HPUX 8.0 Series 300 backup

[John Mai]

Hello,

I have an very old series 300 workstation with HPUX 8.0. I would like to backup the entire disk into a tape backup. How do I backup entire system into a tape and make the tape bootable just like "make_tape_recovery" in ignite?
Note: Due to various reasons, I don't want to upgrade HPUX 8.0

Thanks,

[melvyn burnard]

Wow! This is right out of the ark!
There is NO make_recovery for this version, but there used to be some command which I am struggling to remember.
I think it may have been something like mk_tape, but it has been a LONG time since I saw this.

Try doing a man -k recover and see if this helps, assuming you have set up the whatis database by doing man -w


Ouch! now my head hurts :-}

[Anil Sedha]

John,

You should try man mk_tape or try copying over the data using normal tar. You will atleast have a backup of your data.

use


tar -cvf * /dev/rmt0

you may similarly copy over filesystems important to you by replacing * with / or /stand or /opt whatever.

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[melvyn burnard]

Ah, my brain has just started functioning again as I have access to a 9.0 WS.
man mkrs

mkrs is MaKe Recovery System, which essentially makes a bootable tape, that will recoiver enough of your system back to disc to allow you to recover a full backup tape.
HTH