make_tape_recovery recovery steps

[Chrisl_2]

PA-RISC RP34xx HPUX 11iv2 ignite C.7.4.157

Hi all! I am documenting the procedure to recovery a system using make_tape_recovery. It's been a couple of years since I did this (TG!) Here goes, then my question....

insert tape into drive
boot system
interrupt boot process
bo tape device
do not interact with ISL

My question, how is the tape device represented on the console? For example, I'm pretty sure the my boot drive is known as pri.

TIA!!!!!

[OldSchool]

i believe that if you issue a "sea" after you interupt the boot, you should get back a list of bootable devices, the correct one should be obivious at that point.

also, if you've not got it already, have a look at the Administration Guide. You should be able to download it from:

http://www.docs.hp.com/en/IUX/infolib.html#d0e276

[Chrisl_2]

Yes I think sea is search, and your right, it provides a list of devices, I just can't remember how the list of devices shows on screen.

[James R. Ferguson]

Hi Chris:

If you do a SEArch you will see hardware paths like 10/0.6.0 . Associated with each will be a short "trigger" like "P3" and a description like "random access" or "sequential access media device".

You want the "sequential access" device. You will thus do something like:

BOot P3

...if that represented the tape in question.

Regards!

...JRF...

[Andres_13]

In order to boot from the tape drive you must find the one that is "sequential media".

Regards!