system recovery tape

[Kevin Mc Gettigan]

Guys, what is the best way of making a system recovery tape?

[Juan González]

We use Ignite, with the command make_recovery we build a bootable recovery tape.

Best regards
Juan Gonz?lez

[CHRIS_ANORUO]

Download and install Ignite UX, update your system PATH and use this command to amke a whole system recovery boot tape:

make_recovery -ACv -d /dev/rmt/0m

Read documents on Ignite UX from this site:
http://www.software.hp.com/products/IUX/docs.html

Cheers and Happy New Year in Advance!

[Dan Hetzel]

Hi Kevin,

It's quite easy, providing you've installed ignite.

It's on the application CD or, if you want the latest version, here is the link to download it:
http://www.software.hp.com/products/IUX/index.html

Once installed, use the following command to create a recovery tape of your root volume group:
make_recovery -A -C
Using the -i flag, you can even create a recovery tape that will run in interactive mode during restore.

Once done, use any convenient backup software to store your other volume groups on tape (i.e. fbackup)

Here is the Ignite doc:
http://www.software.hp.com/products/IUX/docs.html


Best regards,

Dan

[Darrel Louis]

Kevin,

The document to read:

http://www.software.hp.com/products/IUX/docs/system_recovery_Paper.pdf

Also read the frequently asked Questions, they might be handy for newbies.
http://www.software.hp.com/products/IUX/docs/iux_faq

When you've installed Ignite, do a man of make_recovery.