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Hakki Aydin Expert in this area This member has accumulated 1000 or more points
Nov 4, 2009 08:25:20 GMT   

As far as I can see it seems not possible, but is there any way to restore any files OR single file without rebooting server ?
I lost Xmanager license file and just I need it.
My server HP-UX 11iv1

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Michal Kapalka (mikap) This member has accumulated 2500 or more points
Nov 4, 2009 08:33:50 GMT  8 pts

hi,

yes it is possible.

what type of ignite do you have ??? tape/server

more on this link :

http://forums11.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=1373017


mikap
Hakki Aydin Expert in this area This member has accumulated 1000 or more points
Nov 4, 2009 08:42:02 GMT    N/A: Question Author

>Mikap:what type of ignite do you have ??? tape/server

tape

I will check recommended link out
Torsten. Expert in this area This member has accumulated 40000 or more points
Nov 4, 2009 08:42:59 GMT  7 pts

Is it stored on tape or server; made on HP9000 or Integrity?
Hakki Aydin Expert in this area This member has accumulated 1000 or more points
Nov 4, 2009 08:51:08 GMT    N/A: Question Author

>Torsten:Is it stored on tape or server; made on HP9000 or Integrity?

tape
HP9000
Torsten. Expert in this area This member has accumulated 40000 or more points
Nov 4, 2009 09:01:48 GMT  8 pts

The image is a tar archive, use

# mt -f /dev/rmt/_mn rew
# mt -f /dev/rmt/_mn fsf 1
# tar -tvf /dev/rmt/_mn
Hakki Aydin Expert in this area This member has accumulated 1000 or more points
Nov 4, 2009 11:42:57 GMT    N/A: Question Author

If I just need to see list , can I do it with as

tar bla ..bla .. > /tmp/list.ignite
R.K. # This member has accumulated 1000 or more points
Nov 4, 2009 11:49:52 GMT  8 pts

Hi Hakki,

From Ignite Tape:
(1) mt -f /dev/rmt/0mn rew
(2) mt -f /dev/rmt/0mn fsf 1
(3) tar xvf /dev/rmt/0mn  etc/lvmtab

Note that you have specify full path to your directory without the first '/' as ignite backs up the contents relative to /.


To see contents:
#tar tvf <tape>

Regds..
Viveki Expert in this area This member has accumulated 500 or more points
Nov 4, 2009 15:04:28 GMT  6 pts

Hi

You need to give fsf 22 instead of 1 if you are using a tape made of Itanium servers.
Suraj K Sankari This member has accumulated 2500 or more points
Nov 4, 2009 15:11:17 GMT  8 pts

Hi,

>>If I just need to see list , can I do it with as tar bla ..bla

From tar file you can see the file listing with "tar -tvf file.tar"

Suraj
Hakki Aydin Expert in this area This member has accumulated 1000 or more points
Nov 4, 2009 16:23:38 GMT    N/A: Question Author

>Viveki:You need to give fsf 22 instead of 1 if you are using a tape made of Itanium

What does fsf exactly mean ? man pages says forwarding count file number but you say use 22 for integritiy , what exactly does it skip the first 22 files ??
Tor-Arne Nostdal This member has accumulated 250 or more points
Nov 4, 2009 20:28:01 GMT  8 pts

The Ignite tape is a tape which contain a bootstrap + a dump of all your files from your vg00, stored in a tar-ball.

The suggestion is to use the command 'mt' magnetic tape and 'fsf 1' forward skip file ... which means to jump over the boot record, and position the tape for start reading from here.

This is why they also refere to a No-Rewind device /dev/rmt/0mn (or _mn where the _ is the number representing your tape device...)

mt -f /dev/{yourtapdev}n fsf 1
- worked great with PA-Risc, but apparently you need to jump 22 forward for Itanium (according to Viveki).

When this is done, the tape should be positioned where the tar-ball start.
Therefore you can issue the next command...
tar -tvf /dev/{yourtapdev}

Hope this explains it
/2r
 
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