9 Booting and installing HP-UX from the server using the client console
This chapter discusses booting and installing HP-UX on clients from the server using the client console. Ignite-UX can be run in terminal user interface (TUI) mode on the client system.
See the HP-UX Installation and Update Guide available from http://www.hp.com/go/ hpux-core-docs-11iv3 for instructions on how to install HP-UX from the Operating Environment DVD media.
Preparing the client for installation
For bootsys — The bootsys command is used to reboot a client system, already running HP-UX, using a kernel and file system from a server. The bootsys command will copy the [WVI]INSTALL install kernel and the [WVI]INSTALLFS file system from the server to the /stand directory on the client, and then use them when rebooting.
Make sure there is enough disk space in the /stand directory on the client to hold the install kernel and file system before you run bootsys.
For V-class PA-RISC clients the files on the server are:
•/opt/ignite/boot/Rel_release/VINSTALL
•/opt/ignite/boot/Rel_release/VINSTALLFS
For 64-bit PA-RISC clients the files on the server are:
•/opt/ignite/boot/Rel_release/WINSTALL
•/opt/ignite/boot/Rel_release/WINSTALLFS
For Itanium-based clients the files on the server are:
•/opt/ignite/boot/Rel_release/IINSTALL
•/opt/ignite/boot/Rel_release/IINSTALLFS
where release is the release identifier.
For HP-UX 11i v3 — If you are installing HP-UX 11i v3 onto a client, its boot disk must be at least 30 GB. HP-UX 11i v3 requires more space on the HP-UX boot disk than prior HP-UX releases.
Minimum Memory Size — During installation and recovery, Ignite-UX uses system memory to hold a RAM-based install environment with a subset of HP-UX. Ignite-UX requires installation and recovery client systems to have at least a minimum amount of RAM to hold this install environment while leaving enough space to run HP-UX. The minimum required RAM size is specific to the HP-UX version to be installed or recovered. See the Ignite-UX Release Notes under “Minimum Memory Size” for the current client memory requirements. You can find the Ignite-UX Release Notes via the Ignite-UX website, http://www.hp.com/go/ignite-ux, and also at /opt/ignite/share/doc/ release_note on your system.
If Ignite-UX detects there is not enough RAM on the client system, you will see these errors:
ERROR: RAMFS Setup memory issue.
ERROR: The system does not contain the minimum supported amount of memory needed to install and run HP-UX. HP-UX requires minimum_amount of available memory for the “B.xx.xx” release. The system has only actual_amount of memory available for HP-UX use (this may be less than physical memory installed due to space reserved by system firmware). The amount of memory in the system must be increased if this release is to be installed successfully.
