How to take ignite backup

[sakthi_disk]

Hi everyboday,

I am new in HP-UX can anybody guide me how to take ignite backup from HP-UX 11i  ver3 on rx2660 server and how much space require for ignite backup.

[Torsten.]

Do you want to take the backup to tape or to ignite server?

However, manuals are on http://www.hp.com/go/ignite-UX

Please answer the question first.

[Dennis Handly]

>how much space require for ignite backup.

Hopefully you are only backing up vg00 and not all of the user data filesystems.

[pradeep m]

I would recommend you to use HP Ignite-UX Guided Troubleshooting from the below web link to know about most common Ignite-UX Configurations.

This guide has the configuration steps to configure Ignite-UX server, Network and tape backup/recovery

HP Ignite-UX - Guided Troubleshooting

[sakthi_disk]

Sorry for the delay,

Thanks for your reply,

I would like to take ignite backup on the same machine.

Please guide me how to do that.

[Torsten.]

So you need a tape drive, do you already have one?

[vishnu.khandare]

Hi,

As posted earlier also by others there are two options to take Ignite one is on tape and other is on Network that will land on Ignite server.

By Ignite u can take backup of vg00 which can be restored in case ur OS got crashed.

U cannot take Ignite of one server on same server, as its creates the copy of VG00. U need to connect tape drive to same server or in network then only u can take Ignite of the server.

Hope this clear ur query.

Vishnu Khandare

[Torsten.]

>> U cannot take Ignite of one server on same server, as its creates the copy of VG00

It might be possible, but what to do with it?

How to restore?

Burn a lot of DVDs each time?

Better to use a tape!

[vishnu.khandare]

Taking Ignite of same server on same server will be useless. 

That cant be used is system gets crashed.

Regards

Vishnu Khandare