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

Example PA-RISC Installation Tape Creation
1. Create the LIF volume.
The LIF will be created in /var/tmp/lifvol by entering the following make_medialif
command:
# make_medialif -f /opt/ignite/data/Rel_B.11.11/config \
-f /var/tmp/myOSarchive_cfg \
-f /var/tmp/depot_cfg \
-l /var/tmp/lifvol -r B.11.11
The LIF volume now contains the default settings Ignite-UX provides, plus information on the
archives and depot.
2. Modify the install file system configuration.
You can control the environment in which Ignite-UX operates at client installation time by
changing the run_ui and control_from_server configuration parameters in the install
file system ([W|V|I]INSTALLFS). When control_from_server is true, an attempt is made
to contact the Ignite-UX server as defined in the configuration information. For more information,
see instl_adm(4).
To set run_ui and control_from_server using instl_adm, execute the following steps:
• Create a temporary configuration file:
instl_adm -d -F /var/tmp/lifvol > /var/tmp/cfg
• Open /var/tmp/cfg for editing.
• Add or change the run_ui variable.
For an interactive installation, run_ui=TRUE.
For a noninteractive installation, set run_ui=FALSE — no interaction occurs and the
installation proceeds according to the configuration information provided to Ignite-UX.
NOTE: To get a fully-automated installation, you usually need to set
control_from_server=FALSE and env_vars+="INST_ALLOW_WARNINGS=10",
otherwise the warning about an operating system already on the disk will cause the
installation to become interactive.
• Add or change the control_from_server variable.
To control the installation from the Ignite-UX server, set control_from_server=TRUE.
An attempt will be made to contact the server.
• Check the syntax of your changes to avoid writing errors to the install file system:
instl_adm -T -f /var/tmp/cfg
• Write the modified temporary configuration file into the LIF volume:
instl_adm -F /var/tmp/lifvol -f /var/tmp/cfg
• Verify your changes:
instl_adm -d -f /var/tmp/lifvol
3. Select the appropriate tape device file.
Create the tape using the proper density, no compression, and a no-rewind device file. See
insf(1M), tape(7), and stape(7) for more information about tape device special file creation
and selection.
Note that a no-rewind tape device special file must be used. Normally, a default AT&T semantic
tape device special file is used, for example, /dev/rmt/0mn.
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