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

Appendix C 237
Ignite-UX System Administration
Section 2: The Install Archive
Ignite-UX is capable of installing systems from SD depots as well as
archives. You may want to use this capability when setting up your
“golden system” since you will need to have a system installed somehow
before you can get an image. See a later section for details.
The make_sys_image command is provided to assist in creating the OS
archive. Refer to the make_sys_image(1m) man page for details. The
command is located under /opt/ignite/data/scripts.
NOTE /var/tmp is the default location where make_sys_image stores the
archive image. You can also have it save the image to a remote server
that allows remote access from this client. Which ever method you
choose, you will need to have sufficient disk space to hold the image. The
amount of disk space will be approximately 1/2 the amount of data
contained on your golden system (assuming about 50% compression ratio
provided by gzip).
Step 1.1
Copy /opt/ignite/data/scripts/make_sys_image to /tmp on the
golden system, and make sure it is executable.
NOTE While make_sys_image is running, the system should not be in use.
Device files are removed, and the host and/or networking information on
the system are reset. After the command is complete these files are put
back with the exception of most log files.
Step 1.2
On the golden system run /tmp/make_sys_image [options].
By default, this will create a gzip-formatted archive in /var/tmp with
the name “hostname.gz” default, and all specific host information, device
files, log files, and network information will be removed.
Optionally, if you do not have enough disk space, or you would like for the
archive to be created on a remote server, you may use the following
options:
# /tmp/make_sys_image -d <directory_to_place_archive> \ -s
<ip_address_of_system_to_place_archive>
For example,
# /tmp/make_sys_image -d /var/opt/ignite/archives/Rel_B.11.00 \
-s 15.2.72.150
Step 1.3: