topic Re: make_sys_image doesn't take flist in Operating System - HP-UX

make_sys_image doesn't take flist

Eric Lam — Mon, 04 Oct 2004 21:34:23 GMT

hi,

I tried to create a system backup (only VG00) to a local disk and I used the following command:

make_sys_image -d /SYSBACK -s local -l 1 -c n -g /var/opt/ignite/recovery/2004-10-04,10:40/flist

But make_sys_image didn't take the option -g and read the file flist, it would backup the whole system instead of only VG00. Does anyone know why?

I were using ignite version 3 and upgraded to version 5.4.5 but the problem still occurred. Hopefully someone could help.

Re: make_sys_image doesn't take flist

bhavin asokan — Tue, 05 Oct 2004 03:17:53 GMT

hi,

how you have created the flist file. man page of make_sys_image says that it should be created by /opt/ignite/lbin/list_expander
command.

-g file_list The indicated file contains a list of files to be
archived. This list should be generated by a call
to the list_expander command. The file can either
have just the name of the file or directory or it
can have a full line of information in the form
of: [] [ mod> []]

regds,

Re: make_sys_image doesn't take flist

Eric Lam — Tue, 05 Oct 2004 03:48:50 GMT

Hi,

I created the flist by using the following command:

make_tape_recovery -I -x inc_entire=vg00 -p

Do you how can I create the flist by using command /opt/ignite/lbin/list_expander? No man page for it.

Thanks.

Re: make_sys_image doesn't take flist

Borislav Perkov — Tue, 05 Oct 2004 05:48:58 GMT

Hi Eric,

Here is the answer of your last question:

Yucan do it with -l option and pipeline it to file. Anywhere you can find it just typeing the following command to find all option of list_expander command:

# /opt/ignite/lbin/list_expander -help

Regards,
Borislav

Re: make_sys_image doesn't take flist

Michael Roberts_3 — Tue, 05 Oct 2004 11:47:34 GMT

put '-R' ( no arguments ) on the make_sys_image command line to indicate that it is in "recovery" mode. Like:
make_sys_image -d /SYSBACK -s local -l 1 -c n -R -g /var/opt/ignite/recovery/2004-10-04,10:40/flist

Re: make_sys_image doesn't take flist

Prashant Zanwar_4 — Tue, 05 Oct 2004 12:58:46 GMT

I have tried this in preview mode and it's working for me. the destination directory has to exist according to me. I have Ignite-UX version B.5.4.50. I have also used the flist file created by make_tape_recovery command. Preview works fine.

Hope it helps
Thanks
Prashant

Re: make_sys_image doesn't take flist

Eric Lam — Wed, 06 Oct 2004 02:08:17 GMT

Thanks Michael,

It works once I put -R to the command. But howcome the man page didn't mention this option? Funny.

Re: make_sys_image doesn't take flist

Eric Lam — Wed, 06 Oct 2004 02:10:04 GMT

The problem solved by I put -R to make_sys_image command.