Root Disk Mirroring in IPF system:
For this example, the disk to be added is at hardware path 0/1/1/0.0x1.0x0, with device pecial files named /dev/disk/disk2 and /dev/rdisk/disk2.
1.Partition the disk using the idisk command and a partition description file.
1.Create a partition description file. For example:
# vi /tmp/idf
In this example, the partition description file contains:
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EFI 500MB
HPUX 100%
HPSP 400MB
NOTE: The values in the example represent a boot disk with three partitions:
an EFI partition, an HP-UX partition, and an HPSP. Boot disks of earlier HP
Integrity servers might have an EFI partition of only 100 MB and might not
contain the HPSP partition.
2.Partition the disk using idisk and your partition description file:
# idisk -f /tmp/idf -w /dev/rdisk/disk2
3.To verify that your partitions are correctly laid out, run:
# idisk /dev/rdisk/disk2
4.Use the insf command with the -e option to create the device files for all the partitions.
For example:
# insf -e -H 0/1/1/0.0x1.0x0
You should now have the following device files for this disk:
/dev/[r]disk/disk2 (this refers to the entire disk) /dev/[r]disk/disk2_p1(this refers to the efi partition) /dev/[r]disk/disk2_p2(this will be the hp-ux partition) /dev/[r]disk/disk2_p3(this refers to the service partition)
5.Create a physical volume using pvcreate with the -B option. Be sure to use the device file
denoting the HPUX partition.
# pvcreate -B /dev/rdisk/disk2_p2
6.Add the physical volume to your existing root volume group using vgextend:
# vgextend vg00 /dev/disk/disk2_p2
7.Use the mkboot command to set up the boot area. Specify the -e and -l options to copy
EFI utilities to the EFI partition, and use the device special file for the entire disk:
# mkboot -e -l /dev/rdisk/disk2
8.Use the mkboot command to add an autoboot file to the disk boot area. If you expect to
boot from this disk only when you lose quorum, you can use the alternate string â hpux â lqâ to
disable quorum checking:
# mkboot -a "hpux" /dev/rdisk/disk2
9.Use the lvextend command to mirror each logical volume in vg00 (the root volume group) onto the specified physical volume. The logical volumes must be extended in the same order that they are configured on the original boot disk. Use the pvdisplay command with the -v option to determine the list of logical volumes and their order. For example:
# pvdisplay -v /dev/disk/disk0_p2 | grep 'current.*0000 $' 00000 current /dev/vg00/lvol1 00000 00010 current /dev/vg00/lvol2 00000 00138 current /dev/vg00/lvol3 00000 00151 current /dev/vg00/lvol4 00000 00158 current /dev/vg00/lvol5 00000 00159 current /dev/vg00/lvol6 00000 00271 current /dev/vg00/lvol7 00000 00408 current /dev/vg00/lvol8 00000
In this example, mirror the logical volumes as follows:
# lvextend â m 1 /dev/vg00/lvol1 /dev/disk/disk2_p2
The newly allocated mirrors are now being synchronized. This operation will take some time. Please wait ....
#lvextend â m 1 /dev/vg00/lvol2 /dev/disk/disk2_p2
The newly allocated mirrors are now being synchronized. This operation will take some time. Please wait ....
# lvextend â m 1 /dev/vg00/lvol3 /dev/disk/disk2_p2
The newly allocated mirrors are now being synchronized. This operation will take some time. Please wait ....
# lvextend â m 1 /dev/vg00/lvol4 /dev/disk/disk2_p2
The newly allocated mirrors are now being synchronized. This operation will take some time. Please wait ....
# lvextend â m 1 /dev/vg00/lvol5 /dev/disk/disk2_p2
The newly allocated mirrors are now being synchronized. This operation will take some time. Please wait ....
# lvextend â m 1 /dev/vg00/lvol6 /dev/disk/disk2_p2
The newly allocated mirrors are now being synchronized. This operation will take some time. Please wait ....
# lvextend â m 1 /dev/vg00/lvol7 /dev/disk/disk2_p2
The newly allocated mirrors are now being synchronized. This operation will take some time. Please wait ....
# lvextend â m 1 /dev/vg00/lvol8 /dev/disk/disk2_p2
The newly allocated mirrors are now being synchronized. This operation will take some time. Please wait ....
NOTE: If lvextend fails with following message:
m: illegal option
then HP MirrorDisk/UX is not installed.
10.Update the root/dump/boot volume group information:
# lvlnboot -r /dev/vg00
# lvlnboot -s /dev/vg00
# lvlnboot -d /dev/vg00
# lvlnboot -b /dev/vg00
11.Verify that the mirrored disk is displayed as a boot disk and that the boot, root, and swap logical volumes appear to be on both disks:
# lvlnboot -v /dev/vg00
12.Specify the mirror disk as the alternate boot path in nonvolatile memory:
# setboot â a 0/1/1/0.0x1.0x0
13.Add a line to /stand/bootconf for the new boot disk using vi or another text editor:
# vi /stand/bootconf
/dev/disk/disk2_p2
Rgds...
