Ignite backup from Data Protector

[dinlok]

Hi Seniors,

Pleas advice how to take ignite backup of HP-UX Server from HP-Data Protector.Its a Cluster envirment SAN EVA3.

[Christian Tremblay]

Ignite and Data Protector are 2 different things.

To make an ignite bootable recovery tape use make_tape_recovery

for more info man make_tape_recovery

You should only include vg00 in your recovery tape. The rest of your VGs should be backed up with data protector.

Chris

[siva0123]

Dinlok,

Check this thread.

http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=221502&admit=-682735245+1163771747025+28353475

Thnaks,
Siva

[siva0123]

Dinlok , ignore by earlier pst , it deals with something else.


Thanks,
siva

[nishith]

hi dinlok,

It is NOT possible to take ignite backup of HP-UX server using Data Protector. Ignite backups are recovery tapes used during HP-UX OS crash.

Technically speaking you HP data protector(DP) cannot access the hosts until the DP agent is installed in that host.
when the OS is crashed there is no question of any DP agent on it.

Ignite backups are taken on tapes using the command "make_tape_recovery".
#make_tape_recovery -x inc_entire=vg00

Ignite backup first copies the LIF from boot disk to tape & then does a tar of filesystems (based on your command option).You can also retrieve individual files using tar command. (refer man pages).
you can also use "make_net_recovery" to create "golden image" on any host in the network.

It is best practise to take only vg00 in your ignite & other data backup using normal unix backup commands like tar,fbackup or you can use Data protector.

hope this info is helpful.

regds,
nishith.

[jitendra_8]

Hi Dinlok
Nishith is crrect.But if you have a tape library, sitting on SAN,you can use it as your backup device..just do ioscan ..find the drive and with make_tape_recovery cmd pass its H/W path..

cheers..
jeet

[Steven E. Protter]

jitendra, unless that tape backup device is directly connected to the server it is not likely to work as an Ignite restore device.

SEP

[Vasu Viswanadha]

Hi,

Installing a DP agent is just running a script file locally.

With Ignite-UX, you can customize /add the scripts, for the way the tape is created.

I think it is pretty is to customize a recovery tape which will allow installation of DP automatically. This is my wild guess, though I didn't try it ever.

BR

Vasu

[MarkSyder]

DP is best installed by the DP server. Ignite should only be used for system recovery.

Mark Syder (like the drink but spelt different)