Use recovery tape for new server and new MSA30

[BERTRAND_7]

Sorry for my english, it's not my native language

For one of our customer, to manange a great disaster, we set a new platform on a new site but with same hardware configuration : rx4640 + MSA30.

As the hardware is the same, I would like to use a recovery tape from the current productive system to be sure that we have the same software configuration at same patch level.
Could you confirm it is possible ?

Yet, connected to the host, we have also a brand new MSA30 disk bay.
Do I have to perform some operations (pvcreate, vgcreate, ...) for the filsystems on the disks to be usable or the tape recovery is enough ?

Final steps, will be to restore data from a standard tar tape.

Any recommendations is welcome.

[YAQUB_1 · Accepted solution]

Hi Bertrand,

>> As the hardware is the same, I would like to use a recovery tape from the current productive system to be sure that we have the same software configuration at same patch level. Could you confirm it is possible?

==> Yap, U does.


>> Yet, connected to the host, we have also a brand new MSA30 disk bay.
Do I have to perform some operations (pvcreate, vgcreate, ...) for the filsystems on the disks to be usable or the tape recovery is enough ?

==> MSA30 storage is different process, U executes below command & sends the status:-
# /opt/raidsa/bin/saconfig /dev/ciss6

Thanks--Yaqub
HP Support!!!

[Asif Sharif]

Hi BERTRAND,

Your first scenario is possible with Ignite tape backup if hardware is the same.

But in 2nd scenario as Mr.Yaqub asked please send the output.

Regards,
Asif Sharif

[BERTRAND_7]

Hi

I can not provide the ouput from the saconfig command yet.
I'm still waiting for the recovery tape from my customer.

I'll come back to you in the next fee days


Bruno

[YAQUB_1]

Ok, I will wait Ur next response.

Thanks--Yaqub
HP Support!!!