dump error message

[Sherif A. Louis]

Dear all,
i got this message after trying to configure a dump device on hpux 10.20
total memory size is 1GB approx
and the total physical memory is 512MB approx
i created a logical volume of 1GB
and i got this:
# lvlnboot -d /dev/vg00/lvdump
lvlnboot: Unable to configure dump logical volume.
Dump logical volume size beyond the IODC max address.
What am i supposed to do?

[Jeeshan]

HI Sherif

First figure out the order of all your LVs in the primary root disk ..

# pvdisplay -v /dev/dsk/ | more

send your output

[Sherif A. Louis]

there you go

[whiteknight]

Louis,

If you get a complaint from IODC when trying to extend your dump
past 2 GB, it may be because your IODC firmware does not support
dumps greater than 2 GB. Or, the problem MAY be caused by a defect
in the kernel, not the IODC firmware. It is a case of the kernel
not 'trusting' the IODC card, and thus not allowing your dump to be
extended past 2 GB.


WK

[Sherif A. Louis]

it didn't exceed the 2GB i even tried changed the size of the LV. as i mentioned previously the LV is 1GB. Thank you

[Jeeshan]

Hi again

11.X uses at least with recent (PCI based) machines the block adressing mode, which effectively imposes no relevant limitation.

but in your case of OS version 10.20 you cannot exceed the limit more than 1 GB.

[Sherif A. Louis]

ok great, it is less than 1GB
i even tried reducing it down to 400MB and still got the same message

[Jeeshan]

Ok then

I think you have to check for patch

Patch Name : PHCO_24809
Patch Description :

introduced behavior that will cause the lvlnboot(1M) command to fail when executed in recovery mode. Executing 'lvlnboot -R' will fail to configure swap and dump volumes and messages similar to the following will be reported:
lvlnboot: Unable to configure swap logical volume.
Swap logical volume size beyond the IODC max address.
lvlnboot: Unable to configure dump logical volume.
Dump logical volume size beyond the IODC max address.

[Sherif A. Louis]

looks like this is it!!

[Sherif A. Louis]

but ahsan this is a patch for hpux 11.11 !!!

[Yogeeraj_1]

hi Sherif,

You will have to access the patch archive and download the corresponding "LVM commands cumulative patch"

http://www11.itrc.hp.com/service/patch/wrap.do?dest=/patch/jsp/WrapFFS.jsp&page=ftp://ftp.itrc.hp.com/archived_patches/ArchiveJump.html&headerKey=patch.text.archiveIndex&titleKey=patch.text.archiveIndexBrowserTitle&BC=main|


hope this helps!
kind regards
yogeeraj