Copy Util Problem

[sumedha_1]

Hi,

I wanted to take a disk image using copy util which i have the Media which is a burnt copy and not the orig

We have 3 Scsi HDD on that machine and when i used to boot the Copy Util CD using ISL and without ISL and when gave the command it detetcts only the Tape and the CD-Rom drive and no other Media.

Obvi without which i can not give the command to dump the images of the respective drives to tape.

Has anybody faced the problem and how to get over this problem.

Waiting for a reply,
Sumedha

[Santosh Nair_1]

This isn't directly related, but why not use make_recovery (now called make_tape_recovery) utility instead. Its part of Ignite-UX freely available from HP. It much more flexible than copyutil.

-Santosh

[Jeff Machols]

Have you tried using the dump command? This is a good tool to copy images, it looks like this

dd if=infile of=outfile

you can just put the device file names in here

ex:
dd if=/dev/dsk/c1t0d1 of=/dev/rdsk/c0t1d1

or whatever your device names are. When using a hard disk, make sure you use the raw device, it goes much faster

[Deshpande Prashant]

Hi
If your aim is to prepare an emergency disk, you may consider the Ignite-Ux approach, using make_tape_recovery. Ignite also helps in deployment on multiple servers.

Thanks
Prashant.

[melvyn burnard]

copyutil was not intended for the use you are trying to put it to.
It is also probably too old to have the knowledge of your newer drives/interfaces, and thus will not show these discs.
The free Ignite/UX utililty available at http://www.software.hp.com is the recommended way to go.