10-31-2008
Since you are on HPUX 11.00 you can use make_recovery -A (-d /dev/rmt/1m, no need if this is the default tape...) - Av if you sit next to console and want to watch the progress...
>How do I use this tape in case of crash of the operating system? do you know?
You would have to choose at boot to to boot from tape, that is at IPL type sea (search) at choose the sequential device
It will then ask interact? choose n
It will then display something like:
:tape (0/12/0/0.3.00.0.0.;0)INSTALL
...
then you have 10 seconds to interrupt the process otherwise it will reinstall the OS...
Unfortunately its a long time since last time I went through the complete process and you will have to wait till Im at home to look through my notes...
It is a good thing to test your recovery tape already to see if it boots ...
Then you may have to use it to modify filesystem size ( and reinstall after...) for you dont have OnlineJFS... but even you had it, you would need to go through using the tape for / /stand and the swap since they have to be contiguous...
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tapeinfo
TAPEINFO(1) General Commands Manual TAPEINFO(1)
NAME
tapeinfo - report SCSI tape device info
SYNOPSIS
tapeinfo -f <scsi-generic-device>
DESCRIPTION
The tapeinfo command reads various information from SCSI tape drives that is not generally available via most vendors' tape drivers. It
issues raw commands directly to the tape drive, using either the operating system's SCSI generic device ( e.g. /dev/sg0 on Linux,
/dev/pass0 on FreeBSD) or the raw SCSI I/O ioctl on a tape device on some operating systems.
One good time to use 'tapeinfo' is immediately after a tape i/o operation has failed. On tape drives that support HP's 'tapealert' API,
'tapeinfo' will report a more exact description of what went wrong.
Do be aware that 'tapeinfo' is not a substitute for your operating system's own 'mt' or similar tape driver control program. It is intended
to supplement, not replace, programs like 'mt' that access your operating system's tape driver in order to report or set information.
OPTIONS
The first argument, given following -f , is the SCSI generic device corresponding to your tape drive. Consult your operating system's doc-
umentation for more information (for example, under Linux these are generally start at /dev/sg0 under FreeBSD these start at /dev/pass0).
Under FreeBSD, 'camcontrol devlist' will tell you what SCSI devices you have, along with which 'pass' device controls them. Under Linux,
"cat /proc/scsi/scsi" will tell you what SCSI devices you have.
BUGS AND LIMITATIONS
This program has only been tested on Linux with a limited number of tape drives (HP DDS4, Seagate AIT).
AVAILABILITY
tapeinfo is currently being maintained by Robert Nelson <robertnelson@users.sourceforge.net> as part of the 'mtx' suite of programs. The
'mtx' home page is http://mtx.sourceforge.net and the actual code is currently available there and via SVN from http://source-
forge.net/projects/mtx.
SEE ALSO
mt(1),mtx(1),scsitape(1),scsieject(1),loaderinfo(1)
TAPEINFO1.0 TAPEINFO(1)