• DEC ALPHA 4100 SYSTEM BACKUP

    From Gideon Magak@21:1/5 to All on Mon Feb 22 00:47:08 2016
    Hello,

    I desperately and urgently require to restore tru64 vdump backup but lacks the environment. My server DEC 4100 crashed and effort to revive it has failed.

    Anyone with an idea whether I can retrieve data using an alternative environment or an existing DEC ALPHA 4100 I can use to extract the data.

    My sample script is as below:

    #!/bin/sh
    #/sbin/vdump -vuC -0f /dev/nrmt0h /
    #/sbin/vdump -vuC -0f /dev/nrmt0h /proc
    #/sbin/vdump -vuC -0f /dev/nrmt0h /usr
    #/sbin/vdump -vuC -0f /dev/nrmt0h /tollswitch
    /sbin/vdump -vuC -0f /dev/nrmt0h /billing
    /sbin/vdump -vuC -0f /dev/nrmt0h /home
    /sbin/vdump -vuC -0f /dev/nrmt0h /isd
    #/sbin/vdump -vuC -0f /dev/nrmt0h /telephone
    #/sbin/vdump -vuC -0f /dev/nrmt0h /telex
    /sbin/mt -f /dev/rmt0h rewind
    /sbin/vrestore -t -f /dev/rmt0h > /telex/alpha1listings/home24032005
    /sbin/mt -f /dev/rmt0h rewoffl

    Looking forward to your support.

    Magak Gideon

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  • From sms.antinode@gmail.com@21:1/5 to All on Mon Feb 22 05:27:28 2016
    [...] an existing DEC ALPHA 4100 [...]

    You don't need any particular Alpha system, but, so far as
    I know, you do need another Tru64 system (with the "vrestore"
    program, and a suitable tape drive would be helpful, too) to
    recover your data.

    [...] crashed and effort to revive it has failed.

    Not many details there.

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  • From sandy levitt@21:1/5 to Gideon Magak on Mon Feb 22 08:39:34 2016
    Have you thought about using an alpha Emulator such as Charon from Stromasys?



    On Monday, February 22, 2016 at 3:47:09 AM UTC-5, Gideon Magak wrote:
    Hello,

    I desperately and urgently require to restore tru64 vdump backup but lacks the environment. My server DEC 4100 crashed and effort to revive it has failed.

    Anyone with an idea whether I can retrieve data using an alternative environment or an existing DEC ALPHA 4100 I can use to extract the data.

    My sample script is as below:

    #!/bin/sh
    #/sbin/vdump -vuC -0f /dev/nrmt0h /
    #/sbin/vdump -vuC -0f /dev/nrmt0h /proc
    #/sbin/vdump -vuC -0f /dev/nrmt0h /usr
    #/sbin/vdump -vuC -0f /dev/nrmt0h /tollswitch
    /sbin/vdump -vuC -0f /dev/nrmt0h /billing
    /sbin/vdump -vuC -0f /dev/nrmt0h /home
    /sbin/vdump -vuC -0f /dev/nrmt0h /isd
    #/sbin/vdump -vuC -0f /dev/nrmt0h /telephone
    #/sbin/vdump -vuC -0f /dev/nrmt0h /telex
    /sbin/mt -f /dev/rmt0h rewind
    /sbin/vrestore -t -f /dev/rmt0h > /telex/alpha1listings/home24032005
    /sbin/mt -f /dev/rmt0h rewoffl

    Looking forward to your support.

    Magak Gideon

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  • From Gideon Magak@21:1/5 to sms.an...@gmail.com on Mon Feb 22 23:20:58 2016
    On Monday, 22 February 2016 16:27:30 UTC+3, sms.an...@gmail.com wrote:
    [...] an existing DEC ALPHA 4100 [...]

    You don't need any particular Alpha system, but, so far as
    I know, you do need another Tru64 system (with the "vrestore"
    program, and a suitable tape drive would be helpful, too) to
    recover your data.

    [...] crashed and effort to revive it has failed.

    Not many details there.

    Thanks for your post. Is it possible to setup Tru64 on any other HW besides DEC4100? The other thought that has been on my mind is if environments like Linux or HP-UX can help retrieve Tru64 vdump backup.

