Ignite Backup - System Recovery

[Nikee Reddy]

Hello,

We have 2 K580 model servers at our site. Till today one of the K580 server named 'earth (HP-UX 11.0 64-bit)' is up and running fine with out any issues.

The other K580 server named 'jupiter' is down at the moment, due to no OS (HP-UX 11.0 64-bit).


Here my question is, can I use the Ignite backup of 'earth' server and restore it on to 'jupiter' server?

Afterwards,I will change the hostname and IP address on 'jupiter' server.

Is this plan works?

I really appreciate your response.

Thank you,
Nikee

[Patrick Wallek · Accepted solution]

Yes, that plan should work fine.

I would just make sure that you do the interactive install and change the name and IP when you boot from the Ignite tape.

[DCE]

When yo do the interactive restore, select clone to to new hardware = yes That way if there any hardware differences ignite can take them into account

[Josiah Henline]

If you are using make_tape_recovery, be sure to include the -I option. That will automatically bring up the interactive menu. In that menu, you can specify an IP address and hostname. There are also several other changes that you can make, like specifying file system size.

[Nikee Reddy]

Thank you All.

I am going to take the Ignite backup in few minutes and restore it in next couple of hours.

I will update you all how it goes.

I truly appreciate all of your recommendations and suggestions.

Thank you,
Nikee

[Steven E. Protter]

Shalom Nikee,

Answer: Yes, the hardware is exactly the same, making it easier.

You will need to manualy intervene at the console when the Ignite tape provides a prompt for changing the installation.

You must change the hostname and more important , the ip address otherwise when the newly cloned machine comes up, both will drop off the network.

You may need to make filesysem adjustments in case the disk layout and amount is different.

SEP