"Stand Alone Backup" on ALPHA V7.3

[Chaim Budnick]

I have to backup/image a system disk at one of our customers. I am not certain that I will have the CD from which to boot. In that case I will need to boot from the system disk. I know that ALPHA V7.3 no longer has the OLD SAB, but I I recall there is a way to do this by booting with a parameter and then executing several commands.

I would appreciate it if someone could post the "manual" procedure" of what I must do.

Thanks,

Chaim

[Antoniov.]

Chaim,
here there is the HP support about SAB
http://h71000.www7.hp.com/wizard/wiz_6651.html
You need VMS CD-ROM to make boot.

Antonio Vigliotti

[Bojan Nemec]

Hi,

You can build a minimal system on a data disk using the old sys$update:stabackit.com which will redirect you to SYS$SYSTEM:AXPVMS$PCSI_INSTALL_MIN.COM.

The target disk must be mounted private (MOUNT/OVER=ID).

Bojan

[Chaim Budnick]

Isn't there a boot command something like

B -P1 (0,1)

I don't remember exactly and also how to continue after the boot

Chaim

[Ian Miller.]

Note that AXPVMS$PCSI_INSTALL_MIN will create a bootable system disk which needs to be booted from SYSE. i.e at the console prompt.

>>> boot -flags e,0 DEVICENAME

[Ian Miller. · Accepted solution]

are you referring to performing a minimum boot parhaps where the layered products etc are not started?

(assumeing sys0)
>>> boot -flags 0,1
SYSBOOT> SET STATRUP_P1 "MIN"
SYSBOOT> SET WRITESYSPARAMS 0
SYSBOOT> CONTINUE

After the system has booted you may have to

$ MCR SYSMAN IO AUTOCONFIG ALL

to get the devices, such as tape drive, you need for your backup.

This procedure is not the same as standalone backup as your are still running from the disk you are backing up. It does ensure less files are open but some will still be.

[Antoniov.]

Chaim,
If I understand you want make boot standalone to make SAB but you need standalone root, that was SYSE; command is
B -flag E,0
You can make standalone media as posted in my link and as Bojan hinted you.

Then on new AXP you can make conversional bootstrap typing
B -flag 0,1

Antonio Vigliotti

[Bojan Nemec]

Hi,

If you build the system with the previous procedure (SYS$SYSTEM:AXPVMS$PCSI_INSTALL_MIN.COM or sys$update:stabackit.com - I use this because I cant remember the first name ;) just follow the instructions. It will instruct you also how to boot.

The boot is:
boot -flags E,0 BOOTDEV

Bojan

[Dima Bessonov]

Folks,

I might have a brain lapse but the author asked about Alphas. There was never a standalone backup on Alpha, to my (limited) knowledge. Booting from a distribution CD and going to DCL - no problem, but standalone backup?! And why "-flags E,0" if the CD will boot from SYS0 equally well?

[Ian Miller.]

Dimitry, the -flags e,0 was when a minimal VMS system had been created on another disk.