SP Tape Boot and Restore with Sysback


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Procedure to tape boot an SP node

About this document

This document describes how to tape boot an SP node and restore with sysback. It applies to AIX Version 4.2.1.


Procedure to tape boot an SP node

  1. Power down the node. Use the GUI (spmon -g) or issue the command spmon -p off node1.

  2. Open a tty. Using the spmon GUI, select: Alternatively, issue the command spmon -open node1.

  3. If this is not a silver node, put the key in Service Mode. Use the spmon GUI or issue the command spmon -key service node1.

  4. If this is a high node, press Enter to get the ">" prompt.

  5. Power on the node with Node Controls. Use the spmon GUI or issue the command spmon -p on node1.

    Press Enter. If you see the following prompt, enter n:

    	DO YOU WANT TO UPDATE FLASH FROM LINE S2 [y/n] ? 
  6. If this is a silver node, use SMS to install from tape.

  7. After some time, the system should prompt you for your console.

  8. Sysback should come up shortly after restoring programs from tape. When it does, follow these steps:



[ Doc Ref: 92783732211214     Publish Date: Oct. 17, 2000     4FAX Ref: 4327 ]