ignite backup to disk

[Patrick B Boafo]

hi,
i need assistance on how to use the command line for taking ignite backup to disk. Secondly on how to restore the ignite backup from disk to another same system (backup System)

thanks

Patrick

[Fabian Briseño]

Hello Patrick.
Ignite Server.

command to do this, make_net_recovery

Checkout a golden image backup.

I think this is what your looking for.

[Tim Nelson]

As Fabian mentioned you need to create an Ignite server and then you can use make_net_recovery.

Select a server, install the Ignite package there.

You can use the GUI interface ( ignite ) to then add a system and kick of an image creation. Using the GUI first simplifies the config and installation of the ignite utility on the target.

Once done you can run make_net_recovery on the target as often as you like. From there it will use the configs you specified during the GUI setup.

For booting a new system from the ignite server it depends on the type of hardware, PARISC is diff than IPF. Either way you boot from the lan specifying the ignite server and from there it is a standard ignite installation.

For cloning, there a number of ways, golden image for one. I would read the Ignite chapter on golden images as you need to copy your instalation media to the Ignite server.

A simple trick for cloning one system to another is as follows ( some details are in the Ignite doc).

Say ServerA is the source image and ServerB is the new system.

create a directory in /var/opt/ignite/clients/0xMACOFNEWSERVER
chown it to bin:bin
ln -s /var/opt/ignite/clients/0xMACOFNEWSERVER hostname

cd /var/opt/ignite/clients/ServerA
find CINDEX recovery |cpio -pmdv ../ServerB

Boot ServerB from LAN. Select Ignite server installation, fill in the ignite server information, hostname, IP etc...

Ignite will now recover serverB using the archive of ServerA. Change the hostname,IP, filesystems, etc, via the Ignite installer menus.

There are a number of options and alternate methods. Let us know if you have questions.

[Torsten.]

If you have a single server, no tape drive and want to make a copy of your OS - try DRD!

[Michal Kapalka (mikap)]

hi,

if you r server os version is 11.23 or 11.31 use DRD as already mentioned Torsten.

mikap

[Prasanth Thomas]

Hi,

>>>i need assistance on how to use the command line for taking ignite backup to disk.>>
You have to configure the ignite server.

>>Secondly on how to restore the ignite backup from disk to another same system>>

be sure that your server is lan boot supported.

For more information please refer the below thread...
http://forums13.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?admit=109447627+1266480248973+28353475&threadId=1359590

Reagrds,
PT.