[...] an existing DEC ALPHA 4100 [...]
[...] crashed and effort to revive it has failed.
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
[...] 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.
[...] 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.
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
[...] 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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