Problem with Ignite

[Jose_129]

When I'm doing Ignite, display:
* /usr/sbin/vgexport -p -m /etc/lvmconf/vg10.mapfile /dev/vg10
vgexport: Volume group "/dev/vg10" is still active.

* Creating Control Configuration.
* Creating Archive File List
* Creating Archive Configuration

* /opt/ignite/bin/make_arch_config -c
/var/opt/ignite/recovery/2004-07-10,08:29/archive_cfg -g
/var/opt/ignite/recovery/2004-07-10,08:29/flist -n 2004-07-10,08:29 -r
64 -d Recovery\ Archive -t -i 1 -m t
* Saving the information about archive to
/var/opt/ignite/recovery/previews
* Creating The Tape Archive
338+0 records in
337+1 records out
I/O error
ERROR: /usr/bin/dd if=/var/tmp/uxinstlf.recovery of=/dev/rmt/1mn bs=2k failed
to write LIF onto tape.
ERROR: Failed to generate LIF on tape .


======= 07/10/04 08:40:49 SAT make_tape_recovery completed unsuccessfully
You have mail in /var/mail/root

Please, yours commet.

Regards,

Jose

[Jose_129]

Please, any news.

Regards,

JC

[Oved]

Hey,

Have u tried using another media ?
Down your tape work good doing other things ?

I have a tip that can help you:
Install an ignite server (if you don't have one already) and use make_net_recovery. It is much more convinient, and can help you backup all your systems to one server.

[Jose_129]

Hi Oved,

I used another media and FAILED.

# swlist | grep Ignite
B5725AA B.5.4.50 HP-UX Installation Utilities (Ignite-UX)
Ignite-UX-11-11 B.5.4.50 HP-UX Installation Utilities for Installing 11.11 Systems

If i use the command tar is succesfull, but with make_take_recovery -A -I -a /dev/rmt/1mn is FAILED.

Regards,

Jose

[Sridhar Bhaskarla]

Jose,

I would try couple of things.

1. Clean the tape drive even if the busy light is not yellow.

2. Run "mediainit /dev/rmt/1m" before running the make_tape_recovery command.

-Sri

[Oved]

Hey,

Make sure 2 things:
1. Check that there is enough space in /var/tmp.
2. Check if the lif file is still in /var/tmp. If not Make a bootable lif file youeself:
As root run the command
/opt/ignite/bin/make_medialif -f /var/opt/ignite/local/config.recovery

This places the bootable lif file in the default location:/var/opt/ignite/local/uxinstlf.recovery.
Check if the command succeeds, and if so
Then try to dd it manually, just for the check.

[Bharat Katkar]

Jose,
Also try once with another TAPE Catridge probably which you know that it is good one. Looks like a bad Tape to me.
Regards,

[Charles Holland]

Jose,
I agree with the sugestion that you make sure there is enough space in /var. Tried two times last week to make_tape_recover and /var was 91% full. It kept bombing out on trying to make the LIF file but the error reported made me think it was a problem with the tape.

Regards

[Jose_129]

With other Ultriun 230 i have ignite completed successfully.

[Charles Holland]

Jose,
How much available space do you have in /var? Less than on the other machines?
You might run the cleanup utility to see about removing superceeded patches. Do man cleanup for paramaters. After my problem last week I ran the cleanup with a c1 and then ignite worked fine. My /var went from 91% free to 48% free and ignite ran fine. You have to be comfortable with how many "superceeds" you are willing to remove.

Regards,