Ignite tape

[Kurtkarl]

HI,

I created an ignite tape using "make_recovery -ApvC -d /dev/rmt/0m" command. This tape contains all our in-house applications, our standard kernel configurations and patches we need in case I need to restore or build a new workstation. I always used this tape on every newly purchased workstations with same specs and model we have here.

Now, most of our newly purchased workstation does'nt have tape drive. So what I usually do is install an external tape drive in so we could use this ignite tape.

My question is, how can I copy this tape to any of our server (which eventually will be our ignite server) so that I dont have to install a tape drive on every workstation I'm trying to build or re-install? Which all I have to do is boot "boot lan" on this server.

Thanks in Advance.
Jose

[Bill Hassell]

Be sure you have the latest version of Ignite/UX (from software.hp.com) and use the make_net_recovery command which will make the equivalent image on a server. New workstations can boot over the LAN.

But note that boot requests are not routeable (unless routers have helper options) so each subnet needs a helper system to provide a bootable kernel. The man pages for Ignite/UX will detail both make_net_recovery as well as setting up a helper machine.