view contents of recovery tape

[Sprint Unix Team]

I do make_recovery -A . when its done how do i view the contents of the tape..

[Sanjay_6]

Hi,

Try,

# mt -t /dev/rmt/0mn fsf 1
This will jump over the boot part
# tar -tvf /dev/rmt/0m filename > /tmp/a.lst
Will list the contents into the lst file

Hope this helps.

Regds

[Sprint Unix Team]

I have another question. When the make_recovery is initiated. where do i see the log files for this session???

[Sanjay_6]

Hi,

Here is a thread from ITRC on verifying the contents of a make_recovery archive.

http://us-support.external.hp.com/cki/bin/doc.pl/sid=d88b4040106ad2693c/screen=ckiDisplayDocument?docId=200000055269944

Hope this helps.

regds

[James R. Ferguson]

Hi:

# mt -t /dev/rmt/0mn fsf 1
# tar -tvf /dev/rmt/0m

Regards!

...JRF...

[Sanjay_6]

Hi,

Here is a list for log file.

make_recovery: /var/opt/ignite/logs/makrec.log1 (progress and error log)
/var/opt/ignite/logs/makrec.log2 (archive content log)
/var/opt/ignite/local/install.log (tape restoration log)
make_tape_recovery: recovery.log (progress and error log)
flist (archive content log)
/var/opt/ignite/local/install.log (tape restoration log)
If executed locally, the recovery.log and flist logs will be located in /var/opt/ignite/recovery/. If executed remotely via the Ignite server GUI, these logs will be located on the server in /var/opt/ignite/clients/0x{LLA}/recovery/

Hope this helps.

Regds

[James R. Ferguson]

Hi (again):

You should upgrade to the lastest Ignite software and use 'make_tape_recovery' instead of the older, lest robust 'make_recovery'.

To create a tape archive for all of vg00.

# make_tape_recovery -x inc_entire=vg00 -I -v -a /dev/rmt/0mn

Don't confuse the '-i' option of the old 'make_recovery' with the '-i' option of its replacement, 'make_tape_recovery'. The '-I' option of make_tape_recovery is the *same* as the '-i' option of make_recovery. '-I' means cause the Ignite process to be interactive when booting from tape.

The directory '/var/opt/ignite/recovery/latest' contains the files for the "latest" Ignite session with the new software.

Go here to get the latest documentation and software:

http://www.software.hp.com/products/IUX/index.html

Regards!

...JRF...