Installing HP-UX 11.0 and Updating HP-UX 10.x to 11.0 HP 9000 Computers Edition 1

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Installing from the Ignite-UX Server

Executing the Installation: Go!

• Swap Conﬁguration

• Kernel Conﬁguration.

• System Information.

The manifest ﬁle is saved on the server as

/var/opt/ignite/clients/LLA/manifest/manifest. It is on the

target client system as /var/opt/ignite/local/manifest/manifest.

Using the Ignite-UX interface or the command line, the

/opt/ignite/bin/print_manifest utility prints these ﬁles in ASCII

to stdout, using the format instructions from the manifest template ﬁle

If the client data is moved to history, that data includes both the client's

manifest and conﬁg ﬁle. Both these ﬁles can be recalled at a later time.

Non-Interactive Installation Using bootsys

The bootsys command can be used to start a system installation on one

or more clients without the need to interact on the console of the client

system. It can be invoked either from a command shell, or from the

Ignite-UX GUI server screen action: Boot New Client. The only

requirements are that each client must be currently booted under

HP-UX version 9.0 or later, and each client must be accessible on the

network. Each will also need to have enough disk space in the /stand

directory to hold the two ﬁles: /opt/ignite/boot/INSTALL and

/opt/ignite/boot/INSTALLFS.

bootsys copies the Ignite-UX kernel and RAM ﬁle system to each client

and then sets the system AUTO ﬁle in the LIF area of the root disk to

automatically boot from this kernel at the next system reboot.

Examples: The following sample command line will boot the client system from the

server and wait for install instructions from the Ignite-UX GUI:

bootsys -w system_name

Note that, if you have already run an install session from the server,

issuing bootsys will result in an automatic installation without further

intervention.

To automatically install system1 using a different IP address than what

is currently assigned and without waiting for server interaction, you

would type a line similar to the following:

bootsys -a system1:1.2.3.45