make_recovery Question!!

[rveri]

Hi Gurus ,

/dev/vg00/lvol3 212112 /
/dev/vg00/lvol1 80024 /stand
/dev/vg01/lvol2 120204 /usr
/dev/vg01/lvol4 340044 /home
/dev/vg01/lvol5 200204 /user

If like this is the senario , and I am using "make_recovery -A" , will it backup all of the filesystem , and vgs.

Many Thanks ,
RVeri.

[Sridhar Bhaskarla · Accepted solution]

Hi RVeri,

First of all, upgrade your ignite software to the latest version and use 'make_tape_recovery'. make_recovery is long gone.

http://software.hp.com/products/IUX/

Regarding your /usr etc in vg01, -A option will make ignite to backup both vg00 and vg01 VGs.

-Sri

[rveri]

Thanks Sridhar ,

I hope it is free , and I can download from the hp site. Thanks a lot .

Many Thanks ,
Veri.

[Steven E. Protter]

make_tape_recovery is free, its been part of Ignite for a long time.

make_recovery is the old still available, obsolete way of creating recovery backups with Ignite.

It should not be used whether its available or not.

Link to a current version of Ignite
http://software.hp.com/portal/swdepot/displayProductInfo.do?productNumber=IGNITEUXB

Do take care to backup any INDEX and configuration files you care about and then swremove the old version of Ignite prior to installing the new version.

We just hit version 6 I believe.

SEP

[li_18]

"make_tape_recovery -A"

I do not understand what is the -A means after reading the manpage.Can anyone further explain to me?

And where can I find the filesystems that I had backup to tape using above command?

Tnanks!

[Ranjith_5]

Hi Rveri,

-A option means all files.

regards
Syam

[rveri]

Hi , -A option means is it "all files" or "all Filesystems" or "all VG's" . Can anyone tell that. Still have some confusion.

And also what is the purpose of the /opt/ignite/recovery/makerec.append .


Thanks ,
Veri.

[Sridhar Bhaskarla]

Hi Veri,

-A means it will backup the VGs and filesystems that contain the files/directories you specify. For ex., if you specify '-x include=/mydirectory/subdirectory' in your command line and if /mydirectory is a filesystem in vg01, then ignite will backup vg01 also.

I wouldn't use ignite to backup the external volume groups. I use this command line

make_tape_recovery -v -x inc_entire=vg00 -x exclude=/var/adm/crash -i -a /dev/rmt/0mn

Where 0mn is my no-rewind tape drive. -i will allow you to interact with the install window during the recovery.

Look at the file /var/opt/ignite/recovery/makerec.append file itself for information on it. They will be appended to the tape while it is being backed up. That was more like to be used with make_recovery which is outdated now. You use either -x include* options or specify a file to include with '-f' option.

-Sri