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• If the client cannot boot over the network or is on a different subnet than the Ignite-UX server,
see make_boot_tape(1M).
• After the client is booted, select your recovery archive from the list of configuration choices
displayed for installation on your client.
• Ignite-UX detects from the configuration file for the archive that this is a recovery situation and
uses the archive for recovery rather than for install.
Note that recovery archive creation using the Ignite-UX user interface requires a graphical display. A
recovery archive cannot be created by a server running in ASCII mode. Once created, however, the
recovery archive may be installed on the client using the ASCII interface on either the client or the
server.
Note that although permissible within HP-UX, using characters that do not have a printable graphic that
are likely to confuse the terminal on the hardware you commonly use is not recommended. Filenames
with these characters cause warning messages to be displayed by
make_tape_recovery
or
make_net_recovery
. In addition, files that contain these non-printable characters are not included
in the archive.
International Code Set Support
Ignite-UX uses a variety of system commands to accomplish its functionality. Because the output of many
of these commands is parsed, Ignite-UX ensures that the POSIX locale is normally used by modifying
environment variables. Help text and some command output not parsed by Ignite-UX will be left in the
user’s specified locale.
EXTERNAL INPUTS AND INFLUENCES
Default Options
The server maintains a defaults file,
ignite.defs, located at
/var/opt/ignite/server/ignite.defs
. This file contains a subset of the values that are
entered on the Server Configuration screen.
The following values and their defaults are shipped in the Ignite-UX product:
client_timeout: 30
Time (in mins) until the client is declared hung.
halt_when_done: false
Halt the client after installation rather than reboot to invoke set_parms.
ignite_welcome: true
Show the server’s welcome screen.
itool_welcome: true
Ask for customer information during client installation.
new_client_notification: true
Asks whether the user should be notified when new clients boot.
print_enhanced_manifest: false
Print the manifest using HP-PCL3 control codes for an enhanced output.
full_recovery_info: true
Show all the information screens about recovery archive creation.
Locking
In order to allow multiple install sessions to run concurrently with the currently installing process,
ignite will lock a client during a New Install or a Repeat Install. This lock is tested in the actions:
"New Install", "Repeat Installation", "Stop Client" and "Remove Client".
The lock is removed when the client is stopped or COMPLETE. For stopped clients, it is possible for
someone, other than the installer, to remove locks. For COMPLETE clients, it is possible for someone
other than the installer to either remove locks or move them to history.
RETURN VALUES
ignite returns the following values:
0 ignite completed successfully.
1 ignite failed.
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