Ignite-LUX: Management and Integration of Ignite-UX Software on a Server Running Linux

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You may use NFS to mount an Ignite-LUX server directory so the client’s local file system canbe used to write
the client’s operating system image directly to the server. For example, the following commands could be
performed on the client system with 10.3.1.2 being the Ignite-LUX server:
# mkdir /tmp/archives
# mount 10.3.1.2:/var/opt/ignite/archives /tmp/archives
# mkdir /tmp/scripts
# mount 10.3.1.2:/opt/ignite/data/scripts /tmp/scripts
# /tmp/scripts/make_sys_image -s local -d /tmp/archives -n B.11.31_archive_IA.gz
Hewlett-Packard recommends using /tmp paths to avoid having this content included in the archive that is
created.
Once archive creation has been completed, you need to determine archive disk space impacts and include
them in the golden image config file. The archive_impacts command should be used to compute
archive impacts.
Note: The archive_impacts command is not included in the Ignite-LUX package at this time. You will
need to use the following alternative approach to determine archive impacts.
Use an Ignite-UX server to create the golden image and determine the impacts. Once the archive and
config content are correct, they may be copied to the Ignite-LUX server.
Install Ignite-UX on the client system after the operating system image has been created, and then run the
archive_impacts command on the client system. Since the archive is already created, you do not need
to include Ignite-UX in the client golden image.
While not recommended, you may elect to estimate archive impacts based on experience. This approach
might make sense when minor changes are made to archive content.
Like the HP-UX Ignite-UX product, the Ignite-LUX package includes example config files:
/opt/ignite/data/examples/B.11.23.archives.cfg
/opt/ignite/data/examples/B.11.23.golden_image.cfg
/opt/ignite/data/examples/B.11.31.archives.cfg
/opt/ignite/data/examples/B.11.31.golden_image.cfg
Remember to add archive disk space impacts to your golden image config file.
# /opt/ignite/lbin/archive_impact -tg B.11.23_archive_IA.gz
Special HP-UX Client Considerations
This document does not include information about detailed HP-UX client configuration. You should consult
other HP-UX documentation regarding how to set up your client in your data center environment. The
information presented here describes how to use your configurations with an Ignite-LUX server.