make_net_recovery problem

[Dat Nguyen_1]

I have Ignite installed on an A-class server with HP-UX 11i. I was using make_net_recovery so that I can clone other A-class servers. The reason I am using make_net_recovery is because A-class servers do not come with a tape drive. I successfully created the image of the server using make_net_recovery. The problem is that when I ignited the servers by using Ignite "Pull" (stop the boot sequence, and bo lan.xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx install). I chose "Install HP-UX", and at the "Ignite Installation" TUI, I chose "Basic" tab and went to "default configuration" drop down list. According to the documentation, I should be able to see the newly created recovery entry in the drop-down list; but I could not. Can anyone tell where the problem was? What is the best way to clone servers without tape drive. Thanks.

[monasingh_1]

make_net_recovery is based on MAC address of the each client. What you need to do is go to your server /var/opt/ignite/clients and remove the soft link which exists for the oldA class server and then creat a new soft link with the same name pointing to the new server's mac address.

Once server boots then after that you can change stuff (hostname,ip etc) manually.

Look at ignite UX admin for more details. but for now this whould work.

hope this helps..

[monasingh_1]

I meant after client boots from server , in my previous reply..