_hp_hide_other_disks ...........................................................................................................

100

_hp_saved_detail_level .......................................................................................................

100

_hp_os_bitness.......................................................................................................................

101

_hp_force_autoboot ...............................................................................................................

101

_hp_ikernel_os_release .......................................................................................................

102

_hp_current_client_release ...............................................................................................

102

_HP_CLONING.............................................................................................................................

102

_hp_console_verbosity .........................................................................................................

103

_hp_patch_save_files ...........................................................................................................

103

_hp_umask.................................................................................................................................

104

_hp_ht_enable.........................................................................................................................

104

_hp_debug_level.....................................................................................................................

105

Configuration for software to be installed ............................................................................................

105

Application software depots...........................................................................................................

105

Core operating system depot configuration......................................................................................

110

Impacts statements ........................................................................................................................

116

Overstated SD impacts ..................................................................................................................

118

Categories and other Ignite-UX software attributes ............................................................................

118

Defining a custom software configuration ........................................................................................

120

Looking at a network recovery sw_source and sw_sel ..............................................................

120

Using a sw_sel to run commands instead of installing software ....................................................

122

Using a sw_sel to apply kernel parameters ................................................................................

123

Forcing software (sw_sel) clauses to be installed.........................................................................

127

Automating dependencies in software .........................................................................................

127

Installing patches ..........................................................................................................................

129

Configuration for volume and disk groups ...........................................................................................

129

Overview.....................................................................................................................................

130

Configuration examples ....................................................................................................................

131

Example One (custom disk layout) ..................................................................................................

131

Example Two (selection of disk layout based on hardware)................................................................

136

Example Three (be careful what you ask for, you just might get it) ......................................................

138

Example Four (installation file system configuration) ..........................................................................

139

Part A (custom configuration in installation file system)...................................................................

139

Part B (Installation file system custom network config).....................................................................

140

Example Five (handling user input)..................................................................................................

140

Part A (restricting the values that a variable can take using an enum) ..............................................

141

Part B (looking at the same thing when we don’t have an enum).....................................................

142

Example Six (handling command line arguments) .............................................................................

142

Example Seven (regular expression matching)..................................................................................

143

Configuration parameters in the installation file system .........................................................................

148

Networking..................................................................................................................................

148

Problems that can be solved with _hp_lanadmin_args..................................................................

150

Control ........................................................................................................................................

151

Environment variables ...................................................................................................................

152

Managing configurations with unifdef.............................................................................................

153

Coping with auto_adm and boot changes in HP-UX B.11.23 ...............................................................

155

Looking at auto_adm ...................................................................................................................

156

ISL and CONF format data ............................................................................................................

156

CONF data..............................................................................................................................

156

ISL data ...................................................................................................................................

158

Usage examples ...........................................................................................................................

158

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