Ignite Backup

[YogeshBate]

Hi
We have HP Unix HP-UX 11i v2 (HP-UX 11.23) installed. we need to schedule the backup activity for maintaiance.
There is base machine server HOSTSERVER05 and two virtual machine VMSERVER07 & VMSERVER08 for whcih need to exceute the backup
could some help me in giving complete step by step command to excute these backup

VMSERVER08 Ignite Backup Bootable Tape
VMSERVER08 File System Backup
VMSERVER07 Ignite Backup Bootable Tape
VMSERVER07 File System Backup
HOSTSERVER05 Ignite Backup Bootable Tape
HOSTSERVER05 File System Backup

[Pete Randall]

Since you want to backup to tape, you will need to install Ignite on each server. Then you will need to run make_tape_recovery on each, like this:

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

You will require a tape drive on each server because Ignite does not do networked tape drives. That will take care of your "Ignite Backup Bootable Tape" requirement.

For your File System Backup requirement, you would use whatever backup scheme you currently have - tar, fbackup, OmniBack/DP, whatever. Once again doing this on each server.


Pete

[YogeshBate]

Hi

We have installed the software on all servers. Tape drive is directly conneted to Base Host Machine.
ie HOSTSERVER05.

[Pete Randall]

Let me repeat myself:

"You will require a tape drive on each server because Ignite does not do networked tape drives."


Pete

[YogeshBate]

Its not clear with you pete.
I do not have seperate machince for each server. there is only single server and other two are virtual machine created. so how do i connect seperate drives.

[Pete Randall]

Virtual or physical, each machine requires its own local tape drive.

The only other way to accomplish this would be to make one machine an Ignite server and run Ignite's make_tape_recovery with the Ignite server holding the repositories. You can then dump those repositories to tape, making them bootable in the process.

This is all spelled out in the Ignite documentation. Maybe the documentation will be clearer to you.


Pete

[YogeshBate]

Thanks for update

Can you forward lnk to me for system admin doc if possible.

[SoorajCleris]

Hi

http://docs.hp.com/en/oshpux11i.html#Ignite-UX

Regards,
Sooraj

[YogeshBate]

hi

Is ther any consolidated PDF for new users to learn HP unix

[irshad ali]

hi Yogesh,

You can find all the documents about HPUX and servers on //docs.hp.com

[S.N.S]

Hi Yogesh,

The Quick Start Guide would help:
http://docs.hp.com/en/5992-5230/5992-5230.pdf

HTH
SNS