Ignite on VM

[Grayh]

Now i get a different error after correcting entries in /etc/bootptab


[VM03B] vMP> in

Insertable Guest Devices
Num Hw-path (Bus,Slot,Tgt) Gdev
--------------------------------------------
[1] 0/0/0/0.3.0 (0,0,3) dvd
[2] 0/0/0/0.4.0 (0,0,4) dvd
[3] 0/0/0/0.5.0 (0,0,5) dvd

Enter menu item number or [Q] to Quit: 3
hpvmconsole: Could not find backing-store parameter "/tmp/image.iso" for this de
vice.

** Error: No files are available for the requested device. **

-> Command failed.

[Torsten.]

Why do you need 3 DVD drives?

The system is searching this file: "/tmp/image.iso" - do you have it?

[Doug O'Leary]

Hey;

I freely admit I didn't read through all the posts on this topic nor in your previous topic, so if this is completely out of whack, please feel free to ignore it

With that said: why are you using the bootptab or a helper? I had asked a related question about booting an itanium box using the console (http://forums12.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=1263785) and was told about the dbprofile.

I just built two ivms and ignited them using that same exact process. It worked like a champ.

1. Boot the vm to an efi shell

2. Create the dbprofile:
Shell> dbprofile -dn "${dn_name}" -cip ${client_ip} -sip ${ignite_server} -gip ${gateway_ip} -m ${netmask} -b "/opt/ignite/boot/nbp.efi"

3. Once entered: lanboot select -dn ${dn_name}

I found out, while building the vms, that the quotes around the words are needed - even if they're single words. I didn't put quotes the first time and it choked.

HTH. Like I said, I didn't read the whole post so maybe you're trying to solve a different problem. Using the dbprofile, though, I was able to ignite virtual machines w/o issue.

Doug O'Leary

[Grayh]

I still have issues with ignite on my VM.. but now I have cold- installed it

Thanks everyone for ur valuable time