ignite recover one Virtual machine to another

[Alan Casey]

HP-UX 11iv2 on Itanium blade
I made an ignite backup of one Vitual Machine using make_net_recovery.

I would like to recover this backup to another Virtual machine using ignite. I need to boot from the network at recover interactively.
However this isn't working as the new Virtual Machine has a different "mac address" than the opriginal.

How can I do this?
Thanks

[Torsten.]

Always the best way to clone a system is to use golden images.

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

[Eric SAUBIGNAC · Accepted solution]

Bonjour Alan,

You can copy the "source" client directory to the "destination" client directory :

# cd /var/opt/ignite/clients
# cp -rp

You can then create symbolic link, but not sure it is necessary :

# ln -s

Populate correctly /etc/bootptab and reinitialize bootpd.

Ensure Name/IP of the VM you want to install is correctly known in DNS or hosts.

Be sure that /var/opt/recovery/archives/ is exported with correct rights for the VM you want to install.

It should work well

Regards

Eric

[Tim Nelson]

Eric has the process.

Make sure to chown bin:bin to any new directories you create else the Ignite will fail during the initial load.

[Alan Casey]

Merci bien Eric
Je vais l'essayer Lundi

bon weekend!