Problem recovering a system

[dictum9]

From the Ignite interface on the server, when I try to recover a client, I get this:


Fatal error on "xxxxxx": (remsh error: Command "remsh xxxxxxxxx -l root -n uname -r" appears hung, killing it.)

[James R. Ferguson · Accepted solution]

Hi:

OK, so can you issue the 'remsh' from the Ignite server at command line and get an error?

The message suggests a timeout, perhaps a long DNS reverse lookup.

Regards!

...JRF...

[dictum9]

No, I cannot, the system does not appear to be fully up and crashes during boot.

I can ping it but not ssh or telnet to it.

Now how can I recover it?

I booted into EFI shell and from there, trying to run dbprofile so I can boot off the Ignite server but it's saying:

'dbprofile' not found

[Michael Steele_2]

http://forums11.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?admit=109447626+1262642231774+28353475&threadId=1109604

[dictum9]

That is most interesting. It appears I do not have the dbprofile command on this 2620 machine.

How do I bypass it to boot off the Ignite server?

[dictum9]

Shell> boot lan.

'boot' not found

[Viktor Balogh]

booting from LAN with EFI shell:

http://docs.hp.com/en/6838/LANBootOverview.html#LANBootIA

[Scot Bean]

Certain (older) Itanium models and or firmware do not support 'dbprofile', nor 'lanboot' EFI commands.

For these machines, you should select the lancard for boot on the main menu, and have a matching /etc/bootptab entry for that lancard on your ignite server. Both machines must be on the same subnet for this method to work.

[dictum9]

Understood.
I am discarding this zx6000 and upgrading to a 2620.