make_tape_recovery.1m (2012 03)

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Saving the LIF Area
The LIF area of a disk will be archived and restored if it is different from the default LIF area. This
means if either the auto-boot line in the
AUTO LIF file is not "hpux" or the LIF files in addition to
ISL,
HPUX, LABEL, and AUTO are present, then the LIF files will be copied to
/usr/lib/ignite_bootlif
. These LIF files will be restored to the LIF area unless a LIF file with
the same name already exists or the
AUTO file contains something other than hpux. #ifdef MTR_FLAG
Format of PA-RISC Recovery Tape
A PA-RISC Recovery Tape has two tape files.
The first tape file holds a LIF (Logical Interchange Format) volume. This LIF volume holds HP-UX boot
and Ignite-UX install environment content.
filename description
ISL Initial System Loader
AUTO Autoexecute default boot loader command
INDEX Ignite INDEX file (references other config files)
CONFIG Ignite system-specific config file
HPUX HP-UX boot loader
FWWKAR6 Special firmware functionality for specific systems
FWWKAR7 Special firmware functionality for specific systems
FWWKAR8 Special firmware functionality for specific systems
WINSTALL Install kernel
WINSTALLFS Install file system image
INSTCMDS Archive of commands needed for initial install
SYSCMDS Archive of commands needed for final install
RECCMDS Archive of commands needed for expert recovery
SCRIPTS Scripts used during install post_load
VERSION Ignite-UX version used to create tape
PAD Additional data to create full tape block
The second tape file holds the recovery archive. The archive format depends on the options used to create
the Recovery Tape.
Format of Integrity Recovery Tape
An Integrity Recovery Tape is formatted using ANSI standard tape labels as defined by ANSI Standard X
3.27. An Integrity Recovery Tape also conforms to the boot tape format specified in the Unified Extensi-
ble Firmware Interface (UEFI) 2.0 standard.
The ANSI standard label format requires tape files which hold label records. These label tape files must
appear before and after each tape file which holds the content needed to support boot and recovery.
Thus, each file needed for boot and recovery becomes three files on tape. The first of these three files
holds the file label which includes the file name, block size, and other format details. The first file label
on tape also holds the tape volume label. The second of the three files holds the actual boot or recovery
content. The third of these three files holds the end of file label which includes information in the file
label as well as file length. The last file label on tape also holds the end of volume label.
tape file ANSI
HDR DATA EOF filename description
1 2 3 EFIBOOTHPUX UEFI 2.0 boot tape descriptor block
4 5 6 BOOTLOADER HP-UX boot loader (hpux.efi)
7 8 9 FPWSAEFI Floating point simulation
10 11 12 AUTO Autoexecute default boot loader command
13 14 15 IINSTALL Install kernel
16 17 18 IINSTALLFS Install file system image
19 20 21 HPUXIUXLIF LIF volume of install environment content
22 23 (24) ARCHIVE Recovery archive
Note that Integrity Recovery tapes may not have a label file at the end of the tape which should hold
ARCHIVE end of file and end of volume label records. This file is not present due to the method used to
write Recovery Tape archives. A future Ignite-UX release may write this label file.
The LIF volume tape file (HPUXIUXLIF) on an Integrity Recovery Tape includes additional Ignite-UX
install environment content.
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