Ignite Backup issues.

[jaivinder]

Hi all,

I am having problem regarding Ignite UX. I am having a rx 2620 server and connected to external storage . And i am having two VG's spread over one disk.I want to take the full ignite backup of system including the vg00, vg01 & vg_rac.First of all can i take it and restore it on the same system. I also want to restore this backup on the other system . Please help regarding it.

Thanks in advance.

[MarkSyder]

ignite is solely to bring the system back to a bootable state in a disaster. You need a different product, such as fbackup or data protector, for vg01.

Mark Syder (like the drink but spelt different)

[jaivinder]

Hi I am having concern

1.Can i take full backup of the system i.e backup of the all vg's including vg01 and vg_rac

2.Can i restore the same backup on some other system or on the same setup

[Redhat]

Yes you can do the entire backup and restore by using the following pattern.

make_tape_recovery -a /dev/rmt/0mn -x inc_entire=vg00 -x inc_entire=vg01 â v

But ignige backup is meant for os backup you should go for some other backup solution for your data/application backup.

[jaivinder]

I am having problem with ignite as the backup of vg i am trying to take is spred over two disks.and i am using the command

#make_tape_recovery -x inc_entire=vg00 -x inc_entire=vg_rac -I -v -a /dev/rmt/0mn

Please see the attached log file for more information.

[Torsten.]

Your config does NOT looks so good!

You used the partition 3 and 2 for different VGs.

I'm not sure if this is working, but I doubt if this is supported. This may be the root of the problem too.

Your current config:

vg00
/dev/dsk/c2t0d0s2 - OK

vg_rac
/dev/dsk/c5t2d0s3
/dev/dsk/c5t1d0

vg01
/dev/dsk/c5t2d0s2


But maybe the probem is more simple and you should check for space and write permissions only, because of

"/var/opt/ignite/recovery/2007-09-14,18:27/system_cfg vg00
ERROR: /opt/ignite/bin/save_config failed"

[jaivinder]

The logfile is not complete as this logfile is onlt till the list of vg's included into the ignite archive tape.

[Torsten.]

How about a complete log file?

[Bill Hassell · Accepted solution]

Ignite use cpio or pax for file backups, both of which are useless for large files (dozens of GB) and are extremely inefficient. Use fbackup for a full system backup of every file. You can restore all of part of the backup on any other HP-UX system. fbackup handles any size file and will keep a modern tape drive running at full speed. Here are some details:

Contents of the config-file:
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blocksperrecord 4096
records 64
checkpointfreq 4096
readerprocesses 6
maxretries 5
retrylimit 5000000
maxvoluses 200
filesperfsm 2000

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Example for a complete backup starting at / (root):

fbackup -i / -v -c config-file -f /dev/rmt/0m

Display the tape header with dates:

frecover -V - -f /dev/rmt/0m

Display the table of contents:

frecover -I - -f /dev/rmt/0m