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5
Backing
Up
Y
our
System
and
Softw
are
The most
imp
ortan
t
part
of
y
our
system
is
the
data
y
ou
ha
v
e
accum
ulated. It
is
also
esp
ecially
imp
ortan
t
to
protect
y
our op
erating system
from corruption
if
your
HP-UX has
been
supplied as
a
pre-installed
\Instan
t
Ignition"
disk.
Y
ou
can
protect
y
our
data
and
op
erating
system
from
loss,
using
the
general
pro
cedures
giv
en
in
this
c
hapter.
For
detailed pro
cedures, see
Instal ling
and
Up
dating HP-UX
9.0 or
System A
dministr
ation
T
asks
.
Mak
e
sure
y
ou
create
and
main
tain
a
bac
kup
HP-UX
k
ernel
(
/SYSBCKUP
)
on
y
our
disk
from
whic
h
y
ou
can
b
oot
in
an
emergency
.
A
/SYSBCKUP
is
automatically
created
by
SAM
whenev
er
y
ou
recongure
and
reb
o
ot
a
new
k
ernel
from
y
our
system
console.
T
o
build
y
our
bac
kup
system,
y
ou
can
use
the
following
devices:
Cartridge
tap
e
driv
es
DDS
F
ormat
(\D
AT")
drives
Magneto-optical
disk
driv
es
Other
hard
disk
driv
es
Bac
k
up y
our
le
system
regularly
.
If y
ou
receiv
ed
y
our
w
orkstation
with
Instan
t
Ignition,
it
is
imp
ortan
t
to
create
y
our
rst
reco
v
ery
tap
eand
to arc
hiv
e
y
our
existing
le
system
as
so
on
as
p
ossible
.
Creating a
Recov
ery
System
A \reco
v
ery
system"
is
a
sp
ecial
tap
e
con
taining
a
subset
of
the
HP-UX
op
erating system
and some
restoration to
ols. In
the
ev
en
t
of
an
op
erating
system
failure
that
prev
en
ts
y
ou
from
b
o oting
or logging
into
HP-UX,
y
ou
can
bo
ot
from
the
reco
v
ery
system
tap
e
and
use
the to
ols on
the tap
eto
repair
the
le
system
on
y
our
disk.
A
recov
ery
system
is
created
b
y
using
commands
rather than b
y using SAM.
You can also
restore your system from a system CD R
OM that y
ou can
purchase from y
our HP sales represen
tative.
You should mak
e a system reco
very tap e using
mkrs at the
following times:
Immediately after y
ou set up
your new w
orkstation.
5-2 Backing Up, Restoring, and Updating Your Software