New install HP UX 1020 on an HPE 9000/800 server. Bad drives replaced. Install fails

[dmurman]

This is what I get when I try to install from CDROM. What is causing the failure at the I/O hardware probe. If I put in a good array from another server it boots to the login prompt.

Main Menu: Enter command or menu > boot sescsi.2.0 ipl
Interact with IPL (Y, N, or Cancel)?> n

Booting...
Boot IO Dependent Code (IODC) revision 1

HARD Booted.

ISL Revision A.00.38 OCT 26, 1994

ISL booting hpux (;0):INSTALL

Boot
: disk(10/12/5.2.0.0.0.0.0;0):INSTALL
4048604 + 327680 + 314592 start 0x18e668
vuseg=1410d000
Networking memory for fragment reassembly is restricted to 349233152 bytes
Swap device table: (start & size given in 512-byte blocks)
entry 0 - auto-configured on root device; ignored - no room
WARNING: No dump device configured. Dump is disabled.
Warning: file system time later than time-of-day register

Getting time from file system
Processor 1 did not start within expected time period.
Processor 2 did not start within expected time period.
Starting the STREAMS daemons.
9245XB HP-UX (B.10.20) #1: Fri Jun 7 08:02:03 PDT 1996

Memory Information:
physical page size = 4096 bytes, logical page size = 4096 bytes
Physical: 3932160 Kbytes, lockable: 2956492 Kbytes, available: 3388716 Kbytes

======= HP-UX Installation Initialization. (Mon Jun 10 02:54:32 EDT 1996)
@(#) install/init (opt) $Revision: 5.30 $
* EISA configuration has completed. Following the completion of a
successful HP-UX installation, please check the "/etc/eisa/config.err"
file for any EISA configuration messages.
* Scanning system for IO devices...
I/O hardware probe timed out at path 10/0.0

Thanks;

David

[Torsten.]

Question is, if your old OS supports your old server ...
Which server model is it?

[dmurman]

This is a K class server and the software I need is HP UX 10.20.  The complier is HP92453-01 A.10.20.00 HP C.  I have an image with the complier and license but I need to be able to install the HP UX 10.20.  I'm thinking the problem is with the ISO file I am using to load the software.  I'v tried it on another server and got the same results.

Application Software
Name: HP-UX 10.2 Application SW S800
Associated Hardware: 9000/800
Introduced: 1996
Product Number: B3920
Media: ISO

[Torsten.]

It may still depend ...

While the first K-class came out in 1995, the "newest" models came in 1998, so not every release of 10.20 supports every K-class.

[dmurman]

This server originally had the HP UX 10.20 release with the older complier.  Three of the hard drives failed and were replaced. Now trying to re-install the HP UX from cdrom and it fails.  Possible the install disk I have is defective.  I have another server with the HO UX 10.20 installed but it has the newer complier.  This compiler does not work with my test platform. Was hoping I could get an image from that server and they install the image I have that has the colder compiler.  Still searching.

[Torsten.]

You probably may consider to take an ignite backup from the running server and install this on the other server. You probably can install the needed compiler from your media.

Consider also to swcopy the media to another server, so you can do a fresh install via ignite.

[dmurman]

I searched on the good server and cannot find ignite. I am not familiar but have read some articles on ignite. 

[Torsten.]

creating a backup on tape would work like this:

# /opt/ignite/bin/make_tape_recovery -x inc_entire=vg00 -I -v -a /dev/rmt/0mn

maybe you can find ignite on your CD media?

[dmurman]

Thanks for the info on making a tape image. I do not have a tape drive on any of the servers, only CDROM (CD/DVD).

[Torsten.]

Some more advanced:

You can backup a running server to another server, create a golden image there and install it on the system in question.

Do you have 3 servers at least?

It is a bit unusual to have no tape drive at all for this kind of servers.

How did you make your backup over all the years?

[dmurman]

I only have the one server with the HP UX 10.20 software.  There are a total of 6 with 2 down and 3 on HP UX 11.11. As for backups our IT department in the past either took images and now they are no where to be found or never did.  Since we moved to a new building 4 years ago IT has refused to service these servers and it has been left up to me to try and keep them running. I have had no prior expirenece with HP servers only using the one to run my test platform. 

[Torsten.]

I'm quite sure you can take a backup onto a 11.11 server.

However, you may also consider to mount another disk in your running server and create a "backup" using "dd".

Then use this disk in your other server. You need to switch to the same SCSI ID once you mount it in the "new" server.

Take care, this will be an exact copy, so you need to adjust hostname, IP address, etc ... (use "set_parms").

[dmurman]

Thank you very much. I did not think of putting in a good drive and creating a "backup" using "dd". I will give that a try. I have console connection so will remove the ethernet cable until I change the addressing and hostname.

[dmurman]

So if I run "dd if=fwscsi.6 of=fwscsi.3" it will copy from fwscsi.6 to fwscsi.3 and I can then use fwscsi.3 in the other server to boot from. Is there anything I am missing?

[Jesse Dougherty]

I just saw some of this but not sure if you are trying to load the HP-UX 10.20 application SW S800 then trying to boot but you have to load the core 10.20 OS first then the SW applications. I didn't see that in any thread... in any case if you need a S800 10.20 iso of the OS, we can send it to you or give you a link for it. Just contact me and I'll load it up.

Jesse
Cypress Technology Inc
Re-sellers of HP 9000 / 3000 / Itanium hardware

[dmurman]

No backups were ever done that I know of. Now I have a spare drive in fwscsi.3 if I do "dd if=fwscsi.6 of=fwscsi.3" will that make drive fwscsi.3 a copy of fwscsi.6 and make it bootable?

[Torsten. · Accepted solution]

Find some older threads like https://community.hpe.com/t5/System-Administration/HP-UX-Mirroring-Disk-Clone-a-HDD-into-another-HDD/td-p/5037136#.XWbSVNabGyU

[dmurman]

That would be most appreciated.  Right now I put a new disk (c0t3d0) in and running the dd command to copy from the main drive. 

dd if=/dev/dsk/c0t6d0 of=/dev/dsk/c0t3d0

Then going to place that drive in the other server and boot from fwscsi.3 (P3). 

If you can send me the link to the iso OS file would appreciate.

[dmurman]

Jesse, if you can send me a link for the OS.  I see the company you are with is the company we got the drives.

[Jesse Dougherty]

was this to Truyen Le? - I'll get my guy to up load the 10.20 800 version and you can pull off the iso

[dmurman]

No, my company is Ribbon. 

[Jesse Dougherty]

I cant find that info  - can you send me an email and I can send the iso to you

[dmurman]

Jesse, I sent you an email this morning on this form.  Did you not get it?