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  • From sms.antinode@gmail.com@21:1/5 to All on Tue Feb 23 07:30:34 2016
    [...] Is it possible to setup Tru64 on any other HW besides DEC4100?

    Sure. For a list, see:

    http://www8.hp.com/h20195/v2/GetHTML.aspx?docname=c04154391

    Look for "Supported Hardware". They are all Alpha systems,
    of course.

    The other thought that has been on my mind is if
    environments like Linux or HP-UX can help retrieve Tru64
    vdump backup.

    It may prove little, but I did a quick Web search, and
    found nothing.

    If you want to do this one time only, then all you need is
    to find someone cooperative with who has a Tru64 system with
    a suitable tape drive. Preferably close to you. So far,
    only you know where you are, and what kind of tape you have.

    Around here (Tru64 V5.1B), tape devices look like
    /dev/ntape/tape0_d1, not /dev/nrmt0h, so I'd guess that you
    have/had Tru64 V4.x. I'd expect a newer system to be able to
    read an old-version vdump tape, however.

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  • From sandy levitt@21:1/5 to All on Tue Feb 23 09:05:36 2016
    If you would like more information about CHARON, please look at www.stromasys.com.

    You can set up Tru64 on just about any Alpha. If you wish to run Tru64 on an X86 environment, that is where CHARON comes in.

    thanks!

    sandy

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  • From Gideon Magak@21:1/5 to sandy levitt on Mon Feb 22 23:23:54 2016
    On Monday, 22 February 2016 19:39:35 UTC+3, sandy levitt wrote:
    Have you thought about using an alpha Emulator such as Charon from Stromasys?



    On Monday, February 22, 2016 at 3:47:09 AM UTC-5, Gideon Magak wrote:
    Hello,

    I desperately and urgently require to restore tru64 vdump backup but lacks the environment. My server DEC 4100 crashed and effort to revive it has failed.

    Anyone with an idea whether I can retrieve data using an alternative environment or an existing DEC ALPHA 4100 I can use to extract the data.

    My sample script is as below:

    #!/bin/sh
    #/sbin/vdump -vuC -0f /dev/nrmt0h /
    #/sbin/vdump -vuC -0f /dev/nrmt0h /proc
    #/sbin/vdump -vuC -0f /dev/nrmt0h /usr
    #/sbin/vdump -vuC -0f /dev/nrmt0h /tollswitch
    /sbin/vdump -vuC -0f /dev/nrmt0h /billing
    /sbin/vdump -vuC -0f /dev/nrmt0h /home
    /sbin/vdump -vuC -0f /dev/nrmt0h /isd
    #/sbin/vdump -vuC -0f /dev/nrmt0h /telephone
    #/sbin/vdump -vuC -0f /dev/nrmt0h /telex
    /sbin/mt -f /dev/rmt0h rewind
    /sbin/vrestore -t -f /dev/rmt0h > /telex/alpha1listings/home24032005 /sbin/mt -f /dev/rmt0h rewoffl

    Looking forward to your support.

    Magak Gideon

    Hello,

    Thanks for your contribution. I'm learning of Charon for the very first time. Let me research on it and give it a try.

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  • From Gideon Magak@21:1/5 to sms.an...@gmail.com on Wed Feb 24 00:03:07 2016
    On Tuesday, 23 February 2016 18:30:36 UTC+3, sms.an...@gmail.com wrote:
    [...] Is it possible to setup Tru64 on any other HW besides DEC4100?

    Sure. For a list, see:

    http://www8.hp.com/h20195/v2/GetHTML.aspx?docname=c04154391

    Look for "Supported Hardware". They are all Alpha systems,
    of course.

    The other thought that has been on my mind is if
    environments like Linux or HP-UX can help retrieve Tru64
    vdump backup.

    It may prove little, but I did a quick Web search, and
    found nothing.

    If you want to do this one time only, then all you need is
    to find someone cooperative with who has a Tru64 system with
    a suitable tape drive. Preferably close to you. So far,
    only you know where you are, and what kind of tape you have.

    Around here (Tru64 V5.1B), tape devices look like
    /dev/ntape/tape0_d1, not /dev/nrmt0h, so I'd guess that you
    have/had Tru64 V4.x. I'd expect a newer system to be able to
    read an old-version vdump tape, however.

    Thanks for your input.We'll explore ways of identifying anyone with a working Tru64 system.

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