topic Re: SysInfo warning message in Operating System - HP-UX

SysInfo warning message

Terrence — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 17:47:19 GMT

SysInfo v6.16 reports the following on one of my internal disks:

Missing diags on /dev/dsk/c4t6d0

I can't find any reference as to what this means. I used stm to check the disk in question, and it reports no issues. This disk is the mirror for my boot disk.

Anyone knows what this means?

Re: SysInfo warning message

Pete Randall — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 17:58:56 GMT

Terrence,

Try this search string on Google

+"Missing diags" +site:itrc.hp.com

Pete

Re: SysInfo warning message

Torsten. — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 18:32:43 GMT

If I search the internet I find a version 8 already - may an update help you?

Does it log anything to syslog?

Re: SysInfo warning message

Torsten. — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 18:44:29 GMT

I never used sysinfo, so I don't have an idea what it does.

But I have an idea - the only diags that are realetat to a specific boot disk are the offline diags.

Check and compare the lifls output or both disks, e.g.

# lifls -l /dev/rdsk/c3t15d0
volume ISL10 data size 7984 directory size 8 99/10/28 15:23:53
filename type start size implement created
===============================================================
ISL -12800 584 240 0 99/10/28 15:23:53
AUTO -12289 824 1 0 99/10/28 15:23:53
HPUX -12928 832 800 0 99/10/28 15:23:53
PAD -12290 1632 1700 0 99/10/28 15:23:54
LABEL BIN 3336 8 0 06/04/25 18:01:35

This system has no offline diags installed.

But this system has:

#lifls -l /dev/rdsk/c0t6d0
volume c0t6d0 data size 7984 directory size 8 06/03/06 20:28:11
filename type start size implement created
===============================================================
ODE -12960 584 880 0 04/10/12 11:44:49
MAPFILE -12277 1464 128 0 04/10/12 11:44:49
SYSLIB -12280 1592 354 0 04/10/12 11:44:49
CONFIGDATA -12278 1952 254 0 04/10/12 11:44:49
SLMOD2 -12276 2208 145 0 04/10/12 11:44:49
SLDEV2 -12276 2360 164 0 04/10/12 11:44:49
SLDRV2 -12276 2528 836 0 04/10/12 11:44:49
SLSCSI2 -12276 3368 125 0 04/10/12 11:44:49
MAPPER2 -12279 3496 147 0 04/10/12 11:44:49
IOTEST2 -12279 3648 1313 0 04/10/12 11:44:49
PERFVER2 -12279 4968 557 0 04/10/12 11:44:49
PVCU -12801 5528 64 0 04/10/12 11:44:49
SSINFO -12286 5592 2 0 04/10/12 11:44:49
ISL -12800 5600 306 0 02/05/10 16:25:44
AUTO -12289 5912 1 0 02/05/10 16:25:44
HPUX -12928 5920 848 0 02/05/10 16:25:44
LABEL BIN 6768 8 0 06/03/06 20:44:07

No problem at all!

If you want to install anyway, go to http://software.hp.com search for offline diags (PA), get the ISO and install the depot from this media.

Re: SysInfo warning message

Andrew Rutter — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 18:51:02 GMT

hi,

It probably means that the diagnostics where not copied/updated to the mirror disk when the root mirror was done.

you would normally do a mkboot command which has the updatediaglif in it, depends upon server 32/64bit.

you could check both root disks with the lifls commands

#lifls -l /dev/rdsk/c#t#d#

do this on both disks with correct dev files

that aside, its only for offline diagnostics and in reality how often would you use them?

I would not worry to much about it

Andy

Re: SysInfo warning message

Steven E. Protter — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 20:18:16 GMT

Shalom,

If in fact this is a problem from an attempted mirror of the root disk, I offer a checklist and some advice:

Checklist:
http://www.hpux.ws/?p=21

Advice:
You have had problems. Schedule a test. Make sure that system will actually boot off the alternate disk. That is the only way to be sure.

SEP