Make boot tape and append a full tar to it

[Peter Roege]

Hello

Does anu one have a recipie HOWTO make bootable tape ( Ignite medialif ) and append a full tar archive to that tape for a recovery.

Reason is for to make a fullback on a ingres database server while it shutdown and recover
and i donnt have ignite on the ingres box

Peter Røge SIEMENS Denmar

[Steven E. Protter]

Then install Ignite on the Ingres box.

Ignite is the tool designed to do this job. Its not that big.

To fully accomplish the goal is a two step process:

make_tape_recovery
some other kind of backup that can capture the data.

The tool that Ignite uses is make_sys_image

You may be able to use this utility to create a bootable tape. I think its a chicken/egg issue. You may need ignite to get make_sys_image

SEP

[Steven E. Protter]

Ignite is free btw.

http://software.hp.com/portal/swdepot/displayProductInfo.do?productNumber=IGNITEUXB

I assumed you know that. To avoid becoming the first three letters of the word, i try not to assume anything.

Good Luck.

SEP

[Ivajlo Yanakiev]

Yes it can be :)
Use inginte and create lif
after that make you archive.

Ignite create lif and save it on FS after that it cp to tape.

but any way, :)) Why you want to do it manualy ?

P.S. Lif must be first file

[Peter Roege]

First i donnt want to instal ignite on ingres box
Second the reason is that i have to run the ingres box down in singeluser mode to have a complete backuptape.

So the ide was to append that tar archive on boottape and do a recovery on a second box

I know that this is done by other people i SIEMENS germany but i donnt know the recipie

thanks again to your replyes

Peter

[Pete Randall]

That's exactly what Ignite does. It loads the boot files onto the tape and then appends a pax archive onto it. You could do the same thing manually but I don't see the point.


Pete

[Ivajlo Yanakiev]

OK :) I see your problem :))
You want ot do cold backup :))
That is your way.
Install ignite. It is free nad small.
make boot tape using command make_tape_recovery. It will store all Vg00.
After that remove tape and when you have time just make cold backup on your system.

when you need recover:
boot from ignite tape and
restore VG00 that will give you tools to restore from from secound tape.

also if you use mt command you can use only 1 tape.