make_recovery_tape - multiple copies.

[corkbuster]

I have to make 3 copies of my ignite tape
one for off site,
one at dr facility,
one on site.

It takes to gather all the info and perpare to make a tape.

In order to save time, is there any way to collect all the info once, and write multiple copies? I couls shave over 2 hours off the time needed to make these tapes.

Thanks.

[Sanjay_6]

Hi,

Have you checked the "copy_boot_tape" command man pages.

This command is part of "Ignite-UX.MGMT-TOOLS" fileset on the server.

Hope this helps.

regds

[Steven E. Protter]

Shalom cork,

Though copying tools existed, we thought it better to run the thing weekly and rotate the tapes into appropriate positions.

that doesn't have the same tape, but we didn't change systems that radically to make the tapes change that much week to week.

SEP

[corkbuster]

Since this is also my Omniback server, I include the Omniback database in the Ignite tape to make recovery faster.

The "copy_boot_tape" command has had too many reported problems for me. I was hoping there was a way to do the collection once, and then write and eject multiple tapes.

[OldSchool · Accepted solution]

use the "preview" (-p) option to collect the info.

follow this with "restart" (-r) option. (1 per copy desired) to write the tape.

[Patrice Le Guyader]

Hi,

Just a suggestion, I don't have try it. When I make a tape from ignite server of it's clients, I use it to put lif and archive on tape. So why not using it in the other direction ?

What I should try :
1) To get the LIF :
/usr/bin/dd if=/dev/rmt/Omn of=/somewhere_on_disk/server_lif obs=2k
2) To get the archive :
/usr/bin/dd if=/dev/rmt/0mn of=/somewhere_on_disk/filename obs=10k

And after I should try this :
1) Put back the LIF on tape :
/usr/bin/dd if=/somewhere_on_disk/server_lif of=/dev/rmt/0mn obs=2k
2) And finally the archive :
/usr/bin/dd if=/somewhere_on_disk/filename of=/dev/rmt/0mn obs=10k

And if it's ok you just have to do it three times.

Hope this helps
Pat