using Ignite tape installation

[nibble]

Hi everyone, just a quick question here with Ignite.

Is it possible to install a new HPUX machine from an ignite tape of another machine (to be specific, from L2000 to RP4440) which has a different model and specifications? I did tried installing using ignite but on the same machine.

[whiteknight]

nibble,

It is possible to clone to another machine.
please read

Successful System Cloning using Ignite-UX
http://www.docs.hp.com/en/5992-1998/5992-1998.pdf

WK

[Bernhard Mueller]

Before you try to clone, make sure you install
- a current verion of Ignite and
- latest HWE patches on the L2000

use
make_tape_recovery -I -x inc_entire=vg00
(-I for interactive recovery)

in the Basic installation tag select "additional" and set "cloning to different HW" to true.

Good luck.

Regards,
Bernhard

[Steven E. Protter · Accepted solution]

Shalom,

I've seen it done.

The wider the variance in hardware, the more likely you are to encounter problems. The bus is a lot different with an rp4440.

You might wish to go to Ignite Golden Images, which includes a silent OS install, which negates the problems you encounter during or after using an Ignite tape for this project.

SEP

[Tim Nelson]

This is a try it and see what happens.

Typically if the chipset is too disparaging then the Ignite boot will panic immediatly complaining about unknown CPU type.

An L2000 to N4000 works great as the chipset is the same.

As mentioned, apply latest Ignite and HWE as well as patches will help.

[Fabian Briseño]

Probably probably not, I would recommend doing an ignite golden image backup to do what your asking.

[Torsten.]

Be aware of the minimum OS version needed by the target system.
For the rp54xx the minimum was HP-UX 11.00, for the rp4440 it is 11.11.

So you need to have at least 11.11 installed (and patched) on the source system.

[nibble]

guys, we did it. it was tough though! for our 2 tries, we got a root disk driver error after the restore. we applied the latest ignite software then applied the HWE patch, do ignite but still fail.
what we did is replace the scsi card of the root disk of the rp4440 and use momentarily a scsi card that L2000 was able to recognize. tried it again and it was up. when it was up, we updated the driver and revert the cards. its all working now smoothly.
thanks to all.

[nibble]

closing..