Difference in LIF files

[Tracey Hammer]

Below is a copy of lifls -l I did on one of our Unix servers to check on the primary boot disk and the mirror. I know that a date being different is no big deal. I also know that differences in LIF files can result from patching. Here are my questions:

(1) Should the value in the "start" column have to match between the disks for a particular LIF file? What if it does not?

(2) Should the size values of the LIF files match? What happens if they don't?

(3) If installing a patch that changes the LIF files on your boot disk will update the mirror as well? Should I manually update the LIF files with the lifcp command?

(4) If there differences in the LIF files will I have a problem booting off of the mirror?


/dev/dsk/c0t5d0
volume ISL10 data size 7984 directory size 8 96/05/28 03:45:19
filename type start size implement created
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HPUX -12928 584 800 0 98/02/25
ISL -12800 1384 240 0 96/05/28
AUTO -12289 1624 1 0 96/05/28
PAD -12290 1632 1652 0 96/05/28
LABEL BIN 3288 8 0 96/06/10
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/dev/dsk/c0t11d0
volume ISL10 data size 7984 directory size 8 98/02/25 10:59:06
filename type start size implement created
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ISL -12800 584 240 0 98/02/25
AUTO -12289 824 1 0 98/02/25
HPUX -12928 832 800 0 98/02/25
PAD -12290 1632 1700 0 98/02/25
LABEL BIN 3336 8 0 99/10/08
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