make_tape_recovery hangs

[Louis McCurry]

10.20 system
I execute make_tape_recovery -i and answer all the questions, the menu exits and the following appears on the screen and never moves.

NOTE: Detected entries in the defaults file at
/var/opt/ignite/recovery/defaults.
* Checking Versions of Ignite-UX filesets

If I do a make_recovery -A -d /dev/rmt/2mn the following appears and ver moves.
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.

Any suggestions?

[harry d brown jr]

Upgrade your ignite:

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


live free or die
harry

[Sandip Ghosh]

Is there any specific reason for running make_recovery -i?

Try with make_recovery -AvC -d /dev/rmt/2m. It should take the backup of full vg00

[Patrick Wallek]

Try make_tape_recovery like this:

# /opt/ignite/bin/make_tape_recovery -a /dev/rmt/?mn -I -v -x inc_entire=vg00

This will create a make_tape_recovery tape of your entire vg00. See if this helps.

[Louis McCurry]

Patrick,

Tried you suggestion. It's hanging at the same place. Dialog follows.

# /opt/ignite/bin/make_tape_recovery -a /dev/rmt/2mn -I -v -x inc_entire=vg00

* Creating local directories for configuration files and archive.
======= 03/07/02 15:46:24 CST Started /opt/ignite/bin/make_tape_recovery.
(Thu Mar 07 15:46:24 CST 2002)
@(#) Ignite-UX Revision A.3.6.82
@(#) net_recovery (opt) $Revision: 10.567
* Testing pax for needed patch
* Passed pax tests.
NOTE: Detected entries in the defaults file at /var/opt/ignite/recovery/defaults.
* Checking Versions of Ignite-UX filesets

The only thing I know to do at this point is remove ignite and re-install it. Any other thoughts?

[Sanjay_6]

Hi,

Check your primary root disk. If the root is mirrored and if the primary has failed, the system cannot create a make_recovery archive. Do a ps -ef and check the process that make_recovery is waiting on.

Hope this helps.

Regds

[Louis McCurry]

When I walk the pid's these seem to be what the make_tape_recovery is waiting on. Also, I decided the only way this may be fixed is to remove and re-install ignite. swremove hangs in the same manner. So, I'm stuck and getting really deperate here.

root 15813 15645 0 08:02:32 ttypf 0:00 /opt/ignite/bin/make_tape_recovery -a /dev/rmt/2mn -I -v -x

root 15869 15813 0 08:02:36 ttypf 0:00 /opt/ignite/lbin/check_version /opt/ignite/lbin/check_versio

root 15873 15869 0 08:02:36 ttypf 0:00 swlist -X /opt/ignite/lib/sd_opts -l fileset Ignite-UX

root 15874 15869 0 08:02:36 ttypf 0:00 awk {if ($1 != "#" && $1 != "" ) print $1 " " $2}

[Louis McCurry]

Had to reboot the system to resolve the problem.

[Sudalaimani]

Hi,

I am not sure whether this will help or not.. earlier When I have the problem with make_tape_recovery..like (pax .. asking for 2nd tape).. and GID, UID time stamps issues.. HP tech support asked me to installed the patch... PHCO_25393.. which don't need the reboot..

Just giving some tip.. check it out the same patch for 10.20..

Sudalaimani