ignite instalation from begin

[Bakos György]

I will make a bootable recovery tape for all machines. I will first install ignite.
At the moment is already something from ignite but it is in /opt/ignite/bin only the print_manifest.
I have download the file
Ignite-UX-10-20_A.3.7.95_HP-UX_B.10.01_700+800.depot
I have copyed in a dir.
What now. Is there only 2 choses: ignite server, ignite client.

[Gerald Taylor]

Hello

You will need to install ignite and run make_tape_recovery.

first install

swinstal -s /directoryname/Ignite-UX-10-20_A.3.7.95_HP-UX_B.10.01_700+800.depot \*

Then I suggest you read the man for options on make_tape_recovery and then run the command.

man make_tape_recovery

Gerald

[Bakos György]

what is the difference between make_tape_recovery and make_recovery.

What I want is, when the disk fails, i will change it, then with this tape i will push a new hpux on it.
What I read in a manual:
make_recovery -A -p (to check)
then edit makerec.apend (to add /home/ files)
then
make_recovery -r
to continue (the checked)

[MarkSyder]

Hi,

Ignite server and ignite client really become useful if you want to backup all your systems to one master system (the server).

In this case you would use make_net_recovery. I find this very useful because most of the workstations I support don't have tape drives. You can subsequently copy the network backup to a tape if you want to (e.g. to release disc space on the server).

HTH

Mark Syder (like the drink but spelt different)

[Bakos György]

We produce the tape drives and i have on all machines tape_drive

[Todd McDaniel_1]

Bascially the difference is the make_tape_recovery is more robust. It gives you more options on backing up and also the ability to do network backups. Also, you can specify by FS to include and exclude on the command line while still being able to use the old method of using arch.include to designate what is to be backed up..

Just by looking at the usage you can see it is much more robust.

/opt/ignite/bin/make_tape_recovery [ -s Ignite-UX_server ] [-a tape_drive] [-A] [-b] [-B boot_destination_file] [-d description] [-f content_file] [-i|-ib] [-I] [-l lanic_id] [-n num_cfg_dirs] [-p] [-P s|w|e] [-r] [-t tape_title_string] [-v] [-x content- options] [XToolkit_Options]

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/opt/ignite/bin/make_recovery [-AprvCi] [-d destination]
[-b boot-destination-file] [-t tape-title-string]


I believe it came out of the creation of the make_net_recovery tool and HP decided to modify make_recovery based upon the model of make_net_recovery.

[Gerald Taylor]

Hello

Please try this link for more information on the make_recovery and make_tape_recovery

http://www2.itrc.hp.com/service/iv/docDisplay.do?docId=/DE_SW_UX_swrec_EN_01_E/Ignite-UX.pdf

Note: make_recovery was replaced by make_tape_recovery and is obsolete since Ignite-
UX version A.3.4/B.3.4. It is recommended to use make_tape_recovery instead of
make_recovery.


Gerald

[Bakos György]

Ok, but I am not authorizes to this link.What must I do?

[Bakos György]

Ok
I don't want make at first anything trough the net. I will make first everything localy(because that is more important now)
I wan't make a boot tape, that pushes a new hp-ux, when the disk failed before.
make_tape_recovery -a -A

[Todd McDaniel_1]

Bakos,

make_recovery still works, however, it doesn't have the great options of make_tape_recovery.

While the -A option will create a tape based upon the essentials file list in /opt/ignite/recovery/mnr_essentials. I prefer to be more simpler and more exact on what is backed up.

Here is what I did...

/opt/ignite/bin/make_tape_recovery -I \
-x inc_entire=vg00 \
-x inc_entire=vg01 \
-x exclude=/tmp \
-a /dev/rmt/0mn

I specified vg01 b/c I wanted to have that available as well which includes users home directories and a few incidental filesystems.

[Sanjay_6]

Hi,

Try this faq,

http://www.software.hp.com/products/IUX/faq.html

Hope this helps.

Regds

[Bakos György]

I have installed the latest ignite.
I see there is a many known problems.
Should I make anything?
I have B2000 with hpux10.20
kernel is: I don't know.
patch: I don't know.

[Bakos György]

It says by setup:
"For 10.20 support, the B2000 requires the December 1999
or later Workstation ACE patch bundle."
But I have already install it.
Is there maybe some problem?

[Bakos György]

Here is what I did

/opt/ignite/bin/make_tape_recovery \
-x inc_entire=vg00 \
-x exclude=/tmp \
-a /dev/rmt/0mn

It begins to work, but at the end
make_medialif: error - /opt/ignite/data/REL_B.11.00/SYSCMDS does not exist, is not a regular file or is not readable
ERROR System Error, /opt/ignite/bin/make_medialif failed creating boot LIF file
ERROR: Failed to generate LIF on tape.

What is the problem?
Do I need a patch?

[MarkSyder]

I believe the relevant part of the error message is "REL_B 11.00". It appears you have installed HP-UX 11 software on an HP-UX 10.20 box.

Load ignite, click on help, then click on "product information". The version I am using on an HP-UX 11i box is revision B.3.6.82. If you are using the same, I suspect it is the wrong software.

Mark Syder (like the drink but spelt different)

[Bakos György]

I have download it for hpux 10.20.
I n help is Ignite-UX Revision A.3.7.95

[Bakos György]

There is 2 types of ignite A and B
A is for 10.20, when I read ewerything corectly

[John Jayaseelan]

Hi,

Can the Ignite UX software be found in a media. There are stack of CD's given by HP. WHich CD's got the Ignite UX software in it?

Thanks

[steve_586]

Hi,

It's on Application CD3 from memory....