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bill anderson | 1 Sep 2006 21:36
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Re: mondorescue unable to install from compaq/hp dl380 via ilo virtual cdrom

Bruno Cornec <Bruno.Cornec <at> hp.com> writes:

> 
> bill anderson said on Mon, Jun 26, 2006 at 12:47:42PM -0700:
> 
> > I am currently installing several hp dl-380 servers
> > with a backup created with mondoarchive. When using
> > the local cdrom, the install works fine (using the
> > nuke option), however, when installing fomr the ilo
> > via the virtual image or cdrom, the loader boot fine,
> > but after selecting either nuke, expert, or
> > interactive, the program complains that it cannot
> > mount the cdrom...I would logs, but at this point
> > there is no os running, so no logs are available...any
> > help would be appreciated. 
> 
> Create the backup with the Virtuak CD mounted so tht the right drivers
> are put on the backup media.
> 
> Bruno.

Hello,

I did as you suggested, but still no change.

here is the output of the lsmod for the system I created the archive on:

lsmod | grep usb

usb_storage            62985  0
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Bruno Cornec | 1 Sep 2006 23:32
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Re: mondorescue unable to install from compaq/hp dl380 via ilo virtual cdrom

bill anderson said on Fri, Sep 01, 2006 at 07:36:32PM +0000:

> I did as you suggested, but still no change.
> 
> here is the output of the lsmod for the system I created the archive on:
> 
> lsmod | grep usb
> 
> usb_storage            62985  0
> scsi_mod              116429  5 usb_storage,sr_mod,sg,cciss,sd_mod
> 
> /var/log/messages verifies that the cdrom did attach and bind to the driver.
> 
> 
> Vendor: HP        Model: Virtual CD-ROM    Rev: 0.01
> Sep  1 15:31:23 gpsd036 kernel:   Type:   CD-ROM

Ok, that's fine.

> also I went as far as looking at the initrd.img file on the archive and it does
> contain the usb drivers.

So it's correct on that side as it seems.

Could you then provide the log file during the restore process (change
virtual console and copy it to a USB key e.g. from /var/log/mondo-restore.log)

Changing virtual console is possible by programming the virtual keys in
the virtual media interface for ALT-F1 and ALT-F2
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Bruno Cornec | 1 Sep 2006 23:47
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Re: nic duplex/speed settings for nfs recovery

Paul Tibbitts said on Thu, Aug 31, 2006 at 10:59:10AM -0500:

> I've used mondo to do nfs recoveries on RHEL systems where the default 
> network card settings are sufficient, but now I have systems where 
> normally ethtool settings are required to connect to the lan (I'm booting 
> from the mondorescue CD burned from the iso created by mondoarhive, with 
> the other iso files on an nfs server), but I can't see where these 
> settings are configured.  I need to set autoneg to off, duplex to full, 
> and speed to whatever the switch port is set at.  Normally under RHEL, 
> ethtool would be called automatically with the necessary options during 
> each card initialization, but I haven't found where this happens with 
> mondo/mindi.

Nothing is planned right now for this type of problem.
First you should ensure that you have ethtool on the target restore set.
(add it to deplist.txt)

Then during restoration before launching mondorestore, use ethtool from
the boot env to manage your settings.

It should do what you want.

HTH,
Bruno.
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kirvam@verizon.net | 2 Sep 2006 22:19
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grub error 21 after nuke restore? - Using HighPoint card RocketRaid

Hi Mondo List,

grub error 21 after nuke restore? - Using HighPoint card RocketRaid

My goal is to use mondo as my backup solution for a server using a
RocketRaid 100 card which mirrors the OS across 2 drives.  After box built
it is bootable using grub installed in the MBR.

I perfomred a mondoarchive on my box:

-RedHat9
-Highpoint RocketRaid 100 card
-2 Drives Mirrored.
-using Grub.

The mondoarchive worked fine.

I performed nuke restore and mondo reports restore successful.
However, when I reboot I get the following grub error: 

GRUB Lloading stage1.5. 

GRUB loading,please wait
Error 21 

Which -I think- means grub can't find the device to bootstrap the kernel.

