Error on Make Tape Recovery

[sys_adm]

I have encountered an error while performing make_recovery on my HP server running on HP-UX 11.00. The error messages as follows:-

Invoking instl_adm -T
Creating boot LIF
make_recovery(466): Call to /opt/ignite/bin/make_medialif failed.
Check the /var/opt/ignite/logs/makrec.log1 file.
Cleanup

Attached herewith the file of /var/opt/ignite/logs/makrec.log1 for the reference.

Thanks for your help.

Regards

[Warren_9]

how many free space in your /var?
I think it need to have around 50M free space for ignite

[Devesh Pant_1]

Hi sys adm,
You are short of spce in the /var/tmp
check out amke sure that you have enough space for the operation.

thanks
Devesh

[Devesh Pant_1]

Check out this one on how to determine the
temporary LIF volume space requirements beforehand

http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=903569

[Devesh Pant_1]

Hi sys adm,
ignore the suggestions that point to space requirements in /var

It is the patch that you need to apply

11.00: PHSS_27407
11.11: PHSS_27406

You should be all set after that

hope you will not have to increase the /var size

thanks
Devesh

[Ermin Borovac]

If you find there is enough free space on /var, then check your version of Ignite. This error was seen in Ignite version B.3.7.95. It can be fixed by installing PHSS_27407 (11.00 Ignite-UX make_medialif patch).

Having said that I think you should look into upgrading Ignite-UX to a newer version. B.3.7.95 is way too old.

Symptoms:
PHSS_27407:
JAGae31512:
The make_tape_recovery, make_recovery, and make_medialif
commands may fail with the messages "no space on the LIF
volume" and "lifcp SYSCMDS failed, probable insufficient
size for /var/tmp/uxinstlf.recovery".

Defect Description:
PHSS_27407:
JAGae31512:
The space allocation for the LIF volume was too small to
accommodate growth of the install kernels. The size of
the LIF volume was increased.