Successful System Cloning using Ignite-UX

Abstract

Ignite-UX for HP-UX addresses the need for system administrators to perform operating system

installations, deployment, and recovery, often on a large scale. It provides the means for creating

and reusing standard operating system configurations. Additionally, Ignite-UX delivers the ability to

archive operating system configurations and to use these archives to replicate systems, with the

added benefit of speeding up the process. Ignite-UX also permits various customizations, and is

capable of both interactive and unattended operating modes.

Executive Summary

There are a number of issues that can affect the ability to clone or recover a client or Ignite-UX

server. To that end, this paper describes the issues and potential problems that may affect your

decision as to the benefits of cloning in your environment. Additionally, you must consider the

version of Ignite-UX to use because there are issues relevant to what version of installation media

you would need to install a system.

Note:

This paper is only intended to present issues that you should consider

when determining which Ignite-UX version to use when cloning or

recovering systems. It does not contain referential materials to determine

the ability to clone your systems.

HP-UX 11i Release Names and Release Identifiers

Each HP-UX 11i release has an associated release name and release identifier. Table 1 shows the

releases available for HP-UX 11i.

Table 1

Release Name Release Identifier Supported Processor Architecture

HP-UX 11i v1 B.11.11 PA-RISC

HP-UX 11i v2 B.11.23 Intel® Itanium

PA-RISC

HP-UX 11i v3

B.11.31 Intel® Itanium

PA-RISC

The uname(1) command with the -r option returns the release identifier.

You can also determine the update release date and the Operating Environment by entering the

following:

# swlist | grep HPUX11i

The resulting output lists the current release identifier, update release date, and Operating

Environment. For example:

1 PA-RISC is supported on HP-UX 11i v2 starting with the September 2004 release.