Good Day,
I've been trying to create a bootable recovery disk with no success. I've used the command ./make_recovery -A -d /dev/rmt/1m and get the command HP-UX System Recovery returned, and after about a minute an error is returned:
So I've tried to erase the disk to create space, using the commands:
but all these attempts have the "unknown command" error returned to me.
I've tried tar -cvf /dev/rmt/1mnwith no luck either.
I then tried mediainit -v /dev/rmt/1mn which was accepted and worked, however, when I once again tried the ./make_recovery -A -d /dev/rmt/1mcommand, I still got the same error again(no space).
Your help would be much appreciated.
Last edited by radoulov; 03-07-2013 at 09:52 AM..
Reason: Code tags!
Okay, you're trying to create a mag tape that you can boot from? Yes?
One point is that most such scripts (creating bootable media of any type) stage themselves off working disk space so you'll need to ensure that the filesystem that the script wants to use as working space is not nearly full.
Come on guys! Where are the HP-UX experts who really know how this works?
Dunno. Try taking a look at the script "make_recovery" and see what it's doing and where it tries to put stuff.
NOTE TO MODERATORS: Although the OP has posted this in dummies it's not such a dumb question. Can we move the thread to HP-UX please where the right guys will see it. Thanks.
If it is /var/temp directory you need to know what filesystem that is on. Are any of your filesystems filling up? Of course, if it's an old system with small drives and you are trying to create a full system image, I guess that could be a problem. Try running it again and from another terminal run
repeatedly and see if a filesystem hits the top when you get the error.
I would start by giving more information on your system, is it (hopefully...) a server if so what model...
next we would need the ouput of bdf in order to tell you if it makes sense to use -A option and why your system is complaining (/var full? is it so?)
And the ouput of:
Last edited by vbe; 03-07-2013 at 11:43 AM..
Reason: for ioscan...
I have a make_recovery tape, if I restore the VG00 volume group using this, will my other volume groups still be ok after the restore(I have 7 data volume groups)
I used make_recovery -A to create the tape
I have a HP9000 HP-UX 11
An internal disk is failing, the other volume groups are on... (3 Replies)
Can anyone help with an HP Ignite problem please !!
We currently have 2 servers running HP-UX B.11.00 connected together and using a high availability cluster (serviceguard) running one package.
Each of the servers have 2 mirrored local disks. (also installed HP OpenviewDM B.05.03, Oracle 8.0.5,... (7 Replies)
I'm attempting to do a make_recovery on my HPUX box. My question revolves around the number of device files I have for my tape drive and what each one is intending for and which I should use. Some examples of my devices include 1m, 1mb, 1mnb, 2m, 2mb, 2mn, 2mnb, C1t0d0best, C1t0d0dds, &... (4 Replies)
hi, for aix and hpux, we have both mksysb and make_recovery for restoring to the former state after it was crashed. is there any equivalent to sun? any pointers will be appreciated. thanks (8 Replies)