make_recovery failure.

[Rui Vilao]

Greetings,

I want to create bootable tapes of my servers..

I have already created successfully 2 of them with the following command:

# make_recovery -AvCi -d /dev/rmt/0mn

The command is failing on the third one.
I have already used a new DDS tape and a cleaning cartridge:

Note: the machine is running MC-SG therefore not all VG are active.

# make_recovery -AvCi -d /dev/rmt/0mn
NOTE: make_recovery(103): The make_recovery command will be replaced by
make_tape_recovery. Both commands are supported in this
release (Ignite-UX Revision 3.2). Please read the man page
make_tape_recovery(1M) for usage of the new command. In a
future release, make_recovery will be replaced by a script
that calls make_tape_recovery.
Option -A specified. Entire Core Volume Group/disk will be backed up.
NOTE: vgdisplay -v unsuccessful
NOTE: vgdisplay -v unsuccessful
NOTE: vgdisplay -v unsuccessful
NOTE: vgdisplay -v unsuccessful




***************************************
HP-UX System Recovery
Validating append file
Done

File Systems on Core OS Disks/Volume Groups:

vg name = vg00
pv_name = /dev/dsk/c0t3d0
pv_name = /dev/dsk/c0t4d0
pv_name = /dev/dsk/c0t6d0

vg00 /dev/vg00/lvol3 /
vg00 /dev/vg00/lvol4 /opt
vg00 /dev/vg00/lvol1 /stand
vg00 /dev/vg00/lvol5 /tmp
vg00 /dev/vg00/lvol6 /usr
vg00 /dev/vg00/lvol7 /var

Create mount points
/krb5
/etc/opt/dce
/var/opt/dce
/var/opt/B21s
/opt/B21s
/usrapp
/opt/oracleapp
/opt/Yog
/opt/nap8.1
/OVapp

/opt is a mounted directory
It is in the Core Volume Group
Mounted at /dev/vg00/lvol4


/var is a mounted directory
It is in the Core Volume Group
Mounted at /dev/vg00/lvol7

Destination = /dev/rmt/0mn
Boot LIF location = /var/tmp/uxinstlf.recovery



***************************************
Creating the configuration file.
Done
Modifying the configuration file.
Done
Backing up vg configurations
Volume Group vg00
make_recovery(482): Call to system failed. errno=0
Cleanup


Any help/suggestion is highly appreciated.

Thanks in advance for your help,

Kind Regards,

Rui.

[Eileen Millen]

Hi Rui,

We ran into the same problem.
This was a suggested solution, but I don't remember what happened. It was a test lab system.

# cd /etc/
# cp lvmtab lvtab.backup
# rm /etc/lvmtab
# vgscan -v


Eileen

[Rui Vilao]

Eilen,

Thanks for your suggestion...
In fact there were some errors in the vg00 configuration. I had to remove some stale PV...

Problem solved!

Regards,

Rui.

[harry d brown jr]

upgrade your ignite and use make_tape_recovery


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


live free or die
harry