Ignite-UX can install HP-UX on a client noninteractively
using the default configuration specified in the /var/opt/ignite/INDEX file for the given operating system. The /var/opt/ignite/INDEX file can have a unique clause for each operating system you want
to support. Alternatively, you can choose from other configurations
that exist as unique clauses in the INDEX file
to use with bootsys(1M) from the command line.
To start an automatic, noninteractive installation,
execute the bootsys command from the server as
follows:
bootsys -a -v [-i configuration][-f]client_hostname
-a Specifies
an automatic installation.
-v Specifies
verbose mode.
-i Specifies
a default configuration for installing the client. If not set, the
default specified on the Ignite-UX server is used. If an incorrect
configuration or one that does not match the last configuration saved
for the client is selected and the -f option is not
used, an error results.
-f Forces Ignite-UX
to disregard and delete the previous configuration information that
was saved for a client during the last installation.
You can define the default configuration from
the Ignite-UX GUI Server Options menu (see “Configuring Server Options”) or you can set it manually with
a =TRUE statement immediately following
the closing of a cfg clause in the /var/opt/ignite/INDEX file.
After you have initiated the installation, Ignite-UX
contacts the client and extracts its hostname, IP address, and default gateway. The configuration you specified is installed.
After the installation completes, Ignite-UX resets the hostname, IP
address and gateway to their original values. This installation configuration
is then automatically saved, or overwritten if one exists, for this
client and can be reused the next time an installation is needed.
For bootsys to function, access to the client using remsh is required; if a remote shell is not available,
the bootsys command prompts you for the root password of the client.
A noninteractive installation using bootsys is the quickest way to install a client. You can install a client
with a custom configuration using bootsys with
the following simple four-step process:
Create the configuration files that describe how you want the client
to be installed.
Save the configuration
files that you created.
Add a cfg clause to the /var/opt/ignite/INDEX file that describes your custom
configuration.
Execute the bootsys command, specifying the custom configuration.
For more information regarding configuration files,
see “Using Configuration Files” and
the white paper, Ignite-UX Custom Configuration Files, available on the "Information Library" page of the Ignite-UX website:
http://www.docs.hp.com/en/IUX/infolib.html
For details on how to select a configuration,
force its use, and use the many other installation options that are
available, see bootsys(1M).
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