make_tape_recovery and virtual partions

[Fabrizio_10]

Hello,

I needed to create a make_tape_recovery of rp5470 with three virtual partition.
Obviously I need to backup all three vpar.
Here's my situation:

ux01:/ # bdf
Filesystem kbytes used avail %used Mounted on
/dev/vg00/lvol3 204800 139840 64488 68% /
/dev/vg00/lvol1 298928 82168 186864 31% /stand
/dev/vg00/lvol8 4710400 445624 4231512 10% /var
/dev/vg00/lvol7 1982464 1100824 874768 56% /usr
/dev/vg00/lvol4 819200 36520 777264 4% /tmp
/dev/vg00/lvol6 2310144 1799832 506384 78% /opt
/dev/vg00/lvol5 24576 2336 22072 10% /home
/dev/vg00/lvr3 35840000 27051472 8719872 76% /crmpr03
/dev/vg01/lvr1 15368192 3552776 11446192 24% /crmpr01
/dev/vg01/lvr2 35848192 29410496 6387408 82% /crmpr02
/dev/vg01/lvr4 35848192 3632 35564528 0% /cr04

ux01:/ # vparstatus
[Virtual Partition]
Boot
Virtual Partition Name State Attributes Kernel Path Opts
============================== ===== ========== ========================= =====
ux01 Up Dyn,Auto /stand/vmunix -lq
ux02 Up Dyn,Auto /stand/vmunix -lq
ux03 Up Dyn,Auto /stand/vmunix -lq

[Virtual Partition Resource Summary]
CPU Num Memory (MB)
CPU Bound/ IO # Ranges/
Virtual Partition Name Min/Max Unbound devs Total MB Total MB
============================== ================ ==== ====================
ux01 2/ 4 2 0 5 0/ 0 4096
ux02 1/ 1 1 0 5 0/ 0 2048
ux03 1/ 1 1 0 6 0/ 0 2048

Could someone suggest me a good procedure to create a bootable tape for these machines ?
Thanks a lot.

[Martien Korenblom]

As far as I know it's not possible to make a tape recovery as Virtual Partitions uses a different kernel, so you won't get your vpar back when you recover.

You have to use make_net_recovery to a different HP-UX machine

[Ravi_8]

Hi,

you need to take backup (make_tape_recovery) of the partition where vpdb (vpar database) resides(ux01 in your case i think) and also of ux02 and ux03.

make a note of the disks where ux01,ux02 and ux03 residing.
while restoring restore back ux02 and ux03 first(partions which doesn't have vpdb)in their respective disks, which you have noted down(i/o matters a lot while partitions booting)and finally restore ux01(which has vpdb)to its respective disk and boot using /stand/vpmon of ux01 disk. now ux02 and ux03 must also come up.

(note: config and I/O paths of the machine where you are restoring must be same as source)