Ignite-UX Administration Guide for HP-UX 11i (B3921-90079, October 2013)

The -p option creates intermediate directories. It is best to store it in a directory of type
/var/opt/ignite/archives/Rel_rel. This directory must be NFS-exported if you are
using NFS to transfer the archive to the client.
4. If you do not have enough disk space, or you want the archive created on a remote server,
you may use the following options:
# /tmp/make_sys_image -d directory_to_place_archive
-s destination_system_IP_address
5. On the golden system, run:
# /tmp/make_sys_image [options]
By default, this creates a gzip-compressed tar archive in /var/tmp with the name
hostname.gz (where hostname is the name of the client). All specific host information,
device files, log files, and network information are removed.
IMPORTANT: If an error similar to the following appears:ERROR: Cannot remsh server
system_name (check server .rhosts file), you must add the name of the client
to the /.rhosts file on your Ignite-UX server as in the following example entry:
system_name root
The make_sys_image command can build an archive with the tar, cpio, or pax format,
compressed with a selectable compression method. HP recommends using tar (default) for
the archive format and gzip (default) for compression. To use the pax format with 11i v2,
you must have the PAX-Enh™ product installed. The pax format is not available for 11i v1.
IMPORTANT: When using the pax command you should consider the size of your files. Files
included by the pax command with tar and cpio formats must be less than 8 TB on 11i v2
and 11i v3, and less than 2 TB for 11i v1. Using the pax format will allow large files in an
archive – up to 2 TB for 11i v2 and up to 16 TB for 11i v3.
Configuring the Ignite-UX Server to Recognize the Golden Image
To create an Ignite-UX configuration file for the golden image, use the example config file /opt/
ignite/data/examples/B.11.11.golden_image.cfg. Other example config files are
available to match the version of HP-UX your golden systems is running:
B.11.23.golden_image.cfg and B.11.31.golden_image.cfg.
1. Create a copy of the example configuration file:
# cp /opt/ignite/data/examples/B.11.11.golden_image.cfg \
/var/opt/ignite/data/Rel_B.11.11/core_archive.cfg
Because the configuration file must be accessible by tftp or NFS, depending on how you've
set up your server, make sure you store it in a directory of type
/var/opt/ignite/data/Rel_rel.
Ignite-UX manages the names and locations of configurations using the /var/opt/ignite/
data/INDEX file (see step 3).
2. Modify the core_archive.cfg file to set up the golden image for NFS transfer. (See the
complete sw_sel and sw_source examples following these instructions. Use values
appropriate for your systems.) Key changes are:
a. In the sw_source clause, change the following line so it has the path to your archive,
including the IP address of your Ignite-UX server. This directory will have to be NFS
exported later.
nfs_source = "10.2.72.150:/var/opt/ignite/archives/Rel_B.11.11"
b. Remove the init sw_sel clauses you will not be using for this golden image.
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