Administrator's Guide

11 Golden images.....................................................................................151
Advantages of golden images................................................................................................151
Creating a golden image......................................................................................................151
Installing the HP-UX operating system .................................................................................152
Installing critical patches onto the operating system..............................................................152
Installing optional software................................................................................................153
Customizing the system ....................................................................................................153
Creating the golden archive..............................................................................................153
Configuring the Ignite-UX server to recognize the golden image..................................................154
Creating and using golden images using GUI and CLI..............................................................157
Creating golden image using GUI.....................................................................................157
Creation of a golden image using CLI................................................................................159
Examples on using make_golden_image script:....................................................................159
Enabling the client................................................................................................................159
Installing the golden image on the client..................................................................................160
12 Customizing your installation..................................................................161
Using configuration files........................................................................................................161
Classes of configuration files.............................................................................................161
Combining configuration files using INDEX entries................................................................164
Example configuration files................................................................................................166
Customizations based on the client hardware.......................................................................168
Customizations based on user selection...............................................................................169
Avoid archiving patch files ....................................................................................................170
Debugging configuration files.................................................................................................171
Using post-installation scripts..................................................................................................171
How the installation functions............................................................................................172
Adding a post-installation script.........................................................................................172
13 Automating installations.........................................................................174
Starting a non-interactive installation with bootsys.....................................................................174
Using a saved configuration...................................................................................................174
Specifying defaults in the config.local file.................................................................................175
Setting defaults with instl_adm................................................................................................175
Using the per-client configuration file.......................................................................................175
Scheduling installations.........................................................................................................177
Setting installation parameters dynamically..............................................................................177
Checking modified files for errors.......................................................................................179
14 Creating your own boot and installation media.........................................180
Why use custom boot and installation media?..........................................................................180
Building PA-RISC boot and installation tape..............................................................................180
Possible tape contents.......................................................................................................180
Logical interchange format...........................................................................................181
Archives and depots....................................................................................................182
Creating and modifying an archive configuration file for tape................................................182
Creating and Modifying a Serial Depot and its Configuration file for tape...............................183
PA-RISC installation tape creation example..........................................................................183
Assumptions...............................................................................................................183
Example PA-RISC installation tape creation.....................................................................184
Creating a boot CD/DVD or an installation DVD......................................................................185
Assumptions....................................................................................................................185
File and ISO image size considerations...............................................................................185
Boot and archive-based CD/DVDs.....................................................................................185
Boot CD/DVD examples..............................................................................................186
Create HP-UX 11i v3 bootable CD/DVD media for two-step media recovery...................186
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