How to make a fresh installation of HPUX with remote depot server?

[Gary Yu]

Hi experts,

We know that if a server doesn't have a CDROM, we can set up a depot server in another machine and use the depot for installation.

But in the case of a fresh installation of HPUX from scratch for a server without CDROM, how can we do that?

Thanks!
Gary

[Sanjay_6 · Accepted solution]

Hi Gary,

You can installan existing server as well as a new server from scratch from a remote depot. you need to have ignite server configured on the remote depot.

Interrupt the boot process on the new server and at the boot prompt type
bo lan.a.b.c.d INSTALL
here a.b.c.d refer to the IP address of the Ignite Server.
Your network cable should be connected to the lan port on the Core IO for the system to boot through network. You can find the list of boot devices available thru "sea" at the boot prompt.

Once you have booted using your remote server, you can install the system using local console or the Ignite console.

Hope this helps.

Thanks

[Sridhar Bhaskarla]

Gary,

You need to set-up a server called Ignite-UX server. Check out the for documentation on setting up the server. It can't be explained here. If you just have a tape drive and another system in hand that is with the required operating system, you can prepare a recovery tape (make_recovery) and restore it on this system. Again, you need to have Ignite-UX product installed on the system.

-Sri

[Sanjay_6]

Hi Gary,

Also have a look at these threads. They might help you more.

http://forums.itrc.hp.com/cm/QuestionAnswer/1,1150,0x7e561012aa92d5118ff10090279cd0f9,00.html

http://www.docs.hp.com/hpux/onlinedocs/B2355-90704/B2355-90704.html

Hope this helps.

Thanks

[Gary Yu]

Thanks a lot guys, I got it.