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

262 Appendix C

Ignite-UX System Administration

Section 7: Steps to Create a “Golden System”

Section 7: Steps to Create a “Golden

System”

Section 2 discusses creating an archive-image of your golden system.

We’ll cover the steps for creating the golden system itself here. In

general, the golden system is simply a system which has been conﬁgured

with all the software and customizations which will need to be

distributed to a group of target systems.

Most large HP-UX sites already have the equivalent of a golden system,

which is maintained by the IS certiﬁcation or QA department. This

system is conﬁgured with customer modiﬁcations on top of a base HP-UX

system. Critical patches which all users need are installed onto the OS.

Local, common software that all users use are also layered on the OS,

and the resulting system is tested to ensure proper operation in the

customer’s environment.

These systems represent a prototype or starting point for all users. The

steps needed for install customizations are normally captured and are

well known. They make good candidates for a golden image archive using

the steps outlined in Section 2. If a golden system already exists, the

remainder of this section can be ignored.

Creating a golden system from scratch normally involves the following

steps:

1. Installing the HP-UX OS from media.

2. Installing critical patches onto the OS.

3. Loading optional HP software.

4. Loading optional third-party software.

5. Customizing the system.

Step 1: IUX setup of HP-UX OS from media

This can be performed without Ignite-UX by using the normal install

from media steps. Alternately, Ignite-UX can install the OS for you. In

this example, we’ll use Ignite-UX and a network depot as the source of

our software. We’ll ﬁrst copy an SD depot of 11.00 onto the Ignite-UX

server.