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05-17-2013 05:51 AM - last edited on 05-19-2013 07:10 PM by Maiko-I
05-17-2013 05:51 AM - last edited on 05-19-2013 07:10 PM by Maiko-I
alternate boot disk fails, /stand/vmunix: cannot open, or not executable
Setting up alternate boot (non-mirrored) with a very basic script. Excerpts:
mkboot /dev/rdsk/$altboot
mkboot -a "hpux -lq" /dev/rdsk/$altboot
lvlnboot -b /dev/vgaltboot/lvstand
lvlnboot -r /dev/vgaltboot/lvroot
lvlnboot -s /dev/vgaltboot/lvswapA
lvlnboot -d /dev/vgaltboot/lvswapA
After this, volumes are newfs'd, and data cpio'd from the boot disk.
At the end, after umounting,
lvlnboot -R /dev/vgaltboot
lvlnboot -v /dev/vgaltboot
output from the -v:
Boot Definitions for Volume Group /dev/vgaltboot:
Physical Volumes belonging in Root Volume Group:
/dev/dsk/c1t6d0 (0/0/2/0.6.0) -- Boot Disk
Boot: lvstand on: /dev/dsk/c1t6d0
Root: lvroot on: /dev/dsk/c1t6d0
Swap: lvswapA on: /dev/dsk/c1t6d0
Dump: lvswapA on: /dev/dsk/c1t6d0, 0
---------------------------------
During boot:
Boot
: disk(0/0/2/0.6.0.0.0.0.0;0)/stand/vmunix
disk(0/0/2/0.6.0.0.0.0.0;0)/stand/vmunix: cannot open, or not executable
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05-17-2013 06:20 AM
05-17-2013 06:20 AM
Re: alternate boot disk fails, /stand/vmunix: cannot open, or not executable
Add'l info:
Main Menu: Enter command or menu >SEA IPL
Searching for device(s) with bootable media
This may take several minutes.
To discontinue search, press any key (termination may not be immediate).
Path# Device Path (dec) Device Path (mnem) Device Type and Utilities
----- ----------------- ------------------ -------------------------
P0 0/0/2/0.6 intscsia.6 Random access media
IPL
P1 0/0/2/1.6 intscsib.6 Random access media
IPL
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05-17-2013 10:28 AM
05-17-2013 10:28 AM
Re: alternate boot disk fails, /stand/vmunix: cannot open, or not executable
As the error message indicates, the kernel, vmunix, cannot be found. I also dont see where you configured the physical volume as a boot disk (by using pvcreate -B).
I would advise that you utilize LVM mirroring (a licensed product), HP's DRD functionality (11i v2 and up) or Ignite/UX (free and available for all OS's).
Using cpio is certainly possible if that is your wish. See the following post for more details on how to get it done:
http://h30499.www3.hp.com/t5/General/Mirror-Without-Mirrorisk-UX/m-p/2774858
-Bob
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05-21-2013 08:57 AM
05-21-2013 08:57 AM
Re: alternate boot disk fails, /stand/vmunix: cannot open, or not executable
re: the pvcreate command. this is at the beginning of the script:
pvcreate -fB /dev/rdsk/$altboot
$altboot is set to c1t6d0.
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05-21-2013 09:02 AM
05-21-2013 09:02 AM
Re: alternate boot disk fails, /stand/vmunix: cannot open, or not executable
Actually, in order to save time, I've posted the full script I used to create the vg. below that is the one I use to dump.
There's a bit of duplicate work, since the 2nd one is used for weekly dumps.
