make_recovery

[Ron Irving]

Being new to the HP-UX world, I thought it would be smart to make a recovery tape from our d370, running 10.20. When I ran the command, (make_recovery -ACv,) it came back after about a minute with the following message:
save_config: error - unknown disk type for /dev/vg00/lvol3, not SCSI or HPFL
grep: can't open /var/tmp/swapinfo.tmp
grep: can't open /var/tmp/lvlnboot.tmp
save_config: error - cannot determine primary swap size.

I just got back from sunny Detroit where I attended Networking and Admin II. My instructor was going to ask around, but I thought I'd give you guys equal billing. The race is on. BIG points for a solution.

ron Irving

[Jim Moffitt_1]

It may be that your memory or swap isn't configured properly. I would say that the lvol3 is your memory/swap and for some reason it's having trouble reading it.

[Jim Moffitt_1 · Accepted solution]

Ron,
Here's a possible sollution for you. It was from a problem similar to yours:
Johan Carlsson came up with this solution

Hi Brent,

Just saw your question, I agree to what Patrick is saying and just want to add something to that. There is a document in the Knowledge tree here in the ITRC called 1100290244. This addresses this problem, it could depend on other things but might be worth a look. Another document is A5263022.

From document 1100290244:
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Perform the following steps to resolve the error:

1. Execute the save_config command:

/opt/ignite/bin/save_config
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see man page, you might need to use -f to specify filename if other than default is used.
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Note: This command gives more detailed error information:

save_config: error - unknown disk type for /dev/vg00/lvol3, not SCSI or HPFL

save_config: error - cannot determine primary swap size

You see the same error for lvol4.

2. Execute the bdf command to identify the lvol3 and lvol4 mount points.

Note: Root ( / ) is normally mounted at /dev/vg00/lvol3, and /opt is mounted at /dev/vg00/lvol4.

Perform the following steps if / and /opt are not properly mounted:

- mv /etc/mnttab /etc/mnttab.old
- mount -a

3. Execute the bdf command.

Note: bdf should now show the lvols mounted as /etc/fstab has them, and the make_recovery should work as expected.

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Hope that this is of help to you.

Best Regards

Johan Carlsson

[Ron Irving]

thanks for the info. I will try this next thursday, during the monthly downtime. I'll let ya know, and assign points forthwith.

ron

[John Waller]

Hi check you bdf command. /dev/vg00/lvol3 is normally your / (root) file system. I had a make_recovery problem and found that insted of /dev/vg00/lvol3 mounted as / it showed /dev/root mounted as /. a "rm" of /etc/mntab and repeat of the bdf command fixed the problem.

[Vincenzo Restuccia]

Verify with vgdisplay,lvdisplay,ioscan -nfCdisk,diskinfo .

[John Waller]

Sorry ron , I missed the mout -a command before re-running the bdf command.

[Ron Irving]

My instructor 'finally' got back to me...looks like you guys win!! Thanks for your help!!

ron