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

As of Ignite version C.7.7, make_[tape|net]_recovery has a -u option that will update the
client Ignite software to the version on the server specified by the -s option. For more information,
see make_net_recovery(1M) or make_tape_recovery(1M).
Recovery Image Creation Process
The process of creating a recovery image using Ignite-UX is described as follows:
1. Prepare the client.
The make_net_recovery command and the make_tape_recovery -s command first
check that the recovery tools installed on the client are compatible with the version on the
Ignite-UX server as described in “Reconciling Client and Server Ignite-UX Versions for Recovery”
(page 191).
2. Create files and directories for the recovery image.
The make_net_recovery and make_tape_recovery -s commands create a new
directory for the client on the server in /var/opt/ignite/clients if needed. For
make_tape_recovery run on the client without the -s option, the config files and log files
are created in the /var/opt/ignite/recovery directory on the client.
The commands generate a timestamp for naming the recovery archive, the configuration, and
the configuration directory. The directory containing the configuration files for the recovery
image is similar to the following:
/var/opt/ignite/clients/client/recovery/2005-03-17,11:19
The corresponding recovery archive is named 2005-03-17,11:19 , and is in the
/var/opt/ignite/recovery/archives/client directory.
The timestamp is important for coordinating configuration files and recovery archives, and for
ongoing recovery image management.
An overview of the files is as follows:
/var/opt/ignite/clients/client
CINDEX
client_name
client_status
config.sys
host.info
hw.info
install.log
recovery/
client_status
defaults
latest -> 2005-03-17,11:19
2005-03-17,11:19/
archive_content
system_cfg
archive_cfg
control_cfg
recovery.log
flist
manifest
The archive_content file contains keyword and volume/disk/directory pairs that are used
to generate the flist file, which defines the contents of the recovery image. See
make_net_recovery(1M) and make_tape_recovery(1M) for more information on inclusion and
exclusion of files in the recovery image.
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