HP-UX Virtual Partitions Administrator Guide (includes A.05.08) (5900-1312, March 2011)

4. Run the Ignite-UX recovery as you would on a hard partition not running vPars, entering the
data (boot disk and LAN) of the target partition.
5. After the target partition has been recovered:
a. if the autoboot attribute has been changed, set it back to what was recorded in the first
step. For example, to set the autoboot attribute back to manual:
winona1# vparmodify -p winona2 -B manual
b. if needed, set the AUTO file back to its original contents that were recorded in the first
step using the lifrm and lifcp commands.
Recovering All the Virtual Partitions of a Hard Partition
To recover all the virtual partitions within a hard partition, first recover the virtual partition whose
boot disk is the disk set as the primary path within system-wide stable storage. Once the virtual
partition is recovered, recover the other virtual partitions one by one. (There is no way to recover
all partitions simultaneously.)
To recover the initial virtual partition:
1. From the BCH prompt, boot the hard partition using the Ignite-UX server (assume the Ignite
server’s IP is ww.xx.yy.zz):
BCH> bo lan.ww.xx.yy.zz install
interact with IPL? N
2. From the Ignite-UX window, select "Install HP-UX".
3. Enter the network data using the data for the virtual partition that owns the boot disk that is
set as the primary path within system-wide stable storage.
4. Select Recovery Archive Configuration -> Go
After this virtual partition is recovered, recover the remaining partitions using the instructions in
“Recovering a Virtual Partition from a Running Virtual Partition ” (page 260).
Using make_tape_recovery Outside of a vPars Environment
The creation of make_tape_recovery tapes is supported on vPars-enabled servers.
However, for the vPars releases that do not support tape boot, recoveries using these tapes must
be done outside of the vPars environment; they cannot be used to recover a system from within a
virtual partition. For example, the tape cannot be used with the vparboot -I command on
PA-RISC servers.
NOTE: The exception to this is using a dual-media boot. For information on using a dual-media
boot, see “Using make_tape_recovery and Dual-media Boot” (page 264).
The following sections describe:
• archiving and recovering a virtual partition
• archiving and recovering a virtual partition using another virtual partition as the Ignite-UX
server
Assumptions
In the following example, it is assumed that the version of vPars in the tape archive is the same as
that installed in the other virtual partitions.If the virtual partition being recovered owns the system
or hard partition's primary boot path, and if changes have been made to the vPars configuration
since make_tape_recovery was run, then the recovered vPars database (/stand/vpdb) will
be out of date.If the recovered configuration is out of date, the recovery will require one of the
following additional steps:
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