files.

Creating a fully self-contained tape that does not require the use of an Ignite-UX server involves copying a depot or system archive to the tape and specifying a config file representing the archive or depot.