c.In the init sw_sel clause for your golden image, leave the default description or change it to something representative of your archive.

description = "Archive HP-UX 11.11 CDE"

d.Modify the following line so archive_path resolves to the archive file. This path must be relative to the path specified by nfs_source in the sw_source clause.

archive_path = "hostname.gz"

e.Add impacts lines in the init sw_sel clause by executing the archive_impact command and then replacing the example impacts lines with the ones for your archive. It might be helpful to redirect the output of archive_impact to a temporary file. See archive_impact(1M) for more information.

# /opt/ignite/lbin/archive_impact -t -g archive_file

f.Review the init sw_sel "English" clause and modify it for the locales you want available in the golden image.

The format of an entry in the locale list is

"<locale>:<description>"

where <locale> is the name of a locale shown in the output of the locale -acommand run on the golden image system (for example: ja_JP.SJIS). The <description> is a text string labeling that particular locale. The <description> text string cannot contain white space; if you need more than one word in the description, use the underscore character. Locale list entries must be enclosed in double quotes.

For example, the following line would make available any of the Japanese or English locales on the system:

locale = { "ja_JP.SJIS:Japanese", "ja_JP.eucJP:Japanese",

"ja_JP.utf8:Japanese", "SET_NULL_LOCALE:English", "C:English" }

Never add locales that do not exist in the golden image.

Be aware that by listing a locale, it means that it can be selected via itool. Any locale present when the golden image is created will still be available on any system installed using this golden image, whether it is listed or not.

g.For HP-UX v2 and later, you need to uncomment the VxVM version of the golden image, if the golden image uses a VxVM disk layout. For HP-UX v3, you must uncomment the version for VxVM or LVM. For example, if the VxVM version on an HP-UX 11i v3 golden image is 5.0, your configuration file would look like:

########################################################################

#VxVM version keyword

#If this file is used for VxVM disk layouts, Ignite-UX needs to be

#told which version of VxVM is included in the golden image so that

#the correct version is created. If this is not set, it defaults to

#version 4.1. If VxVM is not used, then this does not need to be set.

#If VxVM is used, uncomment the correct version below.

########################################################################

#vxvm_version="4.1"

vxvm_version="5.0"

########################################################################

#LVM version variable

#If this file is used for LVM disk layouts, Ignite-UX needs to be

#told which version of LVM is included in the golden image so that

#the correct choices can be used. If this is not set, it defaults to

#version 1.0. If LVM is not used, then this does not need to be set.

#If LVM 2.2 is in the golden image, uncomment the two lines below.

########################################################################

#_hp_provides_LVM_vg_vers="2.2"

#_hp_provides_LVM_vg_vers visible_if false

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UX System Management Software specifications

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