#!/bin/ksh
export PATH=$PATH:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/etc
ERCHECK()
{
if [ $? -ne 0 ]
then
echo ""$1" failed"
read nada < /dev/tty
fi
}
altboot=c1t6d0
vgdisplay vgaltboot
if [ $? -ne 0 ]
then
if [ ! -d /dev/vgaltboot ]
then
mkdir -p /dev/vgaltboot
ERCHECK "mkdir -p /dev/vgaltboot "
fi
if [ ! -c /dev/vgaltboot/group ]
then
mknod /dev/vgaltboot/group c 64 0x020000
ERCHECK "mknod /dev/vgaltboot/group c 64 0x020000"
fi
pvcreate -fB /dev/rdsk/$altboot
ERCHECK "pvcreate -fB /dev/rdsk/$altboot"
mkboot /dev/rdsk/$altboot
ERCHECK "mkboot /dev/rdsk/$altboot"
mkboot -a "hpux -Lq" /dev/rdsk/$altboot
ERCHECK "mkboot -a "hpux -Lq" /dev/rdsk/$altboot"
vgcreate -p 8 -e 9600 -s 8 /dev/vgaltboot /dev/dsk/$altboot
fi
ERCHECK "vgcreate -p 8 -e 9600 -s 8 /dev/vgaltboot /dev/dsk/$altboot"
lvcreate -L 259 -C y -r n -n lvstand /dev/vgaltboot
ERCHECK "lvcreate -L 259 -C y -r n -n lvstand /dev/vgaltboot"
newfs -F hfs /dev/vgaltboot/rlvstand
ERCHECK "newfs -F hfs /dev/vgaltboot/rlvstand "
lvcreate -L 4096 -C y -r n -n lvswapA /dev/vgaltboot
ERCHECK "lvcreate -L 4096 -C y -r n -n lvswapA /dev/vgaltboot"
lvcreate -L 200 -C y -r n -n lvroot /dev/vgaltboot
ERCHECK "lvcreate -L 200 -C y -r n -n lvroot /dev/vgaltboot"
newfs -F vxfs /dev/vgaltboot/rlvroot
ERCHECK "newfs -F vxfs /dev/vgaltboot/rlvroot "
lvcreate -L 20 -n lvhome /dev/vgaltboot
ERCHECK "lvcreate -L 24 -n lvhome /dev/vgaltboot"
newfs -F vxfs /dev/vgaltboot/rlvhome
ERCHECK "newfs -F vxfs /dev/vgaltboot/rlvhome "
lvcreate -L 1310 -n lvopt /dev/vgaltboot
ERCHECK "lvcreate -L 1310 -n lvopt /dev/vgaltboot"
newfs -F vxfs /dev/vgaltboot/rlvopt
ERCHECK "newfs -F vxfs /dev/vgaltboot/rlvopt"
lvcreate -L 5883 -n lvvar /dev/vgaltboot
ERCHECK "lvcreate -L 5420 -n lvvar /dev/vgaltboot"
newfs -F vxfs /dev/vgaltboot/rlvvar
ERCHECK "newfs -F vxfs /dev/vgaltboot/rlvvar "
lvcreate -L 1213 -n lvusr /dev/vgaltboot
ERCHECK "lvcreate -L 1213 -n lvusr /dev/vgaltboot"
newfs -F vxfs /dev/vgaltboot/rlvusr
ERCHECK "newfs -F vxfs /dev/vgaltboot/rlvusr"
lvcreate -L 198 -n lvtmp /dev/vgaltboot
ERCHECK "lvcreate -L 198 -n lvtmp /dev/vgaltboot"
newfs -F vxfs /dev/vgaltboot/rlvtmp
ERCHECK "newfs -F vxfs /dev/vgaltboot/rlvtmp"
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#!/bin/ksh
export PATH=/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/ccs/bin:/usr/contrib/bin:/opt/hparray/bin:/opt/nettladm/bin:/opt/upgrade/bin:/opt/fcms/bin:/opt/pd/bin:/opt/resmon/bin:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/contrib/bin/X11:/opt/graphics/common/bin:/opt/gnome/bin:/opt/mozilla:/usr/sbin/diag/contrib:/sbin:/home/root
odir=/scripts
dt=`date +%b%d_%T`
ofile="${odir}"/abdump.$dt
vg=vgaltboot
altboot=c1t6d0
TLOG()
{
echo "${1}" | tee -a $ofile
}
vgdisplay -v $vg |grep -q /dev/dsk/$altboot
if [ $? -ne 0 ]
then
TLOG "WARNING! This script has $altboot set as the altboot disk"
TLOG "but vgdisplay doesn't show disk $altboot in the vg"
TLOG "vgdisplay -v $vg |tail "
vgdisplay -v $vg |tail |tee -a $ofile
echo " "
echo " Exiting."
exit
fi
ERCHECK()
{
if [ $? -ne 0 ]
then
echo "$1 FAILED"
read nada < /dev/tty
fi
}
TLOG "Doing mkboot /dev/rdsk/$altboot"
mkboot /dev/rdsk/$altboot
ERCHECK "mkboot /dev/rdsk/$altboot"
TLOG "Doing mkboot -a \"hpux -lq\" /dev/rdsk/$altboot"
mkboot -a "hpux -lq" /dev/rdsk/$altboot
ERCHECK "mkboot -a "hpux -lq" /dev/rdsk/$altboot"
#TLOG "Doing mkboot -b /usr/sbin/diag/lif/updatediaglif2 -p ISL -p AUTO -p HPUX -p LABEL /dev/dsk/$altboot"
#mkboot -b /usr/sbin/diag/lif/updatediaglif2 -p ISL -p AUTO -p HPUX -p LABEL /dev/dsk/$altboot
df -kP |grep vgaltboot
if [ $? -eq 0 ]
then
TLOG "WARNING! vgaltboot fs already mounted. Exiting."
