How to boot from Ignite tape

[vz7r1x]

I have a down server (HP 9000) running HP-UX 11.00 version. We have ignite backup running for recovery as:
/opt/ignite/bin/make_recovery -A -C -v -d /dev/rmt/0mn 2>&1

Can you help?

[Berd]

If I understand correctly, you have a server down, and you are creating a bootable tape on another server.

If you want to boot from that tape you would interrupt the boot process and then select the tape device.

HTH Berd

[rmueller58]

When you reach the boot of the boot

at the GSP prompt do an SEA to search for the bootable device name, then
BO p#

[A. Clay Stephenson]

Insert the tape in the drive and power the machine on. Interrupt the normal boot process and issue a "SEA" (SEAarch) command from the firmware monitor. This may take a few minutes to complete. At some point you will see a Sequential device that matches your tape drive. Let's pretend that it is "P5".
Enter "BOOT P5"
Interact with ISL/IPL? N

[rmueller58]

Oops,

When you reach the point your system asks for you to interrupt or continue the boot, hit the space bar to interupt boot.

Then SEA - to search for bootable devices

then BO p# to boot from the tape ( you will need to know what the device is designated)

[Torsten.]

Hi,

stop the boot process and do

Main Menu: Enter command or menu > sea ipl
example:

P1 0/0/2/1.2 media.2 Random access media
P2 0/12/0/0.1 Sequential access media

"Sequential access media" is the tape drive.

[vz7r1x]

Thanks for superb responses. I am confused about device name: /dev/rmt/0mn

Should I say BO /dev/rmt/0mn or do I get the device name from search results where it will list P1, P2 ...in the search output?

Regards,

[Berd · Accepted solution]

When you have done the search and found the sequential device issuse a BO P2, or whatever number the tape device is.

Berd

[A. Clay Stephenson]

You are MUCH too early in the boot process for /dev/rmt/0mn to mean anything to the machine. It hasn't associated /dev/xxx with a hardware path (for that matter) /dev, /, or /stand have no meaning at this point.

Do the SEA and look for the sequential access devices. Hopefully you will not have that many to choose from. In the worse case, if you can't identify the particular tape drive then try "BOOT P5", "BOOT P8" ... until one of the P's corresponds to the drive with the Ignite media.

In the future, do an "ioscan -fn | lp" and file that output along with your Ignite media so that you know which hardware path corresponds to the selected tape drive.

[vz7r1x]

Worked for me. Thanks for all the suggestions.