Ignite Server for recovery systems

[Aranzazu]

Hello, i have an ignite server in a different lan of all others machines.

I want to know if it would be posible to make a recovery tape using the device tape of the server ignite for all machines.
Besides, I also want to know if it would posible to make a recovery archive in my server ingnite and later copy it to a tape and used this tape like a normal recovery tape.
Thanks in advance.

[Balaji N]

i guess no. you cannot use a remote tape drive to take an ignite backup. and if u use make net recovery, then you need to boot from that server only for recovery.

if my memory servers right, this is what i had read some time back.
-balaji

[T G Manikandan · Accepted solution]

1.No,you cannot use a remote tape drive for recovery.
2.Yes,you can create a ignite archive on the ignite server for the other machines.
From there you can create tapes.

You need to look at
/opt/ignite/share/doc/makenetrec.txt
for the information.

[monasingh_1]

I would use make_net_recovery to create archives and then use a helper system on each subnet and just boot from ignite server for recovery...

[T G Manikandan]

Just check these two docs.Might be useful

http://www2.itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docLocale=en_US&docId=200000062683864
http://www2.itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docLocale=en_US&docId=200000066258954

[Ravi_8]

Hi,

for recovering a machine tape drive must be local to that m/c, you can't use remote tape drive.

for second query, Mani's links explains better

[Aranzazu]

Ok, so if i do a recovery archive and copy it to a tape, this tape would recover my system as a tape done wiht make_tape_recovery?

Is would be posible to recover a system in other lan of the ignite server (from the ingnite server)using a archive recovery done with make_net_recovery?

Thansk again to all.

[T G Manikandan]

Yes,
yes,you can recover from the ignite-server by booting through lan which should point to that IGNITE-server.

Thanks

[Aranzazu]

Even tought if i have between server and client one or more routers?