ignite /ux

[khilari]

Hi people, what i would like to know is that whne u r preparing for a disaster recover u use ignite-ux as one of the measures, so what r the proper steps to take when first making a tape recovery and then recovering from that tape recovery. Kindly, shed some light on the commands as well as other steps an admin can take to achieve all this. White papers are welcome.. but nothing all real life experience ;).
Thanks

[Mark Greene_1]

You'd run this to create the tape:

make_tape_recovery -x inc_entire=vg00 -I

and then just put the tape in the machine and reboot (or power on), interrupt the boot sequence at the ISL prompt, change the boot path to point to the tape drive and then continue the boot from there.

See the man page for make_tape_recovery for more information.

mark

[Sandman!]

Hi,

Use make_tape_recovery with the "-I" switch so that the Ignite interactive menu gets automatically launched during the boot-from-tape recovery:

# /opt/ignite/bin/make_tape_recovery -Av â I

cheers!

[Sandman!]

Reposting as the previous one looks garbled:

# /opt/ignite/bin/make_tape_recovery -Av -I

cheers!

[Nguyen Anh Tien · Accepted solution]

Hi Khilari
1, backup all vg00 to tape by ignite :
# /opt/ignite/bin/make_tape_recovery -Av
2, Check Ignited session by:
# /opt/ignite/bin/make_tape_recovery -p
When disaster happen do as follow:
1, insert ignite tape to driver
2, reboot server
at:
Primary boot path: 0/0/1/1 15

Alternate boot path: 0/0/2/1 15

Console path: 0/0/4/1 643

Keyboard path: 0/0/4/0 0
Processor is booting from first available device
To discontinue, press any key within 10 seconds (PRESS ANY KEY AT THIS STEP)
(TYPE SEARCH IPL)
Main Menu: Enter command or menu > search ipl
Searching for device(s) with bootable media
This may take several minutes
To discontinue search, press any key (termination may not be immediate)
Path# Device Path (dec) Device Path (mnem) Device Type and Utilities

----- ----------------- ------------------ -------------------------

P0 0/0/2/0 2 extscsib 2 Random access media
THEN
Main Menu: Enter command or menu > bo P0

Interact with IPL (Y, N, or Cancel)?> n
RECOVERY YOUR OS AS DRIVEN BY SCREEN
hth
TIENNA