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

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Ignite-UX System Administration

Section 3: Automatic Installation

Setting up your Ignite-UX server so that the default conﬁguration is

correct for any given system will save you time and allow you to easily

automate installations. This section discusses setting up the defaults the

way you like them, as well as setting up a conﬁguration for a speciﬁc

target system.

Ignite-UX can install HP-UX on a target system with no additional

conﬁguration information (the default conﬁguration as speciﬁed in the

/var/opt/ignite/INDEX ﬁle will be used). You can, however, select from

other conﬁgurations listed in the INDEX ﬁle on the bootsys command

line.

Starting an Automatic Installation

Execute the following command:

# bootsys -a -v [-i configuration] [-f] <target_hostname>

The -a option speciﬁes an automatic install. The -f option forces

Ignite-UX to disregard prior conﬁguration info. The -i option can be

supplied to select an alternate conﬁguration. If not set, the default is

used. See bootsys(1M) for details on how to select a conﬁguration and to

force its use. The default is set in the “server options” menu in the UI, or

can be set manually with the “= TRUE” statement after a “cfg” clause in

the /var/opt/ignite/INDEX ﬁle.

Ignite-UX will contact the target system and extract its hostname, IP

address and default gateway. The default conﬁguration is installed. Post

install, Ignite-UX will reset the hostname, IP address and gateway to

their original values. (Note: remsh access to the target is required. If not

available, bootsys will prompt the user for the root password on the

target.)

This is the quickest way to install a system. The drawback is that you

will receive the default conﬁg, which may have incomplete networking

information unless you are using a previously “saved” conﬁguration, or

you specify the defaults in the /var/opt/ignite/conﬁg.local ﬁle as shown

later.