Restoring Ignite Archive to another server.

[Leif Halvarsson_2]

Hi,
Is there any documented method, how to restore an Ignite Recovery Archive to a different hardware (in the case you have to replace the hardware due to a failure).

I know it is possible to edit/rename the Ignite configuration/archive files but this is not a very safe or easy method.

Is it possible to change the MAC adress for the NIC on a HP-UX server?

[Robert-Jan Goossens]

Hi Leif,

How different is the hardware ?

You could use the advanced recovery options like mentioned in below thread and change the option you need.

http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=139838

The mac address could be added to the /etc/rc.config.d/hpbase100conf (mine as an example)

#HP_BASE100_STATION_ADDRESS[0]=0x001083FF5AE3

( it is uncommented in my case)

Hope this helps,
Robert-Jan

[Leif Halvarsson_2]

Hi,

It can be a server of exact the same model, the problem is that the Ignite server uses the MAC adress to detect which server is booting and which archives should be avilable for that server.

I found in the LAN configuration files in rc.config.d that lanadmin (lanadmin -A) could be used to set the mac adress for a NIC.

I will try that method to see if it works.

[MarkSyder]

Are you not able to copy the ignite backup from the server to a bootable tape? That would avoid the server checking the MAC address. It's certainly possible, because I've done it.

Mark Syder (like the drink but spelt different)

[Leif Halvarsson_2]

Hi,
Yes,it is perhaps possible but the idea is to do a such restore from the Ignite server. There is normally no tape drives connected to those servers.

[Bernhard Mueller]

Leif,

get the new core IO lan MAC from info at BCH or read it from the server

log into your ignite server

su - bin
cd /var/opt/ignite/clients
cp -rp 0x##_OLD_MAC 0x##NEW_MAC
ln -s 0x##NEW_MAC new_name
cd new_name
echo "new_name" > client_name
edit /etc/exports and append "new_name" after old_name
/var/opt/ignite/recovery/archives/old_name -anon=2,access=old_name:new_name
exportfs -va

Recover new_name, make sure that in the basic tab you go to additional and set "cloning to diff HW" to true, also switch off to hide other disks.

Go to the system tab and make sure you retain or change hostname and IP in order to avoid any conflicts.

Regards,
Bernhard