make_tape_recovery on B.11.23

[ITeam]

Following on from a previous post. http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=287126
We now have an RX2600 with 11i V2. Running Ignite-UX from DVD media for October 2003. Getting the follwoing error message after sorting out the bootlif, INSTALL and INSTALLFS files.

lifcp: Cannot create SYSCMDSIA ; no space on the LIF volume
make_medialif: error - lifcp SYSCMDSIA failed, probable insufficient size for /var/tmp/uxinstlf.recovery
ERROR: System Error, /opt/ignite/bin/make_medialif failed creating boot LIF file.
ERROR: Failed to generate LIF on tape

/var has just over 4Gb free at 13%. Any suggestions would be most gratefull.

Graeme.

[Robert-Jan Goossens]

Hi Graeme,

http://www5.itrc.hp.com/service/cki/search.do?category=c0&mode=text&searchString=SYSCMDSIA+&searchCrit=allwords&docType=Security&docType=Patch&docType=EngineerNotes&docType=BugReports&docType=Hardware&docType=ReferenceMaterials&docType=ThirdParty&search.x=12&search.y=11

Date: 7/29/03
Document description: make_tape_recovery fails because lifinit doesn't create large lif volume
Document id: 8606322327
Product name: HPUX S700 - 9.X
Product number: B2352B
Release id: B.11.22
System model: RX2600
Last update filed: 10/1/03
Status: Fix Available

Regards,
Robert-Jan

[ITeam]

Robert-Jan,

Do you know if there is any uniform increase against a logic volume size for the lifinit value?
Currently the lifinit value within make_medialif is -v206000000 which is greater than the workaround described in your link.

Graeme.

[ITeam]

There is a known issue with Ignite B.5.0.35 if executing a make_tape_recovery fails on 11.23 if PA-RISC boot fileset not loaded .

When make_tape_recovery is run:
ERROR: System Error, /opt/ignite/bin/make_medialif failed creating boot LIF file.
ERROR: Failed to generate LIF on tape.
fatal /opt/ignite/boot/INSTALL does not exist, is not a regular file or
is not readable
make_medialif: error - /opt/ignite/boot/INSTALL does not exist, is not a
regular file or is not readable

This is resolved in Ignite 5.1 which is not available for download yet.

The workaround would be to install ALL Ignite-UX-11-* filesets onto the 11.23
system before attempting to create a recovery tape.
The underlying issue is that make_tape_recovery should not require the
PA-RISC boot files to exist on the system or place them onto an Itanium
make_tape_recovery tape since they are not required.

At present, I'm just waiting on HP informing me when the Ignite B.5.1 will be released so I can remove the PA-RISC Ignite versions.

When HP let me know, I'll post it on here.

Pity I can't award myself 10 points!!!