Ignite backups on server which does not have local tape

[Anand Sreenivasan]

Hello,
I am trying to run make_net_recovery on 5 of my HP-UX boxes which does not have local tape drive. I am running make_net_recovery on all these servers to point to one HP server which has local tape drive. The idea , I have is to run the make_net_recovery to this Ignite HP-UX server and then run make_tape_recovery on that server. What else do I need to run on the clients except make_net_recovery. Will these work in case of Disaster... Thanks for any help in this..

[Geoff Wild · Accepted solution]

As long as your ignite server is backed up, then you can restore over the network without the tape drive to the 5 HPUX servers...

Rgds...Geoff

[MarkSyder]

Geoff's answer is perfectly correct, but it may be worth your while knowing that you can create a bootable tape from a network ignite backup. This is only really of any use if you have a spare tape drive you can attach to one of the boxes when you need to recover it.

Mark Syder (like the drink but spelt different)

[Jayasuntar]

Dear Anand,

If all your servers are PA-RISC servers, then nothing else required other than configuring ignite ux server, and periodically take make_net_recovery for the clients.

And take make_tape_recovery for ignite ux server with include_entire=vg00 option. Make sure that all your client images are there in the vg00.

If it is IA servers, then you need to use either bootpd or install_bootd method.

All the best.
Jay

[Anand Sreenivasan]

Thanks a lot guys for the quick response as usual. I will make sure that I will run my make_tape_recovery to include vg00. Thanks again for the help.