Ignite Options

[CJENSEN_1]

Hello Gurus,
My question is what are the options for using ignite to ignite a HPUX server. In the past, we have always had a direct attached tape device to our UX server. Since we only have one UX server in our environment, the option for igniting via a separate UX ignite server will not work. If we buy a blade (BL860), and put it into our C7000 chassis, do we have to buy a separate tape blade in order to ignite?

[Robert-Jan Goossens · Accepted solution]

Hi,

It might be cheaper to create your own installation media(dvd) with Ignite.

14 Creating Your Own Installation Media

http://www.docs.hp.com/en/5992-6584/5992-6584.pdf

Regards,
Robert-Jan

[Torsten.]

If you have a single BL860c, a tape module could be a solution.
You may configure the blade as an ignite server and backup to itself, but you need to create a DVD media in oder to restore anything - complicated solution.


Another option would be to use DRD and clone the boot disks (to SAN or internal drive), this gives you a standby copy of your boot disks just in case.

[CJENSEN_1]

thanks for your responses. The documentation I read is that DVD Read/Write is NOT supported with HPUX. Only DVD-ROM.

[Torsten.]

No idea where do you read this.

In fact, you can create a DVD from an already stored ignite image, but you cannot backup the system directly to DVD.

[CJENSEN_1]

Torsten,
When I look at the RX3600 server > under "Options and Accessories" it indicates that "DVD-RW+ Drive" is not supported with HPUX. So I if I wanted to do a make_tape_recovery from a 11.31 server to a DVD device, I take it that is not possible?
Thanks...colin

[Torsten.]

With the old USB 1.1 driver in 11.31 all DVD drives were read only. With the new USB 2.0 driver you can even write to DVDs.


However, ignite backup directly to DVD is not possible.

[CJENSEN_1]

Thanks!