Ignite with a remote device

[Tamer Shaalan]

Hii all professionals here,

I am using a remote backup device ( from SAM interface) to make full backup for a hp-ux machine, but how to use this remote device to make an Ignite.

I tried
/opt/ignite/bin/make_recovery -Av -d ws1:/dev/rmt/0m (where ws1 is the name of the remote system) but it didn't work

How to fix it ????

Thanks in advance.

Tamer

[harry d brown jr]

Either attach a tape drive locally, or make ws1 an ignite server (see make_net_recovery). I believe you have to have a boot-helper to recover if the servers are are different subnets.

live free or die
harry

[Steven E. Protter]

HP's implentation does not allow the tape drive on machine B to be used with Ignite from machine A.

You can do a make_net_recovery to go to disk on the machine in question and then have a process put that image to tape.

make_recovery btw is obsolete. make_tape_recovery

SEP

[MarkSyder]

You can't do an ignite backup to a remote tape drive.

You can, as Harry says, do a make_net_recovery to a hard disc on the ignite server. Once this is done, you can make a tape from the networked backup.

Mark Syder (like the drink but spelt different)

[Mohanasundaram_1]

Hi Tamer,

I think it should be possible. I have taken ignite backup of clients in their tape devices from the ignite server.

Unfortunately I have done this only from the ignite GUI. An equivalent command-line option should exist.

Please check the admin manual at http://docs.hp.com/hpux/pdf/B2355-90834.pdf

I am sorry for not able to provide a quick solution for your query.

Cheers,
Mohan.

[Dave Wherry]

I'm have no proof on this but, I would not be surprised if Ignite was coded such that a remote tape drive could not be used so as not to give the user/admin. a false sense of security.

Say you are able to use a remote tape drive to create the tape. You then feel secure that you have a recovery tape. Your system crashes and you lose the operating system. Without network connectivity how would you connect to that remote tape drive to reload your system?

Not unlike McDonald's putting a warning on their cups that the coffee is hot. Some people need a little more protection than others.

[Mohanasundaram_1]

Hi Tamer,

I think I have to make a correction here. In my case the recovery of the clients were done from its local tape. But I initiated the backup from the ignite server.

If you are looking to do a make_tape_recovery of your local system on to a remote system's tape device then I am not sure about the feasibility.

Sorry! no points for my posts.

Cheers,
Mohan.