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Restore specified files from Ignite

Hakki Aydin Ucar — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 08:25:16 GMT

As far as I can see it seems not possible, but is there any way to restore any files OR single file without rebooting server ?
I lost Xmanager license file and just I need it.
My server HP-UX 11iv1

Regards,

Re: Restore specified files from Ignite

Michal Kapalka (mikap) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 08:33:50 GMT

hi,

yes it is possible.

what type of ignite do you have ??? tape/server

more on this link :

http://forums11.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=1373017

mikap

Re: Restore specified files from Ignite

Hakki Aydin Ucar — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 08:42:02 GMT

>Mikap:what type of ignite do you have ??? tape/server

tape

I will check recommended link out

Re: Restore specified files from Ignite

Torsten. — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 08:42:59 GMT

Is it stored on tape or server; made on HP9000 or Integrity?

Re: Restore specified files from Ignite

Hakki Aydin Ucar — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 08:51:08 GMT

>Torsten:Is it stored on tape or server; made on HP9000 or Integrity?

tape
HP9000

Re: Restore specified files from Ignite

Torsten. — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 09:01:48 GMT

The image is a tar archive, use

# mt -f /dev/rmt/_mn rew
# mt -f /dev/rmt/_mn fsf 1
# tar -tvf /dev/rmt/_mn

Re: Restore specified files from Ignite

Hakki Aydin Ucar — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 11:42:57 GMT

If I just need to see list , can I do it with as

tar bla ..bla .. > /tmp/list.ignite

Re: Restore specified files from Ignite

R.K. # — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 11:49:52 GMT

Hi Hakki,

From Ignite Tape:
(1) mt -f /dev/rmt/0mn rew
(2) mt -f /dev/rmt/0mn fsf 1
(3) tar xvf /dev/rmt/0mn etc/lvmtab

Note that you have specify full path to your directory without the first '/' as ignite backs up the contents relative to /.

To see contents:
#tar tvf

Regds..

Re: Restore specified files from Ignite

Viveki — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:04:28 GMT

Hi

You need to give fsf 22 instead of 1 if you are using a tape made of Itanium servers.

Re: Restore specified files from Ignite

Suraj K Sankari — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:11:17 GMT

Hi,

>>If I just need to see list , can I do it with as tar bla ..bla

From tar file you can see the file listing with "tar -tvf file.tar"

Suraj

Re: Restore specified files from Ignite

Hakki Aydin Ucar — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:23:38 GMT

>Viveki:You need to give fsf 22 instead of 1 if you are using a tape made of Itanium

What does fsf exactly mean ? man pages says forwarding count file number but you say use 22 for integritiy , what exactly does it skip the first 22 files ??

Re: Restore specified files from Ignite

Tor-Arne Nostdal — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:28:01 GMT

The Ignite tape is a tape which contain a bootstrap + a dump of all your files from your vg00, stored in a tar-ball.

The suggestion is to use the command 'mt' magnetic tape and 'fsf 1' forward skip file ... which means to jump over the boot record, and position the tape for start reading from here.

This is why they also refere to a No-Rewind device /dev/rmt/0mn (or _mn where the _ is the number representing your tape device...)

mt -f /dev/{yourtapdev}n fsf 1
- worked great with PA-Risc, but apparently you need to jump 22 forward for Itanium (according to Viveki).

When this is done, the tape should be positioned where the tar-ball start.
Therefore you can issue the next command...
tar -tvf /dev/{yourtapdev}

Hope this explains it
/2r