HP-UX Virtual Partitions Administrator's Guide (includes A.05.03)
Using make_tape_recovery within a vPars Environment
For PA-RISC servers, vPars supports tape drives beginning with vPars A.03.03 for HP-UX 11i
v1, vPars A.04.03 for HP-UX 11i v2, and vPars A.05.01 for HP-UX 11i v3. This includes recovery
of a virtual partition within a vPars environment and without using an Ignite-UX server as a
boot helper.
For HP Integrity servers, vPars supports tape drives beginning with vPars A.04.04 for HP-UX
11i v2, and vPars A.05.02 for HP-UX 11i v3, including recovery of a virtual partition within a
vPars environment and without using an Ignite-UX server as a boot helper.
Requirements and the BOOT Attribute
To use the tape device during a recovery, you must meet the following requirements:
• The tape device must be owned by the target virtual partition (the partition that is being
recovered).
• The tape drive must be connected through an external SCSI device or be internal to the
machine.
• On PA-RISC systems, the tape device must be an explicitly specified resource with the
attribute TAPE. The TAPE attribute is not specified on HP Integrity systems.
This is similar to specifying the boot device with the attribute BOOT. For example, on a
PA-RISC system:
# vparcreate -p winona2 -a io:1/0/14/0/0/4/0.5.0:TAPE
or
# vparmodify -p winona2 -a io:1/0/14/0/0/4/0.5.0:TAPE
Note that when modifying io resources, the target virtual partition must be in the down
state.
On PA-RISC systems, the vparstatus -v command should show the tape device with
the TAPE attribute:
# vparstatus -p winona2 -v
[Virtual Partition Details]
Name: winona2
.
.
.
[IO Details]
1.0.14
1.0.12
1.0.14.0.0.4.0.10.0.0.0.0.0 BOOT
1.0.14.0.0.4.0.5.0.0.0.0.0 TAPE
.
.
.
Archiving
The process of creating an archive is the same as for non-vPars OS instances:
# make_tape_recovery -A -a /dev/rmt/1mn
Recovering
To begin recovery, specify the -B TAPE option to boot the target virtual partition using a tape
drive:
winona1# vparboot -p winona2 -B TAPE
On HP Integrity systems, all tape devices assigned to the virtual partition are listed. Select the
one from which to boot. On PA-RISC systems, the tape device specified with the TAPE attribute
is booted.
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