Figure 93 Confirmation Dialog Box

Clicking Yes produces a terminal window allowing you to enter the root password, where as clicking No halts the addition of this client and returns you to the Ignite-UX GUI. Once communication with the client is established and the client directory is constructed, a client icon appears in the Ignite-UX GUI.

6.Ensure that the client icon for which you want to create a golden image is selected, and then select Create Golden Image from the Actions menu. You may be prompted for the root password for the client. After some informative dialog boxes, a Golden image information dialog box appears. The archive name, tag, and description can be modified at this stage. The archive is created in /var/opt/ignite/GoldenImages/<client>/ <client_os_release> directory. The log file that is created is /var/opt/ignite/ GoldenImages/client/<client_os_release>/golden_image.log.

Creation of a golden image using CLI

The make_golden_image script can also be used to create the golden archive from the golden system, and configure the Ignite-UX server to use it. This script is available only from Ignite-UX version C.7.18.63 onwards.

IMPORTANT: Do not use the golden system while make_golden_image is running for that particular client, as the make_golden_image command modifies files with host and networking information.

Examples on using make_golden_image script:

On an Ignite-UX server, execute make_golden_image script with appropriate parameters. See the example below:

#/opt/ignite/data/scripts/make_golden_image -c <client_name> -f <config_file_name> -p <client_architecture> -n <client_archive_name>

NOTE: The manpages for make_golden_image will be available in a future release. In the meantime, use the -?option to the command, with no other options, to print the usage statement.

Enabling the client

Since the Ignite-UX server is now configured with the new golden image, you can use Ignite-UX to install the golden image onto a client. To do this, you need to get the client to inform the Ignite-UX server that it is ready to install a new operating system. There are two methods for doing this.

•If the client is currently running HP-UX, boot the system from the server by entering

# bootsys -v-wclient_hostname

where client_hostname is the name of the client.

•If the client is not currently running HP-UX, boot the system from the client console. See “Booting Itanium-based clients using the network” (page 100) or“Booting PA-RISC clients from the console ” (page 99), depending on the system type.

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UX System Management Software specifications

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