ignite gui

[pedliz11]

how do you ignite a client with a recovery archive from another server using the ignite gui

[Wim Rombauts · Accepted solution]

When the system has booted from the ignite tape, there is a point where you have the (I guess 10 second) wait time to interrupt the automatic boot process.

When you have no central Ignite server available, you are left with the character-based ui (which sucks for as far as my opinion is relevant)
If you have an ignite server available, later in the recovery process you can request the ignite client to contact the ignite server and use this server's window-base ui (which is fine to work with) for further recovering the system.

[Steven E. Protter]

Shalom,

There are two possible interupt points in an Ignite restore.

1.) On console, of the client where you need to interupt and start the ignite boot. This can be controlled from the Ignite server if the client is properly configured on the Ignite server.

2.) A keyboard interupt to change filesystem sizes and other install options after the restore is kicked.

The only way I've done #2 is at the console of the client. It is possible to pre-configure this on the server into the client configuration and control the entire process from the Ignite server.

You can take your recovery archive from any NFS share or network that is accessible after you boot into the ignite interface.

SEP

[pedliz11]

what i want is to use the recovery archive to ignite another server on the network. do you always need an ignite boot tape/

[Torsten.]

If you want to backup a system and want to restore the image to another, you should use golden images, because this process can handle different hardware.

See the documentation on http://docs.hp.com/en/IUX for the details.

[Wim Rombauts]

No, you don't need a boot tape if you have an archive on the network.

The procedure remains mostly the same, but this also means you probably have an ingite server running in the network ?

Anyway, just after the install kernel has been loaded, and before the archive transfer has started, you have an option to interrupt the automatic archive-restore process on the ignite-client. From there on, you are able to navigate to the ignite configuration menu's.

[pedliz11]

how doyou start a recovery from a recovery archive using the gui

[Torsten.]

You can only start the recovery of a client from the server GUI if the client is still up and running. This will cause a reboot and boot from the server.
Otherwise you need to connect to the console and issue a network boot command. From this point you can decide to interact with the client console or with the server GUI.

[pedliz11]

what would the method be from the gui
also I am reimaging vpars

[Torsten.]

For vpars, you need to issue this command from another running vPar to restore the image:

# vparboot -p target_partition -I

This will look for the ignite server and load the boot kernel from there.

[Torsten.]

You will find this document useful:

http://docs.hp.com/en/6770/golden.images.pdf

Using Golden Images with Virtual Partitions

[pedliz11]

would the target_partition be the vpar ignire server or the image or the paricular image on the ignite server.

example the image on vpar12 is HHDV001
am i am trying to recover it to vpar5

[Torsten.]

The "target partition" is the vpar you want to restore.
The command will boot the vPar from the ignite server.

But refer to the manual I posted above.

[pedliz11]

thank you It really helped

[Bob Ingersoll]

It's not necessary to create a Golden Image to restore a network backup to a different client. The process is referred to as cloning. Below is how you do it. Replace and with the host names and replace the MAC address with the MAC address of the target system.

1. If it does not already exist create a target client directory on the IUX server. The directory should have the client's MAC address as it's name. A symbolic link should be created with the client's host name:

mkdir /var/opt/ignite/clients/0x00306E4B28C9

ln -s 0x00306E4B28C9 /var/opt/ignite/clients/

2. Copy the source client directory to the target directory:

cd /var/opt/ignite/clients/
find CINDEX recovery | cpio -pdvma ../

3. Add the target client to the source client's exported image directory in /etc/exports and re-export the directory:

/var/opt/ignite/recovery/archives/ -anon=2,access=:
exportfs /var/opt/ignite/recovery/archives/

4. From the Ignite GUI select
Actions + Boot client...
Actions + Install Client + New Install...

Hope this helps.