Ignite-UX Reference (March 2010, B3921-90005)

make_ipf_tape(1M) make_ipf_tape(1M)
−n volume_name
Specifies the name of tape volume. Normally, this defaults to the first six char-
acters of "HP" plus month and date the tape created.
−l LIF_file Specifies where the resulting LIF volume (boot image) file is to be written. The
default is /var/tmp/HPUXIUXLIF.
−r release Specifies the OS release for this ANSI bootable tape. The default release is the
output of uname -r, that is, matching the release of the HP-UX system on
which the command is run.
−s script_file Specifies a script to include in a SCRIPTS file in the LIF volume. Multiple
-s options may be specified. The default script files, which are always
included, are listed in the FILES section.
−V Includes the /opt/ignite/Version file as a VERSION file in the LIF
volume.
−w output_file Specifies a file name for writing out volume label information.
RETURN VALUE
The make_ipf_tape command returns 0 upon successful completion of the task, 1 upon
issuing a usage message, or 2 upon any other error.
EXAMPLES
Example 1
Create an ANSI labeled bootable tape using the configuration files under
/var/opt/ignite/recovery/latest and with Ignite_UX version file, then put on a tape in a
non-rewindable device /dev/rmt/1mn:
make_ipf_tape -f /var/opt/ignite/recovery/latest/system_cfg
-f /var/opt/ignite/recovery/latest/control_cfg
-f /var/opt/ignite/recovery/latest/archive_cfg
-d /dev/rmt/1mn -w /tmp/volume_label -V
Example 2
Create an ANSI labeled bootable tape using the configuration file /home/root/myconfig and with
user input volume name "mytape" :
make_ipf_tape -f /home/root/myconfig -n mytape
FILES
The Integrity boot tape format is different from its counterpart of PA-RISC. It is an ANSI labeled bootable
tape and it has following files on tape. Each data file is preceded and followed by files containing ANSI file
labels.
ANSIVolumeLabel
This information can be user specified. See -n option for details.
ANSIFileLabels
These file labels are used by HP software to find the files on tape and cannot be customer-
ized by users. They can be file header label and trailer label.
DescriptorBlock
This file is for EFI firmware to identify an EFI boot tape.
BootLoader
EFI executable responsible for performing OS-specific boot functionality.
FPSWA.EFI
The HP-UX floating point simulator.
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