Restore HP-UX from ignite tape (with screen dump)

 Objective

To restore HP-UX (11i, 11.23 should work) from a backup (make_tape_recovery)

1. Login MP console and recycle it
2. "CO" to console
3. Within that "10 seconds", press any key and see the menu

   ---- Main Menu ---------------------------------------------------------------
   
        Command                           Description
        -------                           -----------
        BOot [PRI|ALT|]             Boot from specified path
        PAth [PRI|ALT] []           Display or modify a path
        SEArch [DIsplay|IPL] []     Search for boot devices
   
        COnfiguration menu                Displays or sets boot values
        INformation menu                  Displays hardware information
        SERvice menu                      Displays service commands
   
        DIsplay                           Redisplay the current menu
        HElp [|]           Display help for menu or command
        RESET                             Restart the system
   ----
   Main Menu: Enter command or menu > sea

4. Insert the tape and run "SEA" to search devices

   Main Menu: Enter command or menu > SEA
   
   Searching for potential boot device(s)
   This may take several minutes.
   
   To discontinue search, press any key (termination may not be immediate).
   
   
                                                                              IODC
      Path#  Device Path (dec)  Device Path (mnem)  Device Type               Rev
      -----  -----------------  ------------------  -----------               ----
      P0     0/0/2/0.0          ide.0               Random access media       1    
      P1     0/1/1/0.0          intscsia.0          Random access media       1    
      P2     0/1/1/1.4          intscsib.4          Sequential access media   1    
   
   
   Main Menu: Enter command or menu >

5. "P2 0/1/1/1.4 intscsib.4 Sequential access media 1" -> which is the tape drive
   
   

Cisco MDS port zoning 101

Objective

• There are two FC ports (fd0, fd1) on a hp-ux rp3410 (hostname: rp3410 )
• The storage is EMC VNX5100, we will use SPA P1/P2 and SPB P1/P2.

Physical connection

• rp3410 fd0 will connect to SW1 port 1/7
• rp3410 fd1 will connect to SW2 port 1/7
• VNX5100 SPA P1 on SW1 port 1/1
• VNX5100 SPB P1 on SW1 port 1/2
• VNX5100 SPA P2 on SW2 port 1/1
• VNX5100 SPB P2 on SW2 port 1/2

Switch configuration:

We will create 4 zones, 2 on each switch: The zoneset is "full-zoneset"

SW1 wwn is 20:00:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx

SW2 wwn is 20:00:yy:yy:yy:yy:yy:yy

The VSAN of SW1 is 201, SW2 is 202

(it is port zoning, for soft zoning by wwn, it will be ready later)

SW1:

config t

vsan database
vsan 201 interface 1/7
 

interface 1/7
no shutdown
switchport mode F
switchport description "rp3410_fd0"

zone name rp3410_fd0_VNX5100_VNX_SPA1 vsan 201
member interface fc 1/1 swwn 20:00:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
member interface fc 1/7 swwn 20:00:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx

zone name rp3410_fd0_VNX5100_VNX_SPB1 vsan 201
member interface fc 1/2 swwn 20:00:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
member interface fc 1/7 swwn 20:00:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx

zoneset name full-zoneset vsan 201
memeber rp3410_fd0_VNX5100_VNX_SPA1
memeber rp3410_fd0_VNX5100_VNX_SPB1
zoneset activate name full-zoneset

SW2

config t

vsan database
vsan 202 interface 1/7

interface 1/7
no shutdown
switchport mode F
switchport description "rp3410_fd1"

zone name rp3410_fd1_VNX5100_VNX_SPA2 vsan 202
member interface fc 1/1 swwn 20:00:yy:yy:yy:yy:yy:yy
member interface fc 1/7 swwn 20:00:yy:yy:yy:yy:yy:yy

zone name rp3410_fd1_VNX5100_VNX_SPB2 vsan 202
member interface fc 1/2 swwn 20:00:yy:yy:yy:yy:yy:yy
member interface fc 1/7 swwn 20:00:yy:yy:yy:yy:yy:yy

zoneset name full-zoneset vsan 202
memeber rp3410_fd1_VNX5100_VNX_SPA2 vsan 202
memeber rp3410_fd1_VNX5100_VNX_SPB2 vsan 202
zoneset activate name full-zoneset

Getting Serial Number of HP-UX (works on RP5470 - HP11i PA-RISC)

HP-UX 11i is now pretty old but it is surprised that there are still a lot of companies using it. Though it is stable but hardware failure is something unpreventable. Once you found hardware fault, you probably need to call vendors (HP or others) to diagnostics.

