remote administration of entrias and envizex

[Ron Bromwell]

I have about 25 netstations that I need to change the IP for. Is there a way to do this easily through a script or telnet? I was hoping to save some time and not have to change the IP by physically being in front of the netstation. I will also be changing the IP of the file server.

Thanks,
Ron

[A. Clay Stephenson]

Hopefully, you have set those guys to download IP Address, subnet mask, etc. from bootp. In that case, all you have to do is change the bootp data in /etc/bootptab on yor bootp servers.

[Bill McNAMARA_1]

for i in $(cat /file)
do
remsh $i get config > /etc/opt/hpxt/xthome/enware2/config/${i}.cfg
echo "save" >> /etc/opt/hpxt/xthome/enware2/config/${i}.cfg
done

i is the ipaddress of the terminal.

Then you can do a global replace of your ip addresses in the config files...

then

remsh $i reconfig

It may require a
remsh $i reboot

then everything should be fine then....
!

PS: I may have forgotten exact commands! wait till alex gets hold of this! he still supports them I guess!

sorry Alex! ;)

[Alex Glennie]

Hey Ron someone just asked me the same queston in the HP Atlanta RC ?

I think it 's possible Bill M may be able to confirm but you can create a remote config file by running :

remsh xterminal name get config > xterminal_name.cfg. needs to be done in correctly directory see below. eg is for the case of newer xterminals & enware 9.11 aka enware2 s/w

you should be edit the file accordingly ....Ethernet (1) IP Address =15.145.33.24 and instances of

you can use remsh xterminal_name reboot to reboot the xtermial and for the changes to take effect.

you'll also need to make sure the remote cfg file parameter is set correctly
Remote Config File = /opt/hpxt/enware2/config/hpwina24.cfgRemote Config Security = true

lastly you'll need to ensure /etc/hosts reflects the change/ has a valid entry and use xtadm on the file server to make the appropriate changes in the bootptab file before rebooting.

[Alex Glennie]

Bill I hoped you'd know :)

[Bill McNAMARA_1 · Accepted solution]

Everything Alex suggested should work,
however, I'd recommend using the IP address specifically rather than terminal name.

the config will end up being called:
1.2.3.4.cfg for example.

As also mentioned your bootptab can specify this info, but on config loading the config will override any bootp configuration provided.

I add the save to the end of the config files to ensure the flash is written on every read of the config. This will ensure that when you record the config, modify it, then do the
remsh $i reconfig
that the changes are recorded to file
you can prove it with
remsh $i cat /dev/nonvol | strings

Later,
Bill