topic Re: mkboot in Operating System - HP-UX

mkboot

Jonathan Rowbury — Fri, 22 Dec 2000 11:23:54 GMT

I want to execute the following two commands on my mirrored root volume group:

# mkboot -a "hpux -lq (;0)/stand/vmunix" /dev/rdsk/c2t5d0
# mkboot -a "hpux -lq (;0)/stand/vmunix" /dev/rdsk/c0t3d0

can anyone confirm that I can do this while the system is live and that I will not upset any of the mirrored logical volumes I have in this volume group.

Thanks in advance for any responses to this question.

Re: mkboot

John Palmer — Fri, 22 Dec 2000 11:36:26 GMT

Hi Jonathan,

Yes, you can do this at any time without upsetting anything.

What the command actually does is to update the LIF file 'AUTO' on the specified disk.

You can in fact, reduce the AUTO string to 'hpux -lq' as the other arguments (;0) and /stand/vmunix are the defaults.

Hope this helps,

Complements of the season,
John

Re: mkboot

Sandor Horvath_2 — Fri, 22 Dec 2000 11:38:44 GMT

Yes you can.

I use this way:

# pvcreate -B -f /dev/rdsk/c1t5d0
# vgextend /dev/vg00 /dev/dsk/c1t5d0
# mkboot /dev/rdsk/c1t5d0
# mkboot -a "hpux -lq (;0)/stand/vmunix" /dev/rdsk/c1t5d0

You need use your device path !
It is work.

Saa

Re: mkboot

Sandor Horvath_2 — Fri, 22 Dec 2000 11:49:22 GMT

Sorry, of course if You have a mirrored root VG You just run only mkboot -a "...." for update AUTO in your LIF.

What I write before it create the possibility for root VG mirroring except lvcreate -m 1 .....

bye Saa