The TAPE command (abbreviated TA) generates an SLT from system
configuration information. The configuration is written to the CONFIG
group of the SYS account on the tape.
TAPE has the following syntax:
VERBOSE prompts the TAPE command to list the number of nonuser
files to be dumped and lists the name of each file as it is dumped to the boot
tape.
By default, SYSGEN changes SYSFILE configurations as they
are dumped to tape, so source name equals the destination name.
NOCHANGE prevents SYSGEN from changing the names in the SYSFILE
configurator as it makes the boot tape.
NOCONFIG prevents SYSGEN from dumping the current configuration
files as it makes the tape.
NODIAG prevents SYSGEN from dumping the diagnostic files
as it makes the tape.
NOTE: Using this parameter creates a tape that does not contain a
complete system. Installing from this tape may not produce a bootable system.
NOLOGNUM resets the system and datacom log numbers to zero (0).
LOGNUM is the default. It specifies that SYSGEN should carry forward the
system and datacom log numbers and not reset to zero (0).
OFFLINE directs the listing created by VERBOSE to SYSGEN's
listing file, SYSGLIST.
Using OFFLINE in the TAPE command line does not immediately
generate a printout. The information is sent to SYSGLIST until you
enter the global module OCLOSE command or exit SYSGEN. Exiting SYSGEN or
using OCLOSE closes SYSGLIST and prints the file.
STORE allows the user files that are specified in the file set list to
be stored after the SLT. (The filesetliststring parameter is
the same as the parameter specified with the STORE utility.
All configuration changes made are reflected on the tape. (The temporary
changes remain valid after SYSGEN has generated a tape.) Tapes created by the
TAPE command do not contain the system file directory.
NOTE: SYSGEN detects all system-independent errors; however, due to
SYSGEN's lack of knowledge of the physical attributes of a target system,
system-dependent errors cannot be detected when a system load tape is
generated.
To generate a system load tape (SLT), perform the following tasks:
Log on to the console as MANAGER.SYS. Enter:
:HELLO MANAGER[/userpass].SYS[/acctpass]
NOTE: If the user has system supervisor (OP) capability, but
not system manager (SM) capability, an SLT can still be made; however
no configuration changes can be made. Follow steps 2, 3, 10, and 11.
Activate SYSGEN and access the configuration group that you want
to store on the boot tape. Enter:
Example 4-8 Accessing a Configuration Group
:SYSGEN groupname
SYSGEN version D.01.01 : catalog version D.01.00 TUE, SEP 14, 1993
Copyright 1987 Hewlett-Packard Co. All Rights Reserved.
** First level command **
io log (lo) misc (mi)
spu (sp)
sysfile (sy)
basegroup (ba) keep (ke) permyes (pe)
show (sh)
tape (ta)
clear (lc)(c) exit (ex)(e) help (he)(h)
oclose (oc)
redo
sysgen>
Make any desired changes from the IO, LOG, or MISC configurators.
After completing any changes, but before exiting a configurator,
enter:
HOLD
The HOLD command saves changes (to a temporary file) made in
the configurator at the time that the HOLD is issued.
Decide which files to dump to tape.
SYSGEN allows you to choose which files to store to a boot tape. You
may store autoboot images, boot images, and system programs.
The SYSFILE configurator provides the utilities and commands that
alter boot tape contents. For information on the commands available
for adjusting boot tape contents, refer to
Chapter 8 Modifying System File
Configurations
Hold any changes made in step 6.
After completing any changes, but before exiting the configurator,
enter:
sysfile>HOLD
Exit the SYSFILE configurator. Enter:
sysfile>EXIT
Issue the KEEP command to store all changes to a set of
permanent disk files by entering:
sysgen>KEEP groupname
Mount a write-enabled tape on the tape drive.
When you mount the tape on the tape drive, the system issues a
message similar to the following:
10:15/10/Vol (unlabeled) mounted on LDEV# 7
Generate the tape.
To create only a system load tape (SLT), enter the following
command:
sysgen>TAPE
This is a tape containing the operating system and specified
configuration information.
To create a system load tape with user files stored after it,
enter the following command:
sysgen>TAPE STORE="filesetlist"
You can list the user files that you wish to store as input to
the STORE= parameter. Note that the string of
file names to be stored after the SLT must be enclosed in quotes.
You can also use the wildcard @ to include all users files on the
system (@.@.@), in specific accounts (@.@.SYS, @.@.AR), and in
specific groups of accounts (@.PUB.SYS, @.CURRENT.AR).
The system responds by issuing a message similar to the following:
?10:15/#92/46/LDEV# FOR "SYSGTAPE" ON TAPE (NUM)
Respond to the tape request to start the STORE when the
system issues the above message. When the store is complete, the
system issues a message indicating that it has completed the tape:
**Boot tape is successfully built**
After all the files are stored, unload the tape and write- protect
it. Label the tape and store it in a secure location with other
backup materials.