Ignite-UX addresses your need to perform system installations
and deployment, often on a large scale. With Ignite-UX, you can:
Create and reuse standard system configurations.
Archive a standard system configuration and use
that archive to replicate systems.
Create customized processes to allow interactive
and unattended installs.
More-easily recover your operating system (OS)
and applications after crashes and hardware failures.
After running an Ignite-UX install session, you have a working
HP-UX client system.
Ignite-UX release versions
Ignite-UX is an HP-UX 10.x, 11.0, and
11i product, including 11i v1.6 which supports Itanium
Processor Family (IPF) systems, that facilitates
installing and configuring HP-UX systems. Ignite-UX releases are
available to install the HP-UX 10.01, 10.10, 10.20, 11.0 and 11i releases
on client systems.
Ignite-UX server software is currently available in these
versions:
HP-UX 10.01, 10.10, 10.20 — version
A.3.7.95
HP-UX 11.0 and 11i— version B.4.0 or later
An Ignite-UX B.x server runs on HP-UX
11.0 and 11i and can install HP-UX 10.20, 11.0, and 11i OS and applications
on target systems. An Ignite-UX A.x server
runs on HP-UX 10.x and can only install HP-UX 10.x software
on target systems.
Be sure to check the Ignite-UX web site often for announcements
and information on new Ignite-UX releases.
Ignite-UX
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Client/server control
Ignite-UX install sessions for multiple targets can be controlled
from a single server in a true client/server model. A graphical
user interface (GUI) called the Ignite-UX screen helps
you manage multiple, simultaneous install sessions. Alternatively,
you can run a single install session from the target system if that
is more convenient. A single install server can serve multiple HP-UX
releases.
Easy-to-use GUI
The Ignite-UX screen uses tabbed dialogs for task navigation.
In addition, a wizard mode is available for the novice.
Multi-sourced installations
You could install your base from one SD depot, a set of patches
from another depot, and the applications you want from a third depot
all in one session.
Multiple archive formats
In addition to supporting SD software sources, Ignite-UX supports
tar, cpio, and pax archives. Tools are provided to help you create
a golden system image if you wish to install
from an archive.
Custom installations
It is easy to create a system that is ready to go as soon
as the install session completes. Many of the tasks typically done
as separate steps after an install are now incorporated into the
Ignite-UX installation process. Ignite-UX allows you to specify
what kernel parameters you want set and what user-supplied scripts
you would like to run as part of the session. Many different script
hooks are provided so you can add your own customizations (during
and after the installation). Also, the host and networking information
which must normally be supplied at first boot can be specified at
install-time. You can:
Create a configuration for your particular
needs, save it, and then quickly apply that configuration to multiple
install targets.
Set up a configuration and then install it on a
target machine with no further user interaction. This can be done
in both the initial installation and the re-installation cases.
Scan a system and produce a report detailing what
hardware is present, how the disks are used, what kernel modifications
have been made, and what software has been loaded. This report can
be customized to meet your needs.
Construct your own customized bootable install/recovery
media using the make_medialif command.
System recovery
You have consistent, reliable recovery in the event of a catastrophic failure
of the system disk or root volume group using either the make_tape_recovery or make_net_recovery command.
Support for ServiceControl Manager
Ignite-UX supports installing HP-UX client systems in an HP ServiceControl
Manager environment. See the ServiceControl Manager Installation
and Configuration guide for more details.
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