HP-UX 11i v3 Installation and Update Guide, September 2010

Choosing HP-UX fbackup/frecover utilities
Use the fbackup and frecover commands to selectively back up and recover files. The fbackup
command can do the following:
• Indicate specific files or directories to include or exclude from a backup
• Specify different levels of backup on a daily, a weekly, or monthly basis
• Create an online index file
The frecover command restores backup files made using the fbackup utility. The -r option
to the frecover command is generally used for recovering all files from your backup; the -x
option is used for restoring individual files to your system. For complete details, see the frecover
(1M) and fbackup (1M) manpages.
Selecting your HP-UX console for Itanium-based systems
You can skip this section if you are cold-installing on a PA-RISC system (it applies only to
Itanium-based systems) or you are already on the system console.
If you are cold-installing HP-UX or changing your system configuration, you will need to select
the correct console. If you have more than one possible console device (such as a graphics adapter
and a console serial device) and you have not configured your system console correctly, your
installation session might appear to hang as you might be looking for output from the wrong
device. Even if you have ordered a machine with HP-UX pre-installed, you will want to choose
your console, despite the factory defaults.
Depending on the firmware level of your Integrity server, you can select your primary HP-UX
console using one the following methods:
• The EFI conconfig command (if present)
• The EFI Boot Manager
NOTE: If you select either a system or an MP/iLO serial port, HP recommends you choose a
VT100-capable terminal device.
Serial port, MP/iLO and VGA device paths can vary between each Itanium-based system. See
the appropriate platform documentation for your product for information on determining the
device paths.
You can find more information on the EFI Paths used for console selection in the Intel® Extensible
Firmware Interface (EFI) documents available from the Intel website.
Determining if the conconfig command exists on your system
To decide which method to use, first determine if the conconfig command exists on your
system.
1. At the EFI prompt, enter the following command:
Shell> conconfig
• If the command exists, the system might return output similar to the following:
CONSOLE CONFIGURATION
Index Primary Type Device Path
1 P Serial Acpi(HWP0002,PNP0A03,0)/Pci(1|2)
2 S VGA Acpi(HWP0002,PNP0A03,0)/Pci(4|0)
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