error at boot up

[Norman_21]

Hi guys,
In my hp-ux 9000 712/100 Workstation, I sometimes get the following error when I switch it on:
System console is on the ITE
logical volume 64, 0x3 configured as ROOT
error writing VGDA [1] to disk H/W path 2/0/1.6.0 (error = 5)
LVM: Lost quorum in vg[0], too many PVs missing! logical volume 64, 0x2 configured as SWAP

However, I have to crash the system and start it again and it boots without the error msg.
please advise.
Thanks in advance.

[Jeff Schussele · Accepted solution]

Hi XMAN,

You're root/boot mirror disk at 2/0/1.6 is failing.
You should replace it before the other fails & you're out of the game.

Note: When you rebuild the boot mirrors after replacement, use:
mkboot -a "hpux -lq" /dev/rdsk/cxtydz
on the root/boot mnirrors to facilitate booting when a mirror member is lost.

Rgds,
Jeff

[Norman_21]

Thanks Jeff,

I got this workstation from ebday but it seems that I'll have to get a nother SCSI HD SE.

[Jeff Schussele]

Yea...hope you got a good price, because the bad news is if you want to retain a root/boot mirror, you'll need to obtain the disk from HP as boot disks need the HP firmware to boot properly. That carries a premium, but it's necessary.

Rgds,
Jeff

[Norman_21]

Thanks jeff again.
What I understood that I can not just buy the HD, install it and load it with the ignite tape that I've created!! it that what you mean, is there any other recovery procedures that I'm not aware of?

[Sridhar Bhaskarla]

Hi,

If you have the make_tape_recovery tape, you can install it on any Hard Disk.

-Sri

[Norman_21]

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