exit
fi
TLOG "Doing newfs -F hfs -o largefiles /dev/vgaltboot/rlvstand"
newfs -F hfs -o largefiles /dev/vgaltboot/rlvstand
for i in root opt usr var tmp home
do
TLOG "Doing newfs -F vxfs -o largefiles /dev/vgaltboot/rlv$i"
newfs -F vxfs -o largefiles /dev/vgaltboot/rlv$i
if [ $? -ne 0 ]
then
errnewfs=y
fi
done
if [ "{$errnewfs}" = y ]
then
TLOG "WARNING! ERROR in newfs"
exit
fi
TLOG "Doing lvlnboot -b /dev/vgaltboot/lvstand"
lvlnboot -b /dev/vgaltboot/lvstand
ERCHECK "lvlnboot -b /dev/vgaltboot/lvstand"
TLOG "Doing lvlnboot -r /dev/vgaltboot/lvroot"
lvlnboot -r /dev/vgaltboot/lvroot
ERCHECK "lvlnboot -r /dev/vgaltboot/lvroot"
TLOG "Doing lvlnboot -s /dev/vgaltboot/lvswapA"
lvlnboot -s /dev/vgaltboot/lvswapA
ERCHECK "lvlnboot -s /dev/vgaltboot/lvswapA"
TLOG "Doing lvlnboot -d /dev/vgaltboot/lvswapA"
lvlnboot -d /dev/vgaltboot/lvswapA
ERCHECK "lvlnboot -d /dev/vgaltboot/lvswapA"
TLOG "Doing mount /dev/vgaltboot/lvroot /broot"
mount /dev/vgaltboot/lvroot /broot
[ $? -ne 0 ] && err=y
TLOG "Doing mount /dev/vgaltboot/lvstand /bstand"
mount /dev/vgaltboot/lvstand /bstand
[ $? -ne 0 ] && err=y
TLOG "Doing mount /dev/vgaltboot/lvhome /bhome"
mount /dev/vgaltboot/lvhome /bhome
[ $? -ne 0 ] && err=y
TLOG "Doing mount /dev/vgaltboot/lvopt /bopt"
mount /dev/vgaltboot/lvopt /bopt
[ $? -ne 0 ] && err=y
TLOG "Doing mount /dev/vgaltboot/lvtmp /btmp"
mount /dev/vgaltboot/lvtmp /btmp
[ $? -ne 0 ] && err=y
TLOG "Doing mount /dev/vgaltboot/lvusr /busr"
mount /dev/vgaltboot/lvusr /busr
[ $? -ne 0 ] && err=y
TLOG "Doing mount /dev/vgaltboot/lvvar /bvar"
mount /dev/vgaltboot/lvvar /bvar
[ $? -ne 0 ] && err=y
if [ "${err}" = y ]
then
TLOG "WARNING! ERROR mounting"
TLOG "Press return to continue"
read nada < /dev/tty
fi
backup()
{
cd $1
TLOG "Doing $1 find . -xdev -print |cpio -pdmx $2 2> /dev/null"
find . -xdev -print |cpio -pdmx $2 2> /dev/null
cd /
}
backup / /broot
backup /stand /bstand
backup /home /bhome
backup /opt /bopt
backup /tmp /btmp
backup /usr /busr
backup /var /bvar
TLOG "Copying fstab into place"
cp /etc/fstab.broot /broot/etc/fstab
if [ -f /bstand/bootconf.broot ]
then
grep /dev/dsk/$altboot /bstand/bootconf.broot
if [ $? -eq 0 ]
then
TLOG "Copying /bstand/bootconf.broot to /bstand/bootconf"
cp /bstand/bootconf.broot /bstand/bootconf
else
makeit=y
fi
else
makeit=y
fi
if [ "${makeit}" = y ]
then
TLOG "/bstand/bootconf.broot not found. creating it with $altboot entry"
echo "1 /dev/dsk/$altboot" > /stand/bootconf.boot
cp /stand/bootconf.broot /bstand/bootconf
cp /stand/bootconf.broot /bstand
fi
if [ -f /broot/sbin/ioinitrc.broot ]
then
grep lvlnboot /broot/sbin/ioinitrc.broot |grep $vg
if [ $? -eq 0 ]
then
TLOG "Copying /broot/sbin/ioinitrc.broot to /broot/sbin/ioinitrc"
cp /broot/sbin/ioinitrc.broot /broot/sbin/ioinitrc
chmod 555 /broot/sbin/ioinitrc.*
else
makeit2=y
fi
else
makeit2=y
fi
if [ "${makeit2}" = y ]
then
TLOG "/broot/sbin/ioinitrc.broot not found. creating it with $vg entry"
sed 's/lvlnboot -c/lvlnboot -c \/dev\/vgaltboot/' /sbin/ioinitrc > /sbin/ioinitrc.broot
cp /stand/ioinitrc.broot /broot/sbin/ioinitrc
chmod 555 /broot/sbin/ioinitrc.*
fi
TLOG "Umounting filesystems"
umount /broot
umount /bstand
umount /bhome
umount /bopt
umount /btmp
umount /busr
umount /bvar
TLOG "Doing lvlnboot -R /dev/vgaltboot"
lvlnboot -R /dev/vgaltboot
lvlnboot -v /dev/vgaltboot