HP-UX 11i v2 Itanium make_net_recovery info

[Davide Depaoli_3]

Hello,
my customer has two rx2620 and he is new to hp-ux. He has used aix and tru64.
His question is how to make a system image like aix mksysb or tru64 dump.
In hp-ux I know make_tape|net_recovery, but the problem is that the rx2620 hasn't any tape directly connected and there are any other hp-ux servers on the network.

My dubt are following:

1) if I connect an usb dat drive, I can be able to a make_tape_recovery on it

2) is possible to write do cd/dvd the image created by make_net_recovery ? If yes, which operating system must to use to do that (only another hp-ux, or also linux/windows) ?

3) are there any other ways to create a system image ?

thanks in advance
kind regards
Davide

[Patrick Wallek · Accepted solution]

1) Not likely. HP does not support any USB devices on HP-UX other than keyboard and mouse (at least as far as I know)

2) If you create a make_net_recovery you can convert it to DVD. BUT Ignite only runs on HP-UX, so you need another HP-UX machine to act as an Ignite server.

3) Not easily.

[Pete Randall]

1) Yes

2) Yes, you can make a cd/dvd out of a make_net_recovery image:

http://www.docs.hp.com/en/B2355-90997/ch10.html

3) Not really


Pete

[Vasu Viswanadha]

Hi All,

If we have another system with NFS enabled ( Solaris / Linux / Wintel ), can't we build the archive on the same ?

BR

Vasu

[Bob Ingersoll]

Pete,

Regarding your answer to the first question, where is support for a USB dat drive documented/described? Does this include boot support?

Thanks!

[Davide Depaoli_3]

customer has done make_net_recovery on another server (not burned on dvd)