Make_tape recovery fails with auto_master

[Ricardo Rocha]

Hi there,

I have a hpux 11v2 system where the following command fails :
# make_tape_recovery -x inc_entire=vg00

The error is :

Warning: Cannot parse mount information for /ds2
Warning: Cannot parse mount information for /ds1

I'm not responsible for this configuration, and I can't change it. I only want to do a full backup of vg00.

The config is the following:

On /etc/fstab we have:

/dev/vg##/lvol$$$ on /ds1
/dev/vg##/lvol&&& on /ds2

And on /etc/auto_master we have:

/ds1 on /folder/ds1
/ds2 on /folder/ds2

With bdf I can see all mount points correctly.

Does anyone have any idea why is ignite failing, and how to solve it?

Thanks,

Ricardo Rocha

[Steven E. Protter]

The problem seems to be that there are nfs mount points as part of vg00. This configuration may have to change to get a usable make_tape_recovery image of the system.

Ignite will not complete if a single physical volume in /etc/lvmtab is offline nor NO_HW.

Its entire existance is devoted to making sure the finished product is usable.


I've made assumptions in this post and please correct them if they are wrong.

There may be additional information in the log of the Ignite image.

SEP

[Ricardo Rocha]

Thanks Steven

All devices on /etc/lvmtab are online and working. The weird thing on this config is that one lvol mounts on /ds1 and this /ds1 mounts on /folder/ds1.
bdf shows both /ds1 and /folder/ds1.
/folder/ds1 is not configured on /etc/fstab and I guess this is where the problem is.
Probably there is no way aroung this issue...

Thanks

[Devender Khatana]

Hi,

The syntax of your /etc/fstab is not corrret. It is important for the system to check it when make_tape_recovery is executed. It is important bacause system tries to check that all the file systems in your vg00 are mounted or not. Just put these entries in right syntax and there should not be any problems.

Correct syntax1 of /etc/fstab is :-

/dev/vg00/lvol6 /tmp vxfs delaylog 0 2
/dev/vg00/lvol7 /usr vxfs delaylog 0 2
/dev/vg00/lvol8 /var vxfs delaylog 0 2

HTH,
Devender

[Ricardo Rocha]

Hi

fstab is ok. If it wasn't, it wouldn't mount at boot time. :)

[Devender Khatana]

Hi,

Are your NFS mounts not available when you are taking ignite backup? /folder/ds1 will not be listed in /etc/fstab because it is a NFS mount and is listed in /etc/auto.master. What type of NFS it is ? AUTONFS /NFS. But I do not understand the requirement of mounting a file system of a host onto itself as a NFS file system.

Your /etc/fstab and /etc/auto.direct files complete data would help in diagnosing it a bit more.

HTH,
Devender

[Hoang Chi Cong_1]

Hi

I have recommend this command if you want to backup all of vg00:
make_tape_recovery -v -A -I -x inc_entire=vg00 -a /backup_device

Regard,
HoangChiCong