Windows Boot Manager for BL860c

[marcj]

Hi everyone,

I replace a systemboard for Integrity BL860c because of intermittent video problem (green screen). After the replacement, tried to boot the server but it could not find the hard drive. I look at the RAID configuration, the array was inactive. I reactivate the array and go back to EFI boot configuration menu. Add new boot entry and point to the HDD. When I boot the new loaded boot entry, It won't boot because it could not find the windows system file.

The operating system installed on this machine is Windows 2008 for Itanium. When I tried to reinstall the old systemboard, the it boots up to windows.

How do I input the boot load option in adding a new boot entry? Could anyone provide a step by step guide on how would I configure the server with the new system board?

Thanks!

[Torsten.]

I hope this helps:

http://docs.hp.com/en/13558/win_recovery_2003.pdf

[marcj]

Is it possible to copy the boot entry of server with old systemboard installed and paste the copied boot entry after the installation of new systemboard?

[Torsten.]

Have a look at nvrboot utility.

[Torsten.]

see also

http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/SoftwareDescription.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&prodTypeId=3709945&prodSeriesId=3331044&prodNameId=3331045&swEnvOID=54&swLang=13&mode=2&taskId=135&swItem=ux-65542-1

[marcj]

How would I do it?

[Torsten. · Accepted solution]

http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/SoftwareDescription.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&prodTypeId=3709945&prodSeriesId=3331044&swItem=ux-65542-1&prodNameId=3331045&swEnvOID=54&swLang=13&taskId=135&mode=4&idx=0

backup the config to a file, swap the board and restore the config to the NVRAM.

[marcj]

Do I need to run the said utility with the old systemboard installed? How would i backup the nvram database?

[marcj]

Thanks! I will to do this and feedback you soon.

[Torsten.]

Did you read the page?

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OS Independent - Running the Utility from the EFI Shell For general information about using EFI, refer to the "Operation and Maintenance Guide".
At the shell prompt, type "fs0:", replacing "fs0:" with each "fs" entry in the table until you find the volume containing the "nvrambkp.efi" file that was copied to the EFI partition in the previous instructions. We will assume this volume is labeled fs0 for the remainder of these instructions.
Type "fs0:", then press ENTER.
Locate the file "nvrambkp.efi" on the file system and enter one of the following commands, where is the name of the NVRAM archive database and is the name of the log file created:
Archive:
"nvrambkp -a -l "

Restore All:
"nvrambkp -r -l "

Restore Boot-Options Only:
"nvrambkp -o -r -l "

Validate Restore Database on the current server:
"nvrambkp -v -r -l "

Information about the Restore Database:
"nvrambkp -i -r -l "

For more information on the available options, view the help text by entering the following command: "nvrambkp.efi -h".
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