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Figure 40 Non-interactive installation using the bootsys command

Ignite-UX Server

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IP1

Client 1

Welcome

Ignite-UX

bootsys for non-interactive installations

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IP2

Client 2

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You can invoke bootsys from the command line interface (CLI), or from the Ignite-UX GUI (see “Installation using the Ignite-UX GUI” (page 112)).

The bootsys command copies the Ignite-UX kernel and file system from the Ignite-UX server to each client and then sets the system AUTO file in the LIF area of the root disk to automatically boot from this kernel at the next system reboot.

For more information, see bootsys(1M). Common problems using bootsys with Ignite-UX are covered in Appendix A (page 228).

IMPORTANT: The bootsys command does not support network interfaces that are grouped using HP Auto Port Aggregation (APA). You must not select an APA group as the interface through which Ignite-UX will communicate with the Ignite-UX server. In these cases select an interface outside the APA group, or break the APA group and use a single ungrouped interface with bootsys (this may require reconfiguring the switch the APA group is connected to.)

Examples

This sample command boots the client system from the Ignite-UX server, boot1, and waits for installation instructions from this server:

bootsys -R release -w boot1

where release is the release that you want to install on the client. For example, B.11.23.

If you have already run an installation session from the Ignite-UX server, issuing bootsys without the -woption results in automatic installation without further intervention.

To automatically install client1 using a different IP address than what is currently assigned and without waiting for Ignite-UX server interaction, use this command:

bootsys -a client1:10.2.3.45

TIP: To prevent a critical client from being inadvertently booted using bootsys, create the file, /.bootsys_block, on the client. For example, you can create this file with:

touch /.bootsys_block

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UX System Management Software specifications

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