Installation guide

Booting the System
3-22 Fault Tolerant System Administration (R1004H) HP-UX version 11.00.03
If the root disk is very large, then you should use make_recovery without
the -A option to backup the core operating system and use your regular
backup procedure to backup other files. Also, you can customize exactly
which files are to be put on the recovery tape by using the -p and -r options.
5. Remove the tape. Label it as the recovery tape for that system and date it.
NOTE
The recovery tape should be updated whenever your system changes.
Always keep the recovery boot image flash card and recovery tapes together. You
cannot do a recovery without both items. You may want to have multiple copies
in different locations. Making recovery tapes should be a part of your normal
backup procedure.
Recovery from Boot Image Flash Card and Tape
To recover from a boot image flash card and recovery tape, follow these steps:
NOTE
The recovery steps for Continuum systems differs slightly from those
described in the make_recovery(1M) man page.
1. Insert the boot image flash card in the same bay that the tape drive is attached
to. Make a note of the hardware path of the tape drive (For example,
14/0/3.2.0).
2. Load the recovery tape into the tape drive.
3. Boot the system from the recovery flash card. At the bootloader (lynx) prompt,
enter
boot n
where n is either 2 or 3, the number of the bay where the boot image flash card
is installed.
4. Use the env command to verify that the value of the rootdev environment
variable is set to the proper device for the recovery tape. If needed, set the
rootdev environment variable for the proper tape device. For example, with
the hardware path of 14/0/3.2.0 the following command would be used:
lynx$rootdev=tape(14/0/3.2.0;0):INSTALL