Ignite image script

[vinod_25]

Hi,

Merry Christmas and A prosperous New Year.

I need help from Scripting professionals.

I am supposed to install 50+ HPUX boxes with 11.23 and 11.11 OS. The boxes are a mixture of RP3410, RP3440, RP4440, RP2430, RP2470 and RP5470.

As I am about to get such mass installations in near future... I am planning to go for a script; which reads the hostname, IP address, networking details, timezone and all credentials from one common file and kicks the ignite installation on all the boxes in a go, automatically.

If someone has the script handy already please provide me the same, As i need not to reinvent the wheel.

Thanking you all in advance and Points will be awarded for each reply without Fail :-)

Best regards,
Vinod

[spex · Accepted solution]

Hi Vinod,

A Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you, as well.

See "Chapter 9: Automating Installations" of the Ignite-UX Administration Guide:
http://docs.hp.com/en/B2355-90772/ch09s01.html
http://docs.hp.com/en/B2355-90772/B2355-90772.pdf

PCS

[vinod_25]

Hi PCS,

Very good document indeed... points awarded...

Please let me know if this is possible to install same OS image on different hardware platforms like i mentioned above?

for eg... if i have one OS image of 11.11 and need to install the image on RP3410, RP3440, RP4440, RP2430, RP2470 and RP5470.

What if I have itanium boxes too in my setup.

Best regds,

Vinod

[Bob Ingersoll]

Hi Vinod,

I have successfully Ignited an N class server from a Superdome Ignite image as a test so I think you should be able to create a Golden Image for use on multiple hardware platforms as long as you create separate Golden Images for PA and Itanium as the binaries are different.

Bob

[John Payne_2]

vinod,

You need to be careful with what drivers you have in your image. It's possible for you to set up an image, use it for a different machine, and be missing something.

For example, I can set up an image on an rp2470, without an HBA, forget about the driver for the card in question, create the image, and try it on the new machine (with HBA). The newly installed machine will not see the HBA card, because there is no driver for it installed. The fibre module in the kernel will also likely not be loaded.

I personally create a HW config file for each different server type I install to. (Using the save_config script.) This helps ignite know where my disks are, lan cards, that sort of thing, and not have to make a decision based on what it sees. It gets rid of the errors ignite may give if HW paths change, and lets me not think about it.

Hope it helps
John