Booting HP vPar [Itanium] using Ignite server

[willsfrazer]

Hi,

I am using server rx7620 [itanium]for nPar and vPar creation.

For deploying image on vPars from ignite server, I give an entry in bootptab for network configuration. Is there any way I can specify the image to be used from ignite, what hostname to be given, how the file system should be in advance so that I need not intervene the process of booting after I issue a "vparboot -p vparname -I" from an existing vPar.

Is there any way to specify all the above information already somewhere in Ignite server from where it can pick it up automatically, something like "AUTO" file for default OS image.

Any help will be appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

[Steven E. Protter]

Shalom,

Standard Ignite rules apply.

1) The vpar needs network a disk and must be on the same subnet as the ignite server or connect through a boot helper.

2)I suggest booting the vpar via the console and then issuing the standard Ignite client command.

boot lan.192.168.10.20 install

SEP

[Torsten.]

Correction for SEP's step 2:

# vparboot -p target_partition -I

You can either use the client or server interface to configure the values or modify the server config files - see

http://docs.hp.com/en/IUX

[willsfrazer]

For me it's kind of a first time deployment of OS on subsequent vpar so i do not have any OE on target vPar. It's just a kind of bare metal from subsequent vPar's point of view. My problem is how do I drive expect interface of Ignite UI as using those tabs and delete and back spaces for file system configuration are not getting through using expect. Any way to specify all that already and get Ignite read it to proceed without requiring any input at UI and target being without any OE prior to this installation which means I have a vpar2 to be deployed with HP UX which is just a set of some hardware resources without having any OE and all what I have is an up and running vPar1 on the same nPar as vPar2 is + ignite server and access to MP console. Now how do I automate it [Ignite UI is not being driven for file system configuration] I can still use expect for root user specification and keep the hostname modification for post installation. But how abt defalut os image to be picked up from Ignite and file system specification.

Any suggestions...