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

make_net_recovery(1M) make_net_recovery(1M)
NAME
make_net_recovery − network based system recovery archive creation
SYNOPSIS
/opt/ignite/bin/make_net_recovery -s Ignite-UX_server
[ -a archive_server:archive_directory][-A][-b][-d tag_string][-f content_file]
[ -i|-ib][-l LLA][-n number_archives][-p]
[ -P s|w|e][-m tar|cpio|pax][-r][-u][-v][-x content-options]
[ XToolkit_Options][-?]
DESCRIPTION
make_net_recovery creates a system recovery archive and stores the archive on the network. The
archive created by make_net_recovery is specific to the system for which it was created and its iden-
tity includes hostname, IP address, networking information, etc. In the event of a root disk failure, the
recovery archive may be installed via Ignite-UX to restore the system.
The contents of the system recovery archive will always include all files and directories which are consid-
ered essential for bringing up a functional system. This "essential list" is predefined by
make_net_recovery. By running make_net_recovery in interactive mode, the directories and
files which make up the "essential list" may be displayed. In addition to the essential list, data may be
included in the archive on a disk/volume group, file, or directory basis. Nonessential files and directories
may also be excluded.
Starting with the March 2008 release of HP-UX 11i v3, LVM supports Volume Group Version 2.0. Refer to
lvm(7) for more details on different Volume Group Versions supported by LVM. Please read the WARN-
INGS section for the limitations and restrictions of this command with regard to supportability of LVM
Volume Groups having Volume Group Versions 2.0 or higher.
Options
make_net_recovery recognizes the following options:
-s Ignite-UX_server
Specifies the hostname of the Ignite-UX server. The configuration files, defaults and con-
tents files for the client system will be written to the Ignite-UX server in
/var/opt/ignite/clients/0xLLA/recovery. The make_net_recovery
tool will NFS mount the per-client directory to access this information.
-a archive_server:archive_directories
Specifies the NFS server and location onto which to store the archive. The archive direc-
tory must be NFS exported (see the section Exporting Archive Directory), and
sufficient disk space is required. The default is the hostname of the Ignite-UX server fol-
lowed by the directory which holds the archive, e.g., Server-
host:/var/opt/ignite/recovery/archives/hostname. The hostname is
the name of the system being archived. Each make_net_recovery client will create
a subdirectory named for the client hostname under the specified directory to store the
archives.
-A Based on the files that are specified for inclusion, this option determines which disk(s)
and/or volume group(s) contain those specified files, and includes all files from those
disk(s) and/or volume group(s) in the archive.
-b When used in combination with the -i option, causes make_net_recovery to run
in the background after the interactive user interface (UI) completes.
-d tag_string
One line tag_string for the system recovery archive. If the tag_string includes spaces, it
must be enclosed in quotation marks. The tag_string will be displayed when choosing
the archive as a configuration from the Ignite-UX interactive user interface. The default
tag_string is Recovery Archive. The tag_string is specified in the INDEX file as
the value for the cfg keyword, and must not exceed 80 characters.
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