System Disk Backup

[Learn_1]

I am using hp7410 running HP-UX11i installed on local disk and this disk has been mirrored.now i want to create an image backup of this disk (Although disk has been mirrored).how can i do this.whether i have to use any system utility or is there any layered product.

[Michael Tully]

In the below post, Clay has attached a script that will do exactly what you wish to do. Thanks Clay!

http://forums.itrc.hp.com/cm/QuestionAnswer/1,,0x666587dc4d7dd5118ff00090279cd0f9,00.html

Regards
Michael
"When I have trouble spelling, it's called fat finger syndrome"

[malay boy]

Hi,
Check whether you have Ingnite installed,do

swlist -l product|grep Ignite

If you have ignite,you can use the ignite to make a root backup.Do:

make_recovery -Av

Hope this help

regards
mB

[T G Manikandan]

you can use dd to image backup


#dd if=/dev/rdsk/cxtyd0 of=/dev/rdsk/cxtyd0 bs=1024k

[Learn_1]

Thanks all of you for the reply.
we have just purchased pre installed (HP-UX11i)rp7410 and we have not booted it.we want to re-install this system.so want to create the system disk backup so that if anything goes wrong we may be able to revert to orignal pre-installed status.so please guide in this regard.Can we create a backup disk image on disk instead of tape drive.can we use diskcopy utility by booting with cd or we will have to make backup on tape only.

[Elif Gius]

Hi
For this purpos IGNITE was created.
In the case of system recovery you can boot from that tape and you will have a running system.

Also you can clone another machine with a make_recovery tape.

If you install an IGNITE server you can even install from the network.
So I think make_recovery would be the best solution for saving the operating system.
For your "normal" data, you can use fbackup.

[Khalid A. Al-Tayaran · Accepted solution]

Hi,
For make_tape_recovery isr
make_tape_recovery -AvI

The -I option for interactive setup...

[Pete Randall]

Download and install Ignite-UX from here:

http://www.software.hp.com/products/IUX/index.html

Then run "make_tape_recovery -a /dev/rmt/_mn -I -v -x inc_entire=vg00"

where "dev/rmt/_mn" is the path to your tape device, like /dev/rmt/0mn, for example.

This will give you a bootable backup tape from which you can restore your entire root volume group, either to the same server or a different one.



Pete

[Learn_1]

is there way to create image backup on disk without loading OE.if yes then please suggest.

[Frank Slootweg]

> is there way to create image backup on disk without loading OE.if yes then please suggest.

Theoretically this is possible. See the mentioned dd(1) method, which could backup to (a)nother disk(s) or to (a) raw logical volume(s) or to (a) file(s).

The point however is that is something goes wrong, you will probably not be able to *restore* the backup, because you need a running system to do that.

The best method is the mentioned Ignite-UX (make_tape_recovery(1M)) backup to *tape*.