topic Re: HP-UX 11iv3 server fail to auto boot in Operating System - HP-UX

HP-UX 11iv3 server fail to auto boot

Aungshuman Paul — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 04:08:04 GMT

Hi,

One of our HP-UX 11iv3 server fail to auto boot.
This is an BL870c blade server. It will go to the shell> prompt. then I need to specify the "boot from file" option manually to boot the system.

Please check the attached screen shot for details.

Aungshu

Re: HP-UX 11iv3 server fail to auto boot

avizen9 — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 04:12:35 GMT

have you enable autoboot? please check what is status for autoboot, thanks,

Re: HP-UX 11iv3 server fail to auto boot

Aungshuman Paul — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 04:15:53 GMT

How to check the current auto boot status?

Re: HP-UX 11iv3 server fail to auto boot

Torsten. — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 04:19:14 GMT

From running hp-ux use

# setboot

to verify and set the config.

Re: HP-UX 11iv3 server fail to auto boot

avizen9 — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 04:20:15 GMT

yes its setboot option,

please go through below doc also to undestand more, thanks,

http://docs.hp.com/en/5991-1247B/ch05s24.html

Re: HP-UX 11iv3 server fail to auto boot

sujit kumar singh — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 04:21:11 GMT

Hi

boot the system as now you are doing. Once booted use the setboot command with -p , -h and -a options so as to set the Primary path. HAA path and Alternate boot paths and make autoboot ON. Also use setboot -b on to set the autoboot on once the boot paths are set.
use setboot without options to check the setiings.
regards
sujit

Re: HP-UX 11iv3 server fail to auto boot

Aungshuman Paul — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 04:22:49 GMT

Please find the output of setboot command. It shows autoboot on. Please suggest.

# setboot
Primary bootpath :
HA Alternate bootpath : 0/1/1/0 (LAN Interface)
Alternate bootpath : 0/1/1/1 (LAN Interface)

Autoboot is ON (enabled)
Hyperthreading : ON
: ON (next boot)

Re: HP-UX 11iv3 server fail to auto boot

avizen9 — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 04:25:06 GMT

Hello Aungshu,
looks your hpux box boot from a specific path.

do you have any idea is this remote path? from anywhere in SAN/NAS?

i believe you need to set this path somwhere to make it autoboot. thanks,

Re: HP-UX 11iv3 server fail to auto boot

Aungshuman Paul — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 04:27:35 GMT

No this is local boot. No SAN/ NAS path boot.

Re: HP-UX 11iv3 server fail to auto boot

Aungshuman Paul — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 04:29:32 GMT

Oh one more information, It is an cluster node of SAP system. And this is standby node in the cluster configuration. The problem arise after the power system of data center down for power problem.

Aungshu

Re: HP-UX 11iv3 server fail to auto boot

Aungshuman Paul — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 04:31:29 GMT

I just observed in the other node setboot outpoot :

# setboot
Primary bootpath : 0/2/1/0.0x5387fc8e4c7c08e.0x0 (/dev/rdisk/disk1)
HA Alternate bootpath : 0/1/1/0 (LAN Interface)
Alternate bootpath : 0/1/1/1 (LAN Interface)

Autoboot is ON (enabled)
Hyperthreading : ON
: ON (next boot)

Please suggest how to enable the Primary bootpath.

Aungshu

Re: HP-UX 11iv3 server fail to auto boot

Aungshuman Paul — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 04:35:05 GMT

I need your help how to identify the primary boot path and set it in the system ? Because my primary bootpath shows no path .

# setboot
Primary bootpath :
HA Alternate bootpath : 0/1/1/0 (LAN Interface)
Alternate bootpath : 0/1/1/1 (LAN Interface)

Autoboot is ON (enabled)
Hyperthreading : ON
: ON (next boot)

Re: HP-UX 11iv3 server fail to auto boot

Nido — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 04:47:10 GMT

Hi Aungshu,

run : lvlnboot -v ( Only for LVM)to check the boot disk.

and set it with setboot command:

#setboot -p -a

run setboot again to confirm if its set properly.

You would have similar entries like below for lvlnboot:

lvlnboot -v
Boot Definitions for Volume Group /dev/vg00:
Physical Volumes belonging in Root Volume Group:
/dev/dsk/c2t0d0 (0/1/1/0.0.0) -- Boot Disk

Cheers!!

Re: HP-UX 11iv3 server fail to auto boot

Torsten. — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 04:58:43 GMT

Use

# lvlnboot -v

to get the path to the disk and set it after this, e.g.

# setboot -p /dev/disk/disk1_p2

Re: HP-UX 11iv3 server fail to auto boot

Aungshuman Paul — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 05:39:18 GMT

Thanks My problem solved. My bootpath was :

/dev/rdisk/disk1

Re: HP-UX 11iv3 server fail to auto boot

Aungshuman Paul — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 05:40:44 GMT

Thanka my problem solved.