Installing and Managing HP-UX Virtual Partitions (includes A.03.03)
Crash Processing and Recovery
Network and Tape Recovery
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Using make_tape_recovery within a vPars-environment
(vPars A.03.03)
Beginning with vPars A.03.03, vPars supports tape drives. This includes 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
• the tape device must be an explicitly specified resource with the attribute TAPE. This is similar to
specifying the boot device with the attribute BOOT. For example:
# 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
Please note that when modifying io resources, the target virtual partition must be in the down state.
The vparstatus -v command should show the tape device with the TAPE attribute:
# vparstatus -p winona2 -v
[Virtual Partition Details]
Name: winona2
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[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
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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, boot the target virtual partition using the tape drive as specified with the TAPE attribute:
winona1# vparboot -p winona2 -B TAPE
Then proceed with the recovery as normal.