HP-UX 11i v3 Installation and Update Guide, September 2010

IMPORTANT: Be sure also to read the important information in “Standard HP-UX patch
bundles” [p. 64].
Golden image
Uses:
Deploy a customized system configuration to many systems.
Avoid manual media swaps.
Speed up installation time for multiple systems.
Simply put, a golden image is built by setting up a single system the way you want all of your
systems to look, and then creating an image of that system. Once a golden image has been created,
it is then deployed to multiple clients.
This method allows you to deploy a known-good system image that contains all of the files
including configuration files that you want installed, and it is also faster the standard SD-built
network depots (as described in “Network depot” (page 18)).
For more information about golden images, see the Ignite-UX Administration Guide for HP-UX
11i (http://www.hp.com/go/ignite-ux-docs).
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