hpux11.11 system recovery

[chad_c]

hi. we recently installed hpux11.11 on our parisc server. we successfully backed up the system using make_net_recovery. can anyone shed some light on how to restore the system from the backup?

regards,
chad

[Steven E. Protter · Accepted solution]

Shalom,

Yes,

http://docs.hp.com/en/5991-6440/ch12s02.html

http://docs.hp.com/en/B2355-90772/ch11s09.html

SEP

[chad_c]

hi SEP.

thanks for the info. when running the command 'search lan install' we get no devices found. Can anyone shed some light on what to do?

regards,
chad

[DCE]

The issue is probably the LAN card you are using - Ignite will only recognize the original LAN card -So you have to use it, and not an add on card for the restore.

Also, since the Ignite image is MAC address based, you are better off using the same interface to create the Ignite image......

[chad_c]

the hpux11.11 server we made a backup of only has one nic card.

when attampting to restore the image, we enter boot lan.x.x.x.x install (where x.x.x.x is the server we restored our image to)

after entering the command, the system returns to the IPL main menu

can anyone advise on this ?

regards,
chad

[DCE]

Chad,

Is the Ignite server on the same LAN segment as the server you are attempting to restore?

If not, you will probably need to configure a boot helper.

[chad_c]

thanks for the reply.....the ignite server we backed up to is on a different network (156.24.x.x) than the box we backed up (10.5.x.x).

Since they are on different network, can anyone shed some light on how we configure a 'boot helper'?

regards,
chad

[DCE]

Appendix B of the user manual details how to set up a boot helper

http://docs.hp.com/en/B2355-90772/apb.html

[chad_c]

thanks DCE....

we are unclear on the following step

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Specify a temporary IP address for the helper. On the helper, in the /etc/opt/ignite/instl_boottab file, add the IP addresses that clients can use to boot. The remote subnet needs to have temporary IP addresses to use during an initial bootup. These are located in the /etc/opt/ignite/instl_boottab file, and were provided during the initial Ignite-UX server installation. But, the remote gateway systems cannot use these, so the boot-helper system must supply its own. Therefore create an /etc/opt/ignite/instl_boottab file on the boot-helper system containing lines of the following format. (See /etc/opt/ignite/instl_boottab on the Ignite-UX server for more details). For example:

15.1.53.180
15.1.53.181
15.1.53.182

can you shed some light on this?

regards,
chad

[DCE]

The boot helper system (which is on the same subnet as the server being ignited) needs to have a temporary address it can server out on the ignite server subnet.

So the entry in the instl_boottab file is nothing more than the entry point to the ignite server subnet.

[chad_c]

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