Using Ignite-UX for Installation and Recovery

Once you have an Ignite-UX server installed and configured for your environment, it can help you solve many common installation and recovery problems.

One-Step Installation

Once you configure a system with a common configuration you want replicated to other systems, use Ignite-UX to either manually or automatically install each client system. This common configuration can include any supported HP-UX 11i operating system, and you can add any required patches and applications. This configuration can be bundled into a golden image on the Ignite-UX server or any system in your environment. You can also copy software from an Ignite-UX server and install the client locally. These processes are explained in the chapters that follow.

Reinstall HP-UX Quickly

You can quickly reinstall the operating system on an existing system from a golden image or SD depots. See Chapter 9: “Golden Images” for details.

Scanning a System

With Ignite-UX you can easily scan one system or all systems in your environment to see what hardware is present, how the disks are used, what kernel modifications have been made and what software has been installed. See Chapter 8: “Booting and Installing HP-UX on Clients Using the Server” for details.

Automating Installations

Using the Ignite-UX configuration files enables you to completely automate the operating system installation process on any systems in your environment, as explained in Chapter 11: “Automating Installations”.

Quick System Recovery

In addition to using golden images for initial installations, you can create recovery images on tape (access from a drive on the client) or on any system in your environment (access using the network). See Chapter 13: “Recovery Methods” for details.