topic Re: bootable backup in Operating System - HP-UX

bootable backup

Edwin Van de bunt — Mon, 28 Feb 2000 05:00:11 GMT

How can I make a bootable backup of a HP-UX 10.20 system if I don't have a DDS
tapedrive but a DLT-drive which is connected on a PCI SCSI-card.

Re: bootable backup

Steve White_8 — Mon, 28 Feb 2000 06:17:57 GMT

Hi,

I would go and download Ignite/UX from the HP web site. Once this product is
installed you use the make_recovery -A (This will assume that the tape driver
is /dev/rmt/0m)

This will give you a basic operating system on the server, then you would be
capable of doing a full restore.

You can verify the tape mt -t /dev/rmt/0mn fsf 1
tar tvf /dev/rmt/0m

This does not guarantee that the tape will work but it should give you a good
idea. I tried this approach and it worked fine.

Re: bootable backup

David Bacon_4 — Thu, 02 Mar 2000 06:46:41 GMT

Hi,

You cannot boot from DLT tape drives at this point.
I would still get a make_recovery on to the DLT drive, then setup a small bootp
server on another HP machine and use the DLT to recover.

Otherwise, spring the cash for a DDS drive. It is worth every penney.

Good luck