HP-UX 11i v3 Installation and Update Guide, September 2007 (Update 1 Release)

For more information on using make_net_recovery, refer to the
make_net_recovery(1M) manpage or the Ignite-UX Administration Guide. The guide is
available at the HP Technical Documentation Web site:
http://docs.hp.com/en/oshpux11iv3.html
You can also locate the Ignite-UX Administration Guide at the Ignite-UX Information
Library:
http://www.docs.hp.com/en/IUX/infolib.html
Using make_tape_recovery
The Ignite-UX product's make_tape_recovery command creates a bootable operating
system recovery tape for a system while it is up and running. When a system has a
logical volume layout, the recovery tape only includes data from the root volume group,
plus data from any non-root volume group containing the /usr directory.
You can run make_tape_recovery locally on the system from which you are trying
to make an operating system recovery tape. To create the bootable recovery tape, enter:
/opt/ignite/bin/make_tape_recovery -Av
where A specifies the entire root disk or volume group and v is for verbose mode. Also,
you can specify more than one volume group with the -x option.
If you intend to use a tape drive other than the default (/dev/rmt/0m), modify the
command to point to the device you want to use, for example, a tape drive at
/dev/rmt/3mn:
/opt/ignite/bin/make_tape_recovery -Av -a /dev/rmt/3mn
To recover a failed system disk or volume group after an operating system recovery
tape has been made, simply load the recovery tape, boot the system and interrupt the
boot sequence to redirect to the tape drive. Allow the install process to complete. Do
not intervene. The system will reboot and, because map files for all associated volume
groups have been saved on the tape, any other existing volume groups are imported
and mounted automatically. Data that is not in the root volume group must be backed
up and recovered using normal backup utilities.
For more information on using make_tape_recovery, refer to the make_tape_recovery(
1M) manpage on an Ignite-UX server or the Ignite-UX Administration Guide. The guide
is available on the HP Technical Documentation Web site:
http://docs.hp.com/en/oshpux11iv3.html
You can also locate the Ignite-UX Administration Guide at the Ignite-UX Information
Library:
http://www.docs.hp.com/en/IUX/infolib.html
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