Conference 44.370::system_management

133.0. "Crescent move preparations" by NECK::THOMPSON () Thu Mar 31 1988 18:28

    If you're taking a microvax or GPX workstation with you to the
    Crescent here are some instructions on how to take a backup
    of your system.
    
    I strongly recommend that you carry out these procedures just before
    you move in case the disks get damaged beyond repair. WITHOUT THIS
    BACKUP YOU WILL BE UNABLE TO RECOVER YOUR DATA.
    
    If you need tapes, contact either Wai or myself.
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           �VAX FULL STANDALONE BACK UP PROCEDURE
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   Before starting make sure you know how to load and remove a cartridge
   from the tape drive,  below are instruction on how to do this.


1) LOAD TAPE CARTRIDGE INTO THE DRIVE
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1.1)	Ensure that red light button in front of box is off (out position)
	and that green light is on

1.2)	Pull up flap,

1.3)	Push tape into slot 

1.4)	Push down flap, and WAIT UNTIL GREEN LIGHT COMES ON

1.5)	Then, push in red button, wait for green light to come on again


2) REMOVE TAPE CARTRIDGE FROM THE DRIVE
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2.1)	Push red button once (to the out position)

2.2)	Wait till red light goes off and  green light comes on.

2.3)	Pull flap up 
  
2.4)	Remove cartridge.


3)STANDALONE BACKUPS
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To Perform stand alone alone backup on a �vax. The following steps must
be followed. All the backups are to be done to tape cartridges,  

3.1	INITIALISE TAPES
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3.1.1)	Load tape (following procedure discribed in 1)) 

3.1.2)	Go to a terminal and type: INITIALISE MUA0: TAPE and wait for the
	prompt to indicate that the tape has been initialised. You need to 
	initialise one tape per RD53 disc drive (NB if you have full RD54
	discs,  you'll need 2 tapes per RD54 disc drive).

	Initialise all the tapes that you're going to use.

3.2)	BUILD A BOOTABLE STANDALONE BACKUP KIT
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3.2.1)	Log on to the system as a user with privileges and enter
	@sys$update:stabackit DUA1. This will build a standalone backup kit
	for you on drive DUA1


3.3) SHUT DOWN THE SYSTEM 
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	Plug in a terminal to the console port of the �VAX (not needed on GPX's)
	Log on to �VAX as a privileged user and enter

	 @SYS$SYSTEM:SHUTDOWN

	The following will appear on screen when running shutdown
	contents of <> indicates user input.

How many minutes until final shutdown [0]:<return>
Reason for shutdown [Standalone]: <return>
Do you want to spindown the disk volumes [NO]? <return>
Do you want to invoke the site-specific 
          shutdown procedure [YES] <return>

Should an automatic system reboot be performed [NO]? <return>
When will the system be rebooted [later]: <return>
Shutdown options (enter as a comma separted list):
 REBOOT_CHECK    Check existence of basic system files

Shutdown options [NONE]: <REB><return>

	Then wait for the system to shut down, approx 4 mins.


3.4) SAVE DISK DATA WITH STANDALONE BACKUP
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	 Repeat this procedure for every disk, including your system disk.


3.4.1)	On the back of the �vax, near the top is a small black
	lever-like switch, above and below this switch are two symbols,
	one is a black circle, the other is a black circle with a dot in it.
	After shutdown, push this switch toward the black circle with the dot 
	in it.

3.4.2)	Open the door at the front lower left hand side of the �vax.
	The top left hand pair of buttons are marked "HALT"  "RESET"
	Press these together twice, so that the green light beside on the
	RESET button is on, and the red HALT light is off.
       
	after a few seconds 
	a >>> prompt will be displayed on the console.

3.4.3)	At the >>> prompt type B DUA1: 
	Enter the date and time when prompted (approx 3 minutes).
	You should now be running Standalone backup from DUA1 and have
	a $ prompt on your screen.

3.4.4)	Load the backup tape onto the drive, procedure detailed in 1).

3.4.5)	At the $ prompt type

		$BACKUP/IMAGE/RECORD  DUA0:  MUA0:DUA0.BCK/log

	Each filename copied will be shown on the screen.
	The green light on the tapedrive should flash after no more than
	60 seconds.

	When the backup has completed the console will display a $,( if you
	are running VMS4.5) Or "do you want to do another backup" message
	if you are running VMS 4.7.

	Backup takes from 5 to 45 minutes per tape.
	If there is not enough room on the tape to complete the backup the 
	�VAX will ask for another one. If this happens unload the first
	tape (see 2) and load a second initialized tape before answering 
	the prompts issued by the backup procedure.

