Successful System Cloning using Ignite-UX

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Does HP support the version of Ignite-UX I am using?
One important thing to consider is the support life of the Ignite-UX product. HP supports releases of
Ignite-UX for 27 months subsequent to the release. In other words, 27 months after the release date
listed in the Ignite-UX Release Notes, support for the given release ceases at that month’s end.
Table 3 illustrates some examples of this concept:
Table 3
Ignite-UX Version
Release Date
Support Ends
C.7.2.x June 2007 31
st
July 2009
C.6.10.x December 2006 31
st
March 2009
C.6.6.x January 2006 30
th
April 2008
B.5.3.x April 2004 31
st
July 2006
This support life policy allows for 9 concurrently supported versions of Ignite-UX. The following
document lists all released versions of Ignite-UX.
http://www.docs.hp.com/en/IUX/docs/Supported_Versions.pdf
HP does not provide patches for Ignite-UX; defect fixes and new functionality are only released in
new versions of Ignite-UX. New versions of Ignite-UX are released approximately every three
months.
Understanding Archive Format Limitations
The make_net_recovery and make_tape_recovery commands use the make_sys_image
script to produce recovery archives. The make_sys_image script uses pax to write the archives.
The pax command on HP-UX supports the following formats:
1. Extended cpio interchange format (cpio).
2. Extended tar interchange format (ustar).
3. pax format (To use the pax format with 11i v2, you must have the PAX-Enh product installed.
The pax format is not available for 11i v1.)
The following sections discuss the effects of limitations in the formats pax supports that have been
encountered while using Ignite-UX. Because international standards (POSIX.2, XPG4, and others)
control the behavior of pax, these issues cannot be resolved with code changes. This section
documents areas that may affect you so you can make an informed decision about which archive
format to use.
For the make_net_recovery and make_tape_recovery commands, the default is to use
extended tar interchange format for archives (the option –m tar). To change to extended cpio
interchange format the option –m cpio must be used. On HP-UX 11i v3, the option –m pax may
be used to change to pax format archives.