I think grub which was installed in the MBR per the HighPoint RocketRaid
install instructions was stepped on?
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Bruno Cornec | 4 Sep 2006 10:07
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Re: grub error 21 after nuke restore? - Using HighPoint card RocketRaid

kirvam <at> verizon.net said on Sat, Sep 02, 2006 at 04:19:28PM -0400:

> Hi Mondo List,

Hello,

> I performed nuke restore and mondo reports restore successful.
> However, when I reboot I get the following grub error: 
> 
> GRUB Lloading stage1.5. 
> 
> GRUB loading,please wait
> Error 21 

>From the doc it corresponds to :
"Selected disk does not exist
This error is returned if the device part of a device- or full file name 
refers to a disk or BIOS device that is not present or not recognized by 
the BIOS in the system."

> Which -I think- means grub can't find the device to bootstrap the kernel.

Seems so.

> The boot floppy indicates it is booting form /dev/sda2 where /boot is
> located.
> 
> After booting from floppy I checked grub.conf which looks the same showing:
> 
> root(hd0,0)
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Hans-Cees Speel | 3 Sep 2006 18:23

restore fails sme7 (=rhel4) 2.0.9-2

hi,

I tried to backup sme7 in a vmware and from a live system to vmware.

The vmware system restored well (restore to the same vmware). The 
live system (restore to vmware) did not. If you think this has todo 
with restoring from hardware A to hardware  B let me know and I will 
try to restore to the same hardware.

Here is my bugreport.

Live system backup, resotre to vmware: when backing up it reported 
errors. logfiles are attached labeled bad.

When restoring (from hardware to vmware on another machine) it sais 
/dev/hda has no valid  partition table
unable to find volume group main
stopping /dev/hda
formatting /dev/md1 as ext3 ok
LVM initialized OK
formatting /dev/main/swap as swap ok.
mounting device /dev/main/root
could not mount devices /dev/main/root. 
then it says it cannot mount /dev/main/root, shall I abort

when backing up an sme7 in vmware and restoring to vmware again this 
does not go wrong: logfiles are attached as good.
It similarily sais:
unable to find volume group main
/dev/hda has no valid  partition table
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Moritz Rempel | 5 Sep 2006 14:22
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Re: -J filename / exclude- or include-list?

Hi!

On Thu, 31 Aug 2006 07:46:02 +1000
Andree Leidenfrost <aleidenf <at> bigpond.net.au> wrote:

> On Thu, 2006-08-24 at 11:11 +0200, Moritz Rempel wrote:
>
> > I have a question regarding the mandoarchive Parameter -J.
> > 
> > Is the supplied list of files or directories supposed to be excluded
> > from the backup or included? This isn't mentioned in the manpage.
> 
> Excellent point. I believe it's a list of things to _include_. Can you
> try and confirm so we can clarift this in the manpage?

OK, I tested it. It is a list of things to include.

Testing this I found that directories listed in the file
are not included recursively (with and without appended /) while
when included with -I /path/to/dir they are.
A hint to that in the manpage may also be useful.

thanks,
	Moritz

> 
> > Or am I even supposed to add the corresponding Parameter at the
> > beginning of each line myself?
> 
> Nope, the file only contains files and directories, no switches.
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Thomas E Dukes | 6 Sep 2006 03:01
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Backup errors

Hello,

I have been using mondorescue to backup to dvd for several months now
without any problems.

Since upgrading to Centos 4.4, I now receive a few errors.  The errors are
for files in /var/named/chroot/proc.  I guess these files change so when I
do a differntial backup they aren't there and result in errors.  (Never got
any errors before and I think these files were there in 4.3) If I exclude
the files from the backup, no errors.

My question is what, if any problems would I run into not backing these
files up and having to do a complete system restore?

TIA,

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Mark Meserve | 6 Sep 2006 15:25

Install of Mondo fails with C++ error

When I do ./configure to create the executables, I receive "error: C++
compiler cannot create executables." I am running Ubuntu server 6.06.1.
I am running this as SU. 
Any help you can provide will be appreciated, thanks.

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bill anderson | 6 Sep 2006 20:07
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using mondoarchive via ilo

Hi Bruno,

I was not able to capture anthing form the console, but it did appear that the
kernel was looking for /dev/cdrom, shich should be /dev/scd0..the rest of the
info scrolled by too quickly to capture, but you should not have any problem
duplicating it...I an using ilo firmware 1.84 is that is of any consequence

thanks

Bill Anderson

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