	Label each tape cartridge with the backup save_set name (eg DUA0.BCK),
	the date, and the �VAX name.

	Repeat the backup command for each disc drive, (using a new tape
	for each backup command!)

		 $BACKUP/IMAGE/RECORD  DUA1:  MUA0:DUA1.BCK/log
		 $BACKUP/IMAGE/RECORD  DUA2:  MUA0:DUA2.BCK/log
		($BACKUP/IMAGE/RECORD  DUA3:  MUA0:DUA3.BCK/log)

4)   REBOOT THE �VAX 
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4.1)	When you've backed up all the disks push the black lever-like switch
	at the back of the microvax so that it points at the circle symbol 
	with the dot OUTSIDE it.

4.2)	Press the pair of switches on the front of the machine (the ones with
        labelled HALT/RESET) twice until the green light comes on. 

          The Microvax will then restart itself, after going through 
          the various tests, and will start executing the site specific 
	  startup procedure after about 3 minutes.
    

    When you move to the Crescent please leave all DELNI's,
    DECservers, transciever cables etc behind. All comms equipment
    at Acre Road should remain behind.
    
    New connections will be provided for you when you arrive at the
    Crescent.
    
    

    Yea, though the people of Acre Road were much industrious and did
    produce an abundance of wealth for The Company, yet there came a
    time when all was not well. 
    
    And the oracle did pronounce that the time to go on a pilgrimage
    to the south was fast approaching and all the subjects of the company
    must be uprooted with their terminals and books and pens and anchovies.
    
    Even so there was yet little room on the discs and the pronouncment
    came that all the subjects of The Company should purge their files
    and remove all the crap that hath remained from the results of their
    industries and that crap should be discarded and become as but ether
    in the net and pass into nothingness.
    
    And those that failed to heed the pronouncements in time were punished
    most severely and the great diskquota beastie did byte. And there
    was much wailing and gnashing of hairy teeth as a myriad of Doom
    creatures were deleted from the ether.

    Just for clarification (a.k.a. I'm too thick to understand the original
    message).
    
    Do I take the data cable that joins my terminal to the hole in the wall
    or not?

    Connectively yours
    Ian.

Re: Your Biblical address.

 I am unclear about roles.  Is it me, you or Steve who has to part the
Red Sea or do we all have to walk on water as usual. (and can we leave
Acre road before the last plague arrives; we've had the rats, boils,
starlings, flies and coffee).

    Since I'm a software chap, and don't understand these hardware
    terms, is the transciever cable the one that goes from the
    ethernet connector on the micro PDP to the DELNI?
    
    Are these cables being provided?
    
    Ta, Peter.
    

    As I understand it we leave behind *all* cables which join terminals
    to LAT points, and all ethernet cables joining Microvax/GPX's/PDP to
    either ethernet H4000 points (Black objects, about 8"x4", make a tee
    joint in the yellow covered ethernet cable) or to DELNI's (grey
    boxes with the word DELNI written in red under the Digital logo!).  
                                            
    The exceptions include cables which you've obtained from System Management,
    or before that, Joan Early, which are usually the pale grey ones
    with the Digital logo on the plug ends. Take those cables with you.
    
    Also take cables which join printers to terminals. They won't be
    provided at the Crescent.
    
    It would help if you could return any spare cables you've got to
    Wai before 29th April so that a pool of spare cables is available
    at the Cresent from day 1. At the moment that pool is very limited
    because they seem to travel in one direction only - out.
    
    If you've got any unused VT100's or broken terminals stacked on
    the top of cabinets etc. then you *must* make sure that they go
    to your new location.
    

    The last note mentioned that you should bring your VT100's with
    you to your new abode. Why, you said, should I bother lugging that
    old heap down to a posh new office where I can't even use it?
    
    The reason is I may be able to do an exchange for VT220/240's if you 
    bring it round to my rabbit hutch. 
    
    Unfortunately this offer doesn't apply if you left your VT100 at
    Acre Road unless you included 2 ethernet terminators with your entry
    to the 'Name that node' competition.

    I brought both my VT100's down here with me, the next day they both
    disappeared! Now if I had both these and my 2 VT220's can I trade
    them all in for a GPX? :-)
    
    Tony

    I have a box full of assorted cables (basically, anything not screwed
    down came with me). Do they have any trade-in value? DO you give
    Green Shield stamps? I'll swap a Geoff Hurst, Nobby Stiles and a
    Gordon Banks for a VT340. Any takers?
    
    Rambling of EUE.