trouble getting HPUX test/dev system DB loaded aft

HPUX 11.31 (11iv3) on BL870c servers Informix 12.10.FC6 I know this is slightly off topic. Recently we migrated from using a EVA4400 as our Informix storage to a 3par 8200 SAN connected to our HPUX servers that run our ERP. The migration went smoothly. Each HPUX server are identical in configuration and each have one raw lun attached by fiber to the 3par SAN for the Informix database. A few days ago I was going to update our test/dev server with a copy of the production server to test an ERP upgrade. Like I have for the last 10+ years I made a recovery tape using HPUX's Ignite's make_tape_recovery process. After loading the OS using the recovery tape I normally would run a ontape -r to restore the database. this time the ontape -r is giving an error Physical restore failed - Error opening file /opt/informix/dev/root.1. errno=19 The 3par lun is a raw lun so the make recovery tape will only bring over the structure/config of that volume group and not the data. My question is anyone out there using a HPUX server with a 3par raw lun for Informix and successfully do a make_tape_recovery to another server? Was there any special configuration needed? Something on the HPUX side? Something on the 3par side? Something with the make_tape_recovery command? I have a call into HP and has been kicked up to level 2 but they can't seem to find the cause or the correction. Only that the volume group information from the production server did not get moved to the test/dev server. Even when we manually exported and imported that configuration on the test server Informix still can't get to the raw lun to restore the data base. Any help/suggestions would be appreciated John David Adamski, Sr. Network Specialist Graceland University, 1 University Place, Lamoni, IA 50140 adamski@graceland.edu 641.784.5267

Error -19 is probably no such device but double check in errno.h You 100% certain the device is there and dd'able ? Cheers Paul -----Original Message----- From: ids-bounces@iiug.org [mailto:ids-bounces@iiug.org] On Behalf Of John Adamski (Work Account) Sent: Friday, September 23, 2016 12:28 PM To: ids@iiug.org Subject: trouble getting HPUX test/dev system DB loaded.... [37871] HPUX 11.31 (11iv3) on BL870c servers Informix 12.10.FC6 I know this is slightly off topic. Recently we migrated from using a EVA4400 as our Informix storage to a 3par 8200 SAN connected to our HPUX servers that run our ERP. The migration went smoothly. Each HPUX server are identical in configuration and each have one raw lun attached by fiber to the 3par SAN for the Informix database. A few days ago I was going to update our test/dev server with a copy of the production server to test an ERP upgrade. Like I have for the last 10+ years I made a recovery tape using HPUX's Ignite's make_tape_recovery process. After loading the OS using the recovery tape I normally would run a ontape -r to restore the database. this time the ontape -r is giving an error Physical restore failed - Error opening file /opt/informix/dev/root.1. errno=19 The 3par lun is a raw lun so the make recovery tape will only bring over the structure/config of that volume group and not the data. My question is anyone out there using a HPUX server with a 3par raw lun for Informix and successfully do a make_tape_recovery to another server? Was there any special configuration needed? Something on the HPUX side? Something on the 3par side? Something with the make_tape_recovery command? I have a call into HP and has been kicked up to level 2 but they can't seem to find the cause or the correction. Only that the volume group information from the production server did not get moved to the test/dev server. Even when we manually exported and imported that configuration on the test server Informix still can't get to the raw lun to restore the data base. Any help/suggestions would be appreciated John David Adamski, Sr. Network Specialist Graceland University, 1 University Place, Lamoni, IA 50140 adamski@graceland.edu 641.784.5267 **************************************************************************** *** Forum Note: Use "Reply" to post a response in the discussion forum.

Yes the device was/is there. HP never could figure out why the make_tape_recovery did not copy over the config of the 3par volume group. In the end did a manual config of the volume group. My guess is 3par is doing something slightly differently in presenting the raw lun to HPUX that the EVA did. After wasting 10 days and no assurance this will not happen again I'm not too pleased with HPE right now. John -----Original Message----- From: ids-bounces@iiug.org [mailto:ids-bounces@iiug.org] On Behalf Of Paul Watson Sent: Monday, October 03, 2016 6:08 PM To: ids@iiug.org Subject: RE: trouble getting HPUX test/dev system DB lo.... [37896] Error -19 is probably no such device but double check in errno.h You 100% certain the device is there and dd'able ? Cheers Paul -----Original Message----- From: ids-bounces@iiug.org [mailto:ids-bounces@iiug.org] On Behalf Of John Adamski (Work Account) Sent: Friday, September 23, 2016 12:28 PM To: ids@iiug.org Subject: trouble getting HPUX test/dev system DB loaded.... [37871] HPUX 11.31 (11iv3) on BL870c servers Informix 12.10.FC6 I know this is slightly off topic. Recently we migrated from using a EVA4400 as our Informix storage to a 3par 8200 SAN connected to our HPUX servers that run our ERP. The migration went smoothly. Each HPUX server are identical in configuration and each have one raw lun attached by fiber to the 3par SAN for the Informix database. A few days ago I was going to update our test/dev server with a copy of the production server to test an ERP upgrade. Like I have for the last 10+ years I made a recovery tape using HPUX's Ignite's make_tape_recovery process. After loading the OS using the recovery tape I normally would run a ontape -r to restore the database. this time the ontape -r is giving an error Physical restore failed - Error opening file /opt/informix/dev/root.1. errno=19 The 3par lun is a raw lun so the make recovery tape will only bring over the structure/config of that volume group and not the data. My question is anyone out there using a HPUX server with a 3par raw lun for Informix and successfully do a make_tape_recovery to another server? Was there any special configuration needed? Something on the HPUX side? Something on the 3par side? Something with the make_tape_recovery command? I have a call into HP and has been kicked up to level 2 but they can't seem to find the cause or the correction. Only that the volume group information from the production server did not get moved to the test/dev server. Even when we manually exported and imported that configuration on the test server Informix still can't get to the raw lun to restore the data base. Any help/suggestions would be appreciated John David Adamski, Sr. Network Specialist Graceland University, 1 University Place, Lamoni, IA 50140 adamski@graceland.edu 641.784.5267 **************************************************************************** *** Forum Note: Use "Reply" to post a response in the discussion forum. ******************************************************************************* Forum Note: Use "Reply" to post a response in the discussion forum.