Quick IGNITE question

[Mark Fenton]

Have ONE HP-UX system, and I can't afford a lot of down time.

I need to test the tape I created using Ignite's make_tape_recovery, but at least initially, I only want to verify that I can boot from the tape; I do not want to actually restore vg00.

What's the best approach to doing this?
I didn't find a relevant section in either the man pages or the administration manual for Ignite.

[Patrick Wallek · Accepted solution]

If you have the latest version of Ignite installed and you used the make_tape_recovery command, make sure that you use the -I (that I as an India) option. That will force you into Interactive mode when you boot from the tape. (If you are using make_recovery then the option is '-i'.)

The interactive mode will bring you up into a menu and from there you can do whatever you want: Pop the tape out and reboot the machine or whatever.

I always use the -I option when creating my tapes. I can verify that everything is correct before proceeding with the recovery that way.

[Mark Fenton]

which is why you wear a crown.

Thanks, Patrick