root partition to be increased

[R.K. #]

No need of -b option here

You can use..

# make_tape_recovery -x inc_entire=vg00 -I -a /dev/tape_device_name
The above command includes the complete vg00 for backup

-I (upper case i) : Causes the system recovery process to be interactive when booting from the tape. By default, when the systems boots from the recovery tape, it will allow ten (10) seconds to interrupt the automatic recovery process in order to make modifications interactively.

[Kanagaraj]

Fizan,

You can store boot image files on Tape or Ignite server.

Simply take OS full backup of the server on Tape by following command make_tape_recoevery -A -I -v -x inc_entire=vg00 -a /dev/rmt/0mn(This is tape drive path)

you can check the path of the tape drive,

ioscan -fnC tape

once completed backup.

restore the ignite backp by booting the server from Tape drive and select hpux installation and advanced option. Then you can increase root / file system partion size from file system tap.