topic Re: Ignite Backup in Operating System - HP-UX

Ignite Backup

YogeshBate — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 14:21:33 GMT

Hi
We have HP Unix HP-UX 11i v2 (HP-UX 11.23) installed. we need to schedule the backup activity for maintaiance.
There is base machine server HOSTSERVER05 and two virtual machine VMSERVER07 & VMSERVER08 for whcih need to exceute the backup
could some help me in giving complete step by step command to excute these backup

VMSERVER08 Ignite Backup Bootable Tape
VMSERVER08 File System Backup
VMSERVER07 Ignite Backup Bootable Tape
VMSERVER07 File System Backup
HOSTSERVER05 Ignite Backup Bootable Tape
HOSTSERVER05 File System Backup

Re: Ignite Backup

Pete Randall — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 14:30:11 GMT

Since you want to backup to tape, you will need to install Ignite on each server. Then you will need to run make_tape_recovery on each, like this:

make_tape_recovery -a /dev/rmt/0mn -I -x inc_entire=vg00

You will require a tape drive on each server because Ignite does not do networked tape drives. That will take care of your "Ignite Backup Bootable Tape" requirement.

For your File System Backup requirement, you would use whatever backup scheme you currently have - tar, fbackup, OmniBack/DP, whatever. Once again doing this on each server.

Pete

Re: Ignite Backup

YogeshBate — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 14:35:26 GMT

Hi

We have installed the software on all servers. Tape drive is directly conneted to Base Host Machine.
ie HOSTSERVER05.

Re: Ignite Backup

Pete Randall — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 14:39:42 GMT

Let me repeat myself:

"You will require a tape drive on each server because Ignite does not do networked tape drives."

Pete

Re: Ignite Backup

YogeshBate — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 14:43:44 GMT

Its not clear with you pete.
I do not have seperate machince for each server. there is only single server and other two are virtual machine created. so how do i connect seperate drives.

Re: Ignite Backup

Pete Randall — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 14:50:58 GMT

Virtual or physical, each machine requires its own local tape drive.

The only other way to accomplish this would be to make one machine an Ignite server and run Ignite's make_tape_recovery with the Ignite server holding the repositories. You can then dump those repositories to tape, making them bootable in the process.

This is all spelled out in the Ignite documentation. Maybe the documentation will be clearer to you.

Pete

Re: Ignite Backup

YogeshBate — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 15:16:38 GMT

Thanks for update

Can you forward lnk to me for system admin doc if possible.

Re: Ignite Backup

SoorajCleris — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 15:43:31 GMT

Hi

http://docs.hp.com/en/oshpux11i.html#Ignite-UX

Regards,
Sooraj

Re: Ignite Backup

YogeshBate — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 15:44:57 GMT

hi

Is ther any consolidated PDF for new users to learn HP unix

Re: Ignite Backup

irshad ali — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 11:21:46 GMT

hi Yogesh,

You can find all the documents about HPUX and servers on //docs.hp.com

Re: Ignite Backup

S.N.S — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 11:22:04 GMT

Hi Yogesh,

The Quick Start Guide would help:
http://docs.hp.com/en/5992-5230/5992-5230.pdf

HTH
SNS