San boot issue

[Azaru]

Hi gurus,

We are in the process of testing sanboot for hpux 11.23 os
We have created a mirror copy of vg00 and used mkboot command but it gives error as

wfapp1:root-/>mkboot -a "hpux -lq" /dev/rdsk/c40t2d2
-a specified but no current boot area on /dev/rdsk/c40t2d2
wfapp1:root-/>

and

setboot command to assaign primary boot path as san disk. But it throws some error as follows

wfapp1:root-/>setboot -p 2/0/2/1/0/4/0.50.14.0.0.2.2
setboot: cannot set primary boot path
wfapp1:root-/>


It will be greatful if the issue resolved


Thanks in advance
azaru

[SKR_1 · Accepted solution]

Have you done

pvcreate -B /dev/rdsk/c40t2d2

on this disk

Thanks

SKR

[Azaru]

Yes we have done

#pvcreate -B /dev/rdsk/c40t2d1

#vgextend /dev/vg00 /dev/dsk/c40t2d1

#mkboot -b /dev/rdsk/c26t0d0s2 /dev/rdsk/c40t2d1

Here /dev/rdsk/c26t0d0s2 is the original boot disk.

wfapp1:root-/>lifls -l /dev/rdsk/c40t2d1
volume ISL10 data size 7984 directory size 8 06/04/19 14:02:34
filename type start size implement created
===============================================================
ISL -12800 584 242 0 06/04/19 14:02:34
AUTO -12289 832 1 0 06/04/19 14:02:34
HPUX -12928 840 1024 0 06/04/19 14:02:34
PAD -12290 1864 1468 0 06/04/19 14:02:34
LABEL BIN 3336 8 0 07/06/29 15:05:48


wfapp1:root-/>mkboot -a "hpux -lq" /dev/rdsk/c40t2d1
-a specified but no current boot area on /dev/rdsk/c40t2d1





azaru

[Rasheed Tamton]

Hi,

>Here /dev/rdsk/c26t0d0s2 is the original boot disk.

Is it Itanium system, then you need different method for creating boot. It uses idisk for partitions and the EFI and needs mkboot -a "boot vmunix -lq" /dev/rdsk/device

efi_ls -d /dev/rdsk/c26t0d0s1 /EFI

regards.

[Deepak Kr]

Hi,

Just go through the Boot mirror creation process steps in following doc:

http://docs.hp.com/en/5991-1236/When_Good_Disks_Go_Bad.pdf

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e.g.


# mkboot â e â l /dev/rdsk/c2t1d0
6. Update the autoboot file in the EFI partition.
a. Create an AUTO file in the current directory. If you expect to boot from this disk only when you have lost quorum, you can use the alternate string â boot vmunix â lqâ to disable quorum checking:
# echo â boot vmunixâ > ./AUTO
b. Copy the file from the current directory into the new disk EFI partition. Make sure to use the device file with the s1 suffix:
# efi_cp -d /dev/rdsk/c2t1d0s1 ./AUTO /efi/hpux/auto


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[SKR_1]

Hi Azaru,

There is different procedure to mirror boot disk on Itanium servers.

Please refer deepak's attached docs.

Thanks

SKR