Ignite-UX environment and questions

[Jamie A Dennis]

Hello all,

I have Ignite-UX configured on my server (the names and IPs have been changed to protect the innocent)
HP-UX hpign01 B.11.23 U 9000/800

/var/opt/ignite# swlist | grep -i Ignite
IGNITE C.7.7.98 HP-UX Installation Utilities (Ignite-UX)
Ignite-UX-11-23 C.7.7.98 HP-UX Installation Utilities for Installing 11.23 Systems

I have my configuration file set:
/var/opt/ignite/data/Rel_B.11.23/core_archive_cfg
##########################
## Software Sources
##############################################
sw_source "core archive" {
description = "HP-UX Core Operating System Archives"
load_order = 0
source_format = archive
source_type="NET"
nfs_source = "192.168.1.28:/var/opt/ignite/archives/HPUX_B.11.23"
##########################
## OS archives
##############################################init sw_sel "Golden Image" {
description = "Archive HP-UX 11.23"
sw_source = "core archive
sw_category = "HPUXEnvironments"
archive_type = gzip tar
# For NFS, the path to the archive is relative to the mount point
# specified in the sw_source nfs_source statement
archive_path = "clientarchive.gz"

# The data for the "impacts" statements are found by running:
# /opt/ignite/lbin/archive_impact -t -g
impacts = "/" 21Kb
impacts = "/.secure" 7Kb
impacts = "/.ssh" 15Kb
impacts = "/Mail" 2Kb
impacts = "/dev" 12Kb
impacts = "/etc" 153234Kb
impacts = "/home" 10956Kb
impacts = "/opt" 4917156Kb
impacts = "/sbin" 159607Kb
impacts = "/stand" 134968Kb
impacts = "/tcb" 262Kb
impacts = "/usr" 3190750Kb
impacts = "/var" 3121390Kb
impacts = "/wdroot" 14604Kb
} = TRUE

#################
#INDEX File:
#################
cfg "B.11.23 From Golden Image" {
description "This selection supplies the default system configuration that HP supplies for the B.11.23 release."
"/opt/ignite/data/Rel_B.11.23/config"
"/var/opt/ignite/data/Rel_B.11.23/core_archive_cfg"
"/var/opt/ignite/config.local"
}


Of the files shown in the INDEX, /opt/ignite/data/Rel_B.11.23/config has not been modified, while core_archive_config is shown above. config.local is below:

# /var/opt/ignite/config.local: config file to be used for local customizations.
dns_domain="jamester.com"
dns_nameserver[0]="192.168.1.20"
timezone="EST5EDT"
ntpdate_server="192.168.1.23"

So.. lots of background there. The golden image, btw, was created using the make_sys_image command as documented in the Ignite-UX Administration Guide for HP-UX 11i.

I am able to boot my client using a dbprofile (Itanium client) and access the Ignite server, and see the clients directory on the Ignite server with the proper MAC linking to the hostname of the client, no problems there. When I go in to the UI to select the image to be installed, I get the following:
"The currently selected configuration does not contain any environments. You may want to select another configuration."

When I look at the sw_sel part of my config file, I see
sw_category "HPUXEnvironments" {
description = "HP-UX Operating Environments"
}

##############################################
## Operating Environments
##############################################

################################################ OS archives
##############################################

Am I missing something in this file?

When I check through the other tabs of tht itool, I see my depot listed correctly, and I see the data from my config.local filled in appropriately. The Show Summary function also shows English as the environment.

When I select go, I get the following dialogue:
ERROR: There is no software fitting the Core-OS requirements selected for loading. There must be a software selection (sw_sel) using a software source (sw_source) with a load_order=0 selected. Check the server's configuration files. If VUE or CDE has been selected, then verify that a language has also been chosen.

As you can see above, the sw_source I am using has load_order=0 in it and the sw_sel is pointing to that sw_source, as least from what I know about Ignite so far (not much since I've only been working on it a few weeks).

Any help greatly appreciated.

[smatador]

Hi,
Look at your config file
Image" {
description = "Archive HP-UX 11.23"
sw_source = "core archive <== maybe you could have
sw_source = "core archive"

Try it? Hope it helps

[Jamie A Dennis]

Hello smatador,

I caught that after my post and have fixed already, with no change to the functionality. Still same condition as before.

Thank your for your reply!

[smatador]

Hi,
Perhaps the sd_depot, look at this thread maybe it could help you
http://forums13.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=1279997

[Jamie A Dennis]

Hello smatador,

Read that one as well, didn't see anything there that was helpful to me.

Thanks again.

[Jamie A Dennis]

OK, I think I've got it now... or at least I appear to be building a server across the WAN using my Ignite server and the archive I had previously created.

My core_archive_cfg file had some bad pointers, so I corrected those, removed the original entry from INDEX and added it back in using manage_index, and now I'm watching a golden image installation. Kinda slow across the WAN, but it's working...

I've attached my working core_archive_cfg file as a reference to anyone else who may come across this situation.

[Jamie A Dennis]

I actually resolved the problem myself. See my last post and the attachment for documentation of a working cfg file.