Ignite-UX

Course overview

This course will enable you to configure and use Ignite-UX to quickly and easily upgrade, re-deploy, or install HP-UX on multiple systems. This 3-day course is 50 percent lecture and 50 percent hands-on labs using HP servers.

Prerequisites

• HP-UX system and network administration I (H3064S) and HP-UX system and network administration II (H3065S) or
• HP-UX for experienced UNIX system administrators (H5875S) or
• Equivalent experience

Audience

HP-UX system administrators and deployment architects responsible for managing multiple systems

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Course objectives

At the conclusion of this course you should be able to:

• Use Ignite-UX for quick and easy initial installation of one or multiple systems
• Customize configurations to meet your company's specific business needs
• Know the key steps to configuring your system files for efficient operation
• Create a golden image
• Develop post-installation scripts
• Perform system recovery
• Load and deploy software patches
• Add logic control to configuration files

Benefits to you

Learn to use HP Ignite-UX most effectively to keep your software up to date, maintain version consistency, and reduce downtime and system problems

Next Steps

• HP Serviceguard I (H6487S)
• HP-UX Performance and Tuning (H4262S)
• HP-UX Troubleshooting (H4264S)
• HP-UX Security I (H3541S)
• Inside the HP-UX Operating system (H5081S)

Course outline

Ignite-UX overview

• Basic use models for Ignite-UX
• Minimum Ignite-UX requirements
• Graphical user interface
• Ignite-UX client configuration
• Ignite-UX configuration files
• Ignite-UX INDEX file

Installing and configuring an Ignite-UX Server

• Ignite-UX software
• Booting IP addresses
• Make core depot software available
• Make archive software available
• Server configuration options
• Session options
• Booting the target

Behind the scenes with Ignite-UX

• Network source installation
• Ignite and client communication
• Push install- bootsys
• Using bootsys

Configuration file basics

• INDEX file structure
• Disk layout configuration file
• Configuration file for a software depot
• Configuration file for an archive
• /var/opt/ignite/config.local
• Client-specific configuration file
• Save_config
• Creating a custom configuration with the user interface

Creating a Golden Image

• How do I make a Golden System?
• Using make_sys_image
• Creating the Golden Image
• Make_sys_image flow
• Customizing the post-load script
• Creating an INDEX clause
• Recommended strategy

Loading additional software with Ignite-UX

• Adding additional software from a depot
• Adding software from a non-core archive
• Kernel modifications a software selection
• Automatically loading software
• Controlling the software load order
• Tasks performed

Adding logic to your configuration files

• Decisions based on the target machine
• Decisions based on the software selections
• Kernel Modifications as a Software Selection
• Controlling the Software Load Order

Ignite-UX execution hooks

• Where to place hooks
• Scripts defined in the INDEX file
• Hints on creating scripts

Loading patches with Ignite-UX

• Loading patches from a core depot
• Loading patches from a patch depot
• Installing downloaded patches
• Loading patches as a post_config_cmd

System recovery with Ignite-UX

• System recovery choices
• Make_tape_recovery tool
• Creating the Archive from the IUX Server
• Creating a Tape for Interactive Restore
• System Recovery Options
• Booting the recovery tape

Creating Custom Install Media

• Install media
• Creating an install DVD
• Assembling the custom DVD
• Contents of an install tape
• LIF header
• Install archives
• Assembling the Tape