Ignite recovery to reboot into single user mode.

[mark deiss_1]

Variety of PA-RISC hardware all running HPUX 11.11 and Ignite C.6.9.150.

During DR exercises we are recovering a lot of boxes in parallel so not always at right console to catch final ignite-recovery reboot to get at ISL and ensure box comes up in single user mode.

We need to come up in single user mode after the ignite-recovery. We have post-ignite-recovery tasks of configuring SAN resources and performing Veritas recoveries for the the applications and databases. Things can hang or go sideways with only vg00 rebuilt.

Would expect there is something simple to set in the recovery process to ensure that the last reboot will come up in single user mode.

Not finding anything in the HP manuals, the forum, or googling.

[mark deiss_1]

We are using ignite tapes to recovery on each DR server - not an ignite server(clients). We are responding to the recovery menus from the recovery tape and then letting the ignite-recovery proceed.

[Peter Godron · Accepted solution]

Mark,
have not tried it myself, but what if you :
setboot -b off
or
set the run-level in your post-ignite script

If this answer was of any help please read:
http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/helptips.do?#33 on how to reward any useful answers given to your questions.

[Court Campbell]

On an unrelated but important note. you need to install the latest version of Ignite for the DST time change. Check the link below for more info:

http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&objectID=c00832124

[mark deiss_1]

To Peter: thanks for the response.

Will look into the post-install procedure to see how the runlevel can be set or to incorporate the setboot switch within. Have no problem re-setting the setboot switch once we have completed our SAN build outs.

To Court: thanks for the sidebar on the ignite version. Means another round of change controls to update our boxes.... sigh...pesky DST.

[mark deiss_1]

Looks like we can integrate some fixes into procedure called out of config.local that will handle the worst hang conditions. Should be able to incorporate a setboot into this although would still rather have the boxes come up automatically in single user mode immediately after ignite-recovery.

Will munge something up. Thanks to Peter and Court again for pointing me in right directions.