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So the collected information about the HP AlphaServer ES40 system is:
| Component | Value |
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| System Type | AlphaServer ES40 6/667 |
| Serial Number | SN01234567 |
| Number of CPUs | 4 |
| System memory | 512 Mb |
| Info | |
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In some particular situations it is also important to know the exact placement of all the peripheral devices on HP Alpha PCI bus. To get that information issue "show config" command at ">>>" prompt of HP Alpha console, for example:
The "show config" command collects the following information of placement of peripheral devices on PCI bus:
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Next, create disk images using the "mkdskcmd" utility:
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The easiest way is to boot the CHARON-AXP virtualized system on the restored system disk with the network Disabled and configure new addresses, as needed.
The NIC can be disabled with a "disabled" statement in the CHARON configuration file.
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- Connect a SCSI tape drive to CHARON-AXP host via a PCI card
- Map the tape drive in the CHARON-AXP configuration file
a. Restore source HP Alpha system backups from tape to disk images via OpenVMS running on CHARON-AXP.
b. Boot from standalone backups and restore its content to CHARON-AXP virtual disks - Dump source HP Alpha system backups to tape images with "mtd" utility and:
a. Boot from freshly installed OpenVMS system and restore the tape images to CHARON-AXP virtual disks
b. Boot from standalone backups and restore its content to CHARON-AXP virtual disks
- Map the tape drive in the CHARON-AXP configuration file
Create a network cluster between the source HP Alpha system and CHARON-AXP (it is possible to use the source system as boot server); then simple backup from one disk to another:
$ BACKUP/IMAGE/IGNORE=INTERLOCK REAL$DKA0: DKA0:
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