nixCraft

Hello.

Wondering if any one can direct me to detailed steps on creating a boot tape we can us to recover our hp-ux 11i system.. Thanks.

I konw this post is little old ...

Do you still need help? Let me know so that I can put commands for you.

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Rocky Jr.
You may have my body & soul, but you will never touch my pride!

If you have knowledge, let others light their candles at it.

Certified to work on HP-UX / Sun Solaris / RedHat

Thanks Yes.. I need the commands

You must have ignite-ux package installed. Go to hp.com to get latest version.

Once installed edit /var/opt/ignite/recovery/makrec.append fille and add noncore OS file if you in backup

Make sure you have enough space @ /var
Put tape in drive and run make_recovery (default is /dev/rmt/0m). Type the following command to create recovery tape:
You can specify other tape device by entering -d /path/to/other/tape:
It may take 30-60 minutes to create recovery tape. Lookout for any errors in the following files

1. /var/opt/ignite/logs/makrec.log1
2. /var/opt/ignite/logs/makrec.log2

Use check_recovery to update tape,
Note - restore this tape on the system which it was created. Read man pages for more info.

Hope this helps.

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Rocky Jr.
You may have my body & soul, but you will never touch my pride!

If you have knowledge, let others light their candles at it.

Certified to work on HP-UX / Sun Solaris / RedHat

Really appreciate you taking the time.. I'll give it a try.