[Info-vax] Problems restoring image-backup

[John E. Malmberg]

On 6/28/2016 6:38 AM, jouk wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Today my alpha's system disk crashed. So I tried on an itanium to
> prepare for a new disk from a backup-saveset:
>
>   backup/ima/log DISK1_240616.BCK/sav $1$DGA113:
>
> The save set was also created using /image. This command seems to finish
> normally.
> I took the disk out of the Itanium and into the Alpha.
> Here it complains when booting that it does not contain a bootblock.
> If I boot from CD, I cannot mount the device because it seems not to
> caontain a files-11 homeblock.
>
> Am I doing something that is not allowed, or is it just bad-luck with
> the disk in question?
>
> Both machines run OpenVMS 8.4

Is the Itanium system up to date with all ECOs?

An Itanium system disk uses an EFI boot system, which is different from 
Alpha.

Boot your Alpha from CD, and try using the writeboot utility on the disk 
you restored on the Itanium to write an Alpha bootblock on it.

I am not sure about the files-11 homeblock issue.  From the CD, try 
ANALYZE/DISK/REPAIR on the restored disk if that is still a problem 
after writing the Alpha boot block.

Regards,
-John
wb8tyw at qsl.net_work