Thanks Deebu,

Unfortunately, that doesn't answer my question. The log files tell me
that the tape was successfully created. I want to know if the tape that
was successfully created is, in fact, a valid recovery tape -- that is,
I want to be able to verify that it's bootable and that it has the core
os files on it so that I have a high level of confidence that it can be
used as a recovery tape.


Deebumon RK wrote:

>
>Hi
>Check the log file @ /var/opt/ignite/log/make*
>
>
>Regards
>Deebu
>
>On Wed, 26 May 2004 John MacLerran wrote :
>
>
>>Dear HP9000-L,
>>
>>I'm a relative newbie to HP9000 system administration, and am trying to come
>>up to speed.  I'm going to be patching an HP-UX 11.11 system in order to
>>install a Fibre Channel adapter, and one of the tasks mentioned in the
>>patching guide is to make sure the system can be recovered in the event of
>>an error.
>>
>>I used the following command to make a recovery boot tape:
>>
>>make_recovery -ACiv -d /dev/rmt/0m
>>
>>And, after about 45 minutes of processing, I get the message that the
>>process was successful.
>>
>>My question is: is there any way to verify the completeness / correctness of
>>the tape once it's been created?  On the HP3000 server (my background),
>>there is a program that allows one to check the SLT (system load tape --
>>like a recovery boot tape). That program will verify that the core os files
>>are present on the tape and optionally report the amount of disk space
>>needed to recover from that tape.  I was hoping to find a similar utility on
>>the HP-UX side, but neither 'man -k recovery' nor 'man -k check' nor 'man -k
>>ignite' turn up any likely candidates.
>>
>>At first, I thought check_recovery is what I wanted, but that program seems
>>to check the recovery status file against the current system configuration
>>as a method of determining when the system has changed enough to warrant a
>>new recovery tape.
>>
>>So, am I pursuing an untamed goose or what?
>>Thanks!
>>
>>-------------------------------
>>John MacLerran
>>IT Systems Analyst
>>Idaho State University
>>[log in to unmask]
>>
>>
>
>
>Thanks and Regards
>Deebumon RK
>
>

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