Making Restore disks hp-ux 11

[jason meech]

Okay as it turns out i have a box with HP-UX 11 installed already
im wondering if its possible to make a restore CD or something that just restores disk (and boot sector ect) so that if my drive dies i can just pop it in and image goes back on
any one have any insight to this im new to hp-ux

[Bharat Katkar · Accepted solution]

Hi meech,
Install ignite UX on you server, it's free.
Then use following command to backup your root VG which is VG00 as follows:

# make_recovery -ACv -d

Use following to detect your tape device:

# ioscan -fnC tape

Then look for the device name for the tape. In my case it /dev/rmt/0m.

Hope that helps.
Regards,

[Bharat Katkar]

Hi,
Find link below for ignite download :

http://www.software.hp.com/products/IUX/download.html#N100DC

This one for Ignite UX guide:

http://docs.hp.com/hpux/onlinedocs/B2355-90837/B2355-90837.html

Hope that helps.
Regards,

[jason meech]

i dont actually have a tape drive for this system i do have a second hard drive thats about the same size and a cd burner

and if i do use that (I may be able to get a tape) does it save the boot sector as well?

[jason meech]

i just want to add you guys on this forum are great i've never been part of a forum like this were the other users actually care about my newbish questions (well to hp-ux i am a total newb)

[Bill Hassell]

There are several posts on this forum abut using a CDROM for recovery. There are a lot of caveats, especially with older hardware. HP processor boards cannot boot from CDROM drives that don't have an optional sector size set correctly (Toshiba, HP and Plextor work OK). Ignite/UX is definitely the product to get. The latest manual on Ignite/UX discusses CDROM usage: http://hp-events.hp3.nl/hp_itanium/presentaties/HP%20-%20Ignite-UX%20Administration%20Guide,%20Edition%2013%20(HP-UX%2011i%20v2)%20.pdf

Note that a minimal installation of HP-UX will exceed the capacity of of a CDROM (abut 700 megs) and you'll need to download CDROM writer software such as cdrecord (CDR Tools) from http://www.fokus.gmd.de/research/cc/glone/employees/joerg.schilling/private/cdrecord.html

[jason meech]

can it boot off tape!?!?

if so thats awsome! (as i mentioned never owned an HP-UX system before)

[Bharat Katkar]

Hi Jason,
Yes, its boot thr' tape. Once you make a make_recovery tape it allows you boot thr' tape and restore back the entire VG00 and also you boot sect i.e. boot area (this is what we say in HPUX).
With recovery tape, you can also modify the filesystem sizes (stand,root,swap,opt,var,usr,etc) as when required restoring back you entire data.
I suggest you to read thoroughly the doc attached to know more about Ignite.
All the best.
Regards,

[jason meech]

OMG

you rock
these forums rock!!

you made a linux nerd very happy

now im ready for my new challenge

HP-UX

(figured this is something i should leard before messing with it as i will likely need to restore alot and probably soon)

[Ted Buis]

It is possible to use Ignite-UX over the network if you have more than one HP-UX system. Naturally, you want to do this to two different ignite servers. This is more involved but if you have many HP-UX systems it is worth the effort.