11i Ignite problem

[Ed Melosh]

This one is driving me nuts! I just created a new 11i (11.11) ignite server with Ignite-UX C.6.1.44 installed. When I try to use the ignite GUI and add a new client for recovery (the client already at 11.00) I get an error about the INDEX file being empty.

I finally figured out that it was looking for a 11.00 stanza in the INDEX file. I then installed the 11.00 portion of the Ignite-UX. Now I can add the client for recovery but it always wants to install 11.00 and I want to install 11.11.

How do you force an 11.11 install to an 11.00 client from the Ignite gui? If I sit at the client machine and force the install on boot I can do it but I want to be able to do it via the gui.

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!

[Steven E. Protter]

You may need to swcopy the Core 11.00 OS to an NFS mount point, if you are using Golden images.

You should be able to look at the INDEX file on the 11.00 server and import some of the code onto the 11i server. I've done several 11i Ignite servers and its possible to have the 11i server support a mixed environment.

Its a matter of configuring the INDEX file, which when you start out is pretty much empty.

I think taking some code judiciously from the 11.00 server is a good starting point.

These documents may be useful to you:
http://www1.itrc.hp.com/service/james/dispDoc.do?docURL=http%3A%2F%2Fdocs.hp.com%2Fen%2FB2355-90772%2Fch07s03.html&aid=SEARCH_MANUAL&pil=8&serStr=Ignite+image+server+multiple+OS

http://www1.itrc.hp.com/service/james/dispDoc.do?docURL=http%3A%2F%2Fdocs.hp.com%2Fen%2F5991-0662%2Fch03s03.html&aid=SEARCH_MANUAL&pil=7&serStr=Ignite+image+server+multiple+OS

This can get a little frustrating, but if you go through the cookbooks you'll eventually end up with a fully functional Ignite server.

As they say in the toy industry, some assembly required.

SEP

[Ed Melosh]

I HAVE the ignite server set up so that I can ignite a machine with either 11.00 or 11.11. The problem is that I can only do this by sitting at the client and booting from the ignite server, i.e. bo lan.xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx install. When I do this, I can select which version I want to load.

What I need to be able to do is to push a new image from the ignite server (the ignite gui) to a specific, running client. When using the gui, it seems to default to the version currenly running on the client machine, i.e. client running 11.00 - the ignite gui defaults to 11.00 for new install and I can't change it to 11.11. Is this normal behavior?