HP e3000 MPE/iX Release 7.0 System Software Maintenance Manual (30216-90317)

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Preparing Your System

4.5 Backing Up Your System for Reinstall

If you are using checklist J, and if you are performing a reinstall because your system is

not operating, it is in a “crash” state, and you do not want a backup in this state, then

proceed to “Applying the Modiﬁcation.”

If you are using checklist J, and if you are planning to reinstall your system software,

proceed with this section.

Before you reinstall your system software, perform a full system backup because

reinstalling your system software DESTROYS all existing ﬁles.

You can run the BULDACCT utility prior to creating the backup. Running BULDACCT puts the

BULDJOB1 and BULDJOB2 ﬁles in PUB.SYS. Using BULDACCT is the preferred method because

later you can use the BULDJOB1 jobstream to rebuild the entire accounting structure and

the BULDJOB2 jobstream to reset all UDCs that were previously on the system.

To backup using the BULDACCT utility and the STORE command with the DIRECTORY option:

1. From the console at the MPE/iX prompt, log on.

:HELLO MANAGER.SYS,INSTALL;HIPRI

:SPOOLER LP;START

:STREAMS

streams_device

An LP device must be conﬁgured in SYSGEN. A common

streams_device

value is 10.

Already spooled and streamed messages might display.

2. Mount blank tape.

:FILE T;DEV=TAPE

3. Run the buldacct utility to archive your current accounting structure and security

restrictions.

:RUN BULDACCT.PUB.SYS;INFO=“@”

4. Store ﬁles.

:STORE @.@.SYS,@.@.@-@.@.SYS;*T;DIRECTORY;SHOW

:STORE /SYS/, / - /SYS/;*T;DIRECTORY;SHOW; &

ONVS=

volume_set_name1, volume_set_name2,

where

volume_set_name

is the name for each user volume set you want to backup.

5. Dismount tape, label as backup with date, time and system version.

6. If you cannot locate a current SLT, make one now:

SYSGEN

sysgen> TAPE

NOTE

The BULDJOB1 contains system passwords. Do not keep this ﬁle on the system

for longer than necessary.