Ignite Recovery

[MikeL_4]

I have a server that is not on the same subnet as my Ignite server to do a recovery. After replacing the failed internal disk I installed HP-UX on the server and the same version of Ignite as the Ignite server runs since I don't have an installation CD with the same version on it.

From a running system how can I initiate an Ignite recovery to recover this server ?

[Torsten.]

Have a look at the documentation:

http://www.docs.hp.com/en/5992-1959/ch07s03.html?btnNext=next%A0%BB

[Steven E. Protter]

Shalom,

Summary: You need to use an HP-UX system to act as a boot helper, to handle communications between the server that needs to be recovered and the Ignite server.

This will help you recover a system backed up with make_net_recovery

If the system was backed up via tape, make_tape_recovery, merely boot off the tape. PA-RISC and Itanium servers do this very differently. If we are going down this road, post the output of the model command to get more details.

SEP

[Torsten. · Accepted solution]

A boot helper is not always necessary.

The first critical stage during a restore is the boot process. The system needs to load the boot/install kernel from "somewhere".

Here are the choices:

1) directly from the ignite server (if in the same subnet)

2) from a boot helper (in the same subnet)

3) from the install DVD/vMedia

4) from the harddisk (/stand)!

Once the install kernel is loaded, the system should be able to contact the ignite server even in a different subnet and get the archive files.

If you initiate the restore from the server, the server will copy the kernel to the clients /stand directory and modify the boot string. Once the reboot is initiated, the client system will boot the kernel from its own boot disk.

[MikeL_4]

Thanks