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% badmin hclose <hostname>

In addition, you should either wait until all running jobs complete, or

suspend them:

% bstop -a -u all -m <hostname>

Execute sysimage_create on the Management Server and pass the name of

the file from which you would like the image to be made. For example:

% /opt/clusterpack/bin/sysimage_create <hostname>

Monitor the output for possible error conditions. The image will be stored

in /var/opt/ignite/archives/<hostname>

After the image creation is complete, the Compute Node should be opened for accepting

Clusterware jobs.:

badmin hopen <hostname>

If the system you want to archive was not installed as part of the HP Technical Cluster, it will

not contain the sysimage_create tool. In this case, the make_sys_command should be used

directly to create the golden image. Verify that Ignite-UX is installed on the system:

% swlist -l product Ignite-UX

If it is not, you will need to obtain and install this product first.

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Read the man pages for make_sys_image(1m) to find out more about creating system images.

The user can control what files are included in an image through the use of the -l, -g and -f

arguments to make_sys_image. See the man pages for make_sys_image(1m) for more

information. By default, files in /tmp and most files in /var/adm and /var/tmp are excluded.

More importantly, many of the system configuration files in /etc are replaced by "newconfig"

versions. The reasoning behind this is that the archive may be used on a different system where

the settings from the "golden" machine will be incorrect. A complete list of files which will be

excluded from an image can be viewed by using the command:

% /opt/ignite/data/scripts/make_sys_image -x -s local

Users may wish to exclude additional files by using the -f option to make_sys_image. If the

archive is only intended to reinstall the machine where it was made, make_sys_image -l may be

used to include all configuration files in their current state.

1.5.2 Distribute Golden Image to a set of Compute Nodes