HP 11.11 essential files for backup

[GrahamBright]

Hi,

I'm in the middle of a migration to new hardware, and I would like to create a depot of essential operating system files. The intenstion is to copy these files to the new platform which is also running the same version of UNIX.

So far I've identified the following : -

/etc/hosts
/etc/passwd
/etc/services
/etc/ntp.conf
/etc/inetd.conf
/etc/fstab
/etc/lvmtab

I'm just interested in the Operating System.

Thanks,
Graham.

 

[pete91z]

don't forget /etc/group, resolv.conf, nsswitch.conf, /var/spool/cron/crontabs, /etc/rc.config.d/netconf (if the new machine is going to have the same host/IP/gateways)

 

[Martin999]

Don't recommend coping /etc/lvtab - might find your new machine won't boot ...

The best way to do this is new install of OS on new hardware, reinstall apps and then copy the app data, basically a re-build. If you are on the same class of server I'd try a make_recovery tape - nice and easy.

Is your new hardware similar to the old (ie. same class) ?

Failing that, what you have seems safe, apart from the lvmtab, depending on the hardware.

If all you have is the internal disks, and they are the same address (eg//dev/dsk/c0t1d0) then you should be ok, if they are diff. you will not be). the o/s uses this file to determine what disks ar ein which VG, so if the contents of the file do not match the addresses of thisdisk you will have major issues. This is more likley if you have SAN attached storage(eg. XP or EMC array).

Martin