Secondary path boot failed on 11.23 systems

[Yarema A. Mikhajliv]

Hi all!

Have a problem while trying to boot from alternate path on BL870c blade server.

I've created EFI and HPSP partition on device, made it boot one, mirrored primary disk to second one, added its path to boot loader, but got an error:

\EFI\HPUX\AUTO ==> boot vmunix
Seconds left till autoboot - 0
AUTOBOOTING...Could not open file vmunix to check for a directory
Could not open vmunix

loading failed

Patch PHKL_35426 is already installed, VxFS layout version of / and /stand partitions is 5.

Any ideas?

[Torsten.]

"partitions is 5."

Usually you have only 3 partitions on a disk (EFI/HPUX/HPSP).

Looks like it is not properly mirrored.

Boot from the original disk again and post

# lvlnboot -v
# vgdisplay -v vg00
# ioscan -fn

[Yarema A. Mikhajliv]

Yes, of course I have 3 of them, 500M for EFI, 100% for HPUX and 400M for HPSP.

5 is a version of VxFS on root and stand partitions:

#:/ #fstyp -v /dev/vg00/lvol3 | grep version
version: 5
#:/ #fstyp -v /dev/vg00/lvol1 | grep version
version: 5

[Torsten.]

Sorry, I got this wrong.

How about the other informations?

[Yarema A. Mikhajliv]

Outputs of requested commands are in attach.

[Torsten.]

Looks good so far.

How about

# setboot
and
# lifls -v /dev/rdsk/c1t0d0s2
# lifls -v /dev/rdsk/c1t1d0s2

[Yarema A. Mikhajliv]

claymore:/ # setboot
Primary bootpath : 0/2/1/0.0.0.0.0
HA Alternate bootpath : 0/2/1/0.0.0.1.0
Alternate bootpath : 0/1/1/1

Autoboot is ON (enabled)
claymore:/ # lifls -v /dev/rdsk/c1t0d0s2
ISL 1
AUTO 1
HPUX 1
PAD 1
LABEL 1
claymore:/ # lifls -v /dev/rdsk/c1t1d0s2
ISL 1
AUTO 1
HPUX 1
PAD 1
LABEL 1

[Torsten.]

Hmm, did you really boot the HA Alternate bootpath or just the Alternate bootpath?

You may compare

from hp-ux
# ioscan -fneCdisk
and from EFI
# bcfg boot dump

[Yarema A. Mikhajliv]

Yes, I really boot HA Alternate Boot, and it really points to second boot device

[Torsten.]

What else?

Did you run the "lvlnboot -R ..." command during mirroring?

Compare the procedure:

http://docs.hp.com/en/5991-1236/When_Good_Disks_Go_Bad_WP.pdf (Appendix)