Managing Software with Ignite-UX (H1978S)

COURSE OVERVIEW

This course enables 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.

AUDIENCE

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

PREREQUISITES

• HP-UX System and Network Administration I (H3064S) and HP-UX System and Network Administration II (H3065S) or
• HP-UX System Administration for Experienced UNIX Administrators (H5875S) or
• Equivalent experience

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 (H3541S)

DETAILED COURSE OUTLINE

Ignite-UX Overview

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

Installing and Configuring an Ignite-UX Server

• Ignite-UX software
• Booting IP addresses
• Make core depot and 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?
• Creating the golden image
• make_sys_image flow
• Creating the configuration file for a golden system
• 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 as a software selection
• Automatically loading software
• Controlling the software load order
• File recap

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 and 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

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For whom it is intended:

• Solution architect
• System administrator
• System architect