A typical question will be "what is your server model? OS? Serial number?" Here is the quick answer:

OS Version: uname -a
Model: model (yes, simple?)
Serial Number: no single command to get it. but the information can be retrieved in cstm:
echo "sel path system\ninfolog\nexit"|cstm|grep "System Serial Number"

eg.
# uname -a
HP-UX zzzzzzzzz B.11.11 U 9000/800 106424635 unlimited-user license
# model
9000/800/L3000-8x
# echo "sel path system\ninfolog\nexit"|cstm|grep "System Serial Number"
   System Serial Number...: xxxxxxxxxx
 

How to check SAS raid disks in HP-UX (IA64)

Find out the sas device (usually /dev/sasd0) and use "sasmgr". See below example:

# sasmgr get_info -D /dev/sasd0 -q raid

  Sat Sep 13 16:39:50 2008 
   
  ---------- PHYSICAL DRIVES ---------- 
  LUN dsf              SAS Address          Enclosure    Bay      Size(MB) 
   
  /dev/rdsk/c4t1d0     0x5000c5000a505f61     1            14     140014 
  /dev/rdsk/c4t3d0     0x5000c5000a5043ad     1            11     140014 
  /dev/rdsk/c4t4d0     0x5000c5000a505e8d     1            12     140014 
  /dev/rdsk/c4t5d0     0x5000c5000a50581d     1            13     140014 
   
  ---------- LOGICAL DRIVE 12 ---------- 
   
  Raid Level          : RAID 1 
  Volume sas address  : 0x9e5dcd189757869 
  Raid State          : OPTIMAL 
  Raid Status Flag    : ENABLED 
  Raid Size           : 139136 
  Rebuild Rate        : 20.00 % 
  Rebuild Progress    : 100.00 % 
   
  Participating Physical Drive(s) : 
  SAS Address         Enc   Bay   Size(MB)      Type            State 
   
  0x5000c500092f9689   1     9    140014        PRIMARY         ONLINE 
  0x5000c500092f9d41   1     10   140014        SECONDARY       ONLINE 

HP-UX hardware info (IA64)

Just run "machinfo" !! (/usr/contrib/bin/machinfo)

In fact, CPU, Memory and serial number can be obtained.

#machinfo
CPU info:
Number of CPUs = 2
Clock speed = 1666 MHz
Bus speed = 666 MT/s
CPUID registers
vendor information = "GenuineIntel"
processor serial number = 0x0000000000000000
processor version info = 0x0000000020010104
architecture revision: 0
processor family: 32 Intel(R) Itanium 2 9100 series
processor model: 1 Intel(R) Itanium 2 9100 series
processor revision: 1 Stepping A1
largest CPUID reg: 4
processor capabilities = 0x0000000000000005
implements long branch: 1
implements 16-byte atomic operations: 1
Bus features
implemented = 0xbdf0000020000000
selected = 0x0000000000000000
Cache info (per core):
L1 Instruction: size = 16 KB, associativity = 4
L1 Data: size = 16 KB, associativity = 4
L2 Instruction: size = 1024 KB, associativity = 8
L2 Data: size = 256 KB, associativity = 8
L3 Unified: size = 9216 KB, associativity = 9
Memory = 16350 MB (15.966797 GB)
Firmware info:
Firmware revision = 04.03
FP SWA driver revision: 1.18
IPMI is supported on this system.
BMC version: 5.23
Platform info:
model string = "ia64 hp server rx3600"
machine id number = xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxxx
machine serial number = xxxxxxxxxx
OS info:
sysname = HP-UX
nodename = hptest
release = B.11.23
version = U (unlimited-user license)
machine = ia64
idnumber = xxxxxxxxxxxxx
vmunix _release_version: