Ignite Backup warning

[SANTOSH S. MHASKAR]

Hi ,

Recently I installed ESSUTIL for HPUX package from IBM to access details of LUNS created in IBM ESS800 SAN Storage. After that in /etc/lvmtab
all the main and alternet pv paths r replaced by vpaths

# strings /etc/lvmtab
/dev/vg00
/dev/dsk/c2t0d0
/dev/dsk/c2t1d0
/dev/vgdata
/dev/dsk/vpath3
/dev/dsk/vpath2

After that I took Ignite backup, it gave following warning

lssf: Don't know how to handle driver "vpath"

How to Oversome this warning?

Is my Ignite Backup valid and recoverable?

Thanks in advance.

-SAntosh Mhaskar

[Torsten.]

If you backup only vg00 (recommended), just ignore the warning.

Test your backup:

# mt -f /dev/rmt/?mn rew
# mt -f /dev/rmt/?mn fsf 1
# tar -tvf /dev/rmt/?mn

This should list the contents of the archive.

[d.yoman]

You can ignore this message. Just make sure that VG00 is backed up properly. If you have a standby server you may try and restore the ignite. Please understand one thing "a backup can not be considered as successful unless you actually restore it somewhere and recover the system". It is so because even after successful backup you may face problems while restoring the backup due to drive or media problems.

[florence mathon lermusi]

Hello Santosh,

vpath is used by SDD (IBM multi-pathing software), I don't know if this info is of any help...

regards,

Fl