Restoring the Root Backup

[Hemalatha_1]

vgdisplay -v /dev/vg00/lvol2 reports OK.

I also had a look through SAM. In the logical volumes menu, vg00/lvol2 is listed as dump only, the properties are OK and have read/write permissions with contigious block allocation.

We have another HPUX Server running 10.2 with similar file system configuration, there vg00/lvol2 is listed as Swap/Dump.

Could this be significant

Hemalatha

[OldSchool]

Sep 3 18:15:07 hpaclass vmunix: ignored - can't write to device
Sep 3 18:15:07 hpaclass vmunix: ERROR: dump device 64:0x2 cannot be used and w
ill be ignored:
Sep 3 18:15:07 hpaclass vmunix: device is read-only
Sep 3 18:15:07 hpaclass vmunix: WARNING: no swap device configured, so dump can
not be defaulted to primary swap.
Sep 3 18:15:07 hpaclass vmunix: WARNING: No dump devices are configured. Dump
is disabled.

"We have another HPUX Server running 10.2 with similar file system configuration, there vg00/lvol2 is listed as Swap/Dump.

Could this be significant"

Ummm...do you really have any swap configured? On the 3 11.0 systems I still have, lvol2 is always swap/dump.

in sam -> disk & file systems -> swap, it should show:
device file: /dev/vg00/lvol2
type: device
priority: 1
size: (size information, MB allocated)
enable: now/on boot

what, if anything, does yours show?

[Khairy]

hi hema,

could u please post the following output:

# lvlnboot -v
# vgdisplay -v vg00
# lvdisplay -v /dev/vg00/lvol2
# dmesg
# ioscan -funC disk
# model
# cat /etc/fstab

Rgds

[Hemalatha_1]

n sam -> disk & file systems -> swap,

Nothing is shown, I tried adding vg00/lvol2, but reports--Can not be added as device is marked read only. But vg00/lvol2 properties show read/write permissions.

Hemalatha

[Hemalatha_1]

Hi Khairy,
The outputs are

# lvlnboot -v
Boot Definitions for Volume Group /dev/vg00:
Physical Volumes belonging in Root Volume Group:
/dev/dsk/c0t6d0 (8/16/5.6.0) -- Boot Disk
Boot: lvol1 on: /dev/dsk/c0t6d0
Root: lvol3 on: /dev/dsk/c0t6d0
Swap: lvol2 on: /dev/dsk/c0t6d0
Dump: lvol2 on: /dev/dsk/c0t6d0, 0

# vgdisplay -v vg00
--- Volume groups ---
VG Name /dev/vg00
VG Write Access read/write
VG Status available
Max LV 255
Cur LV 12
Open LV 12
Max PV 16
Cur PV 1
Act PV 1
Max PE per PV 2500
VGDA 2
PE Size (Mbytes) 4
Total PE 2186
Alloc PE 2175
Free PE 11
Total PVG 0
Total Spare PVs 0
Total Spare PVs in use 0

--- Logical volumes ---
LV Name /dev/vg00/lvol1
LV Status available/syncd
LV Size (Mbytes) 84
Current LE 21
Allocated PE 21
Used PV 1

LV Name /dev/vg00/lvol2
LV Status available/syncd
LV Size (Mbytes) 1024
Current LE 256
Allocated PE 256
Used PV 1

LV Name /dev/vg00/lvol3
LV Status available/syncd
LV Size (Mbytes) 248
Current LE 62
Allocated PE 62
Used PV 1

LV Name /dev/vg00/lvol4
LV Status available/syncd
LV Size (Mbytes) 56
Current LE 14
Allocated PE 14
Used PV 1

LV Name /dev/vg00/lvol5
LV Status available/syncd
LV Size (Mbytes) 900
Current LE 225
Allocated PE 225
Used PV 1

LV Name /dev/vg00/lvol6
LV Status available/syncd
LV Size (Mbytes) 104
Current LE 26
Allocated PE 26
Used PV 1

LV Name /dev/vg00/lvol7
LV Status available/syncd
LV Size (Mbytes) 1332
Current LE 333
Allocated PE 333
Used PV 1

LV Name /dev/vg00/lvol8
LV Status available/syncd
LV Size (Mbytes) 1228
Current LE 307
Allocated PE 307
Used PV 1

LV Name /dev/vg00/lvol9
LV Status available/syncd
LV Size (Mbytes) 1436
Current LE 359
Allocated PE 359
Used PV 1

LV Name /dev/vg00/lvol10
LV Status available/syncd
LV Size (Mbytes) 776
Current LE 194
Allocated PE 194
Used PV 1

LV Name /dev/vg00/lvol11
LV Status available/syncd
LV Size (Mbytes) 692
Current LE 173
Allocated PE 173
Used PV 1

LV Name /dev/vg00/lvol12
LV Status available/syncd
LV Size (Mbytes) 820
Current LE 205
Allocated PE 205
Used PV 1


--- Physical volumes ---
PV Name /dev/dsk/c0t6d0
PV Status available
Total PE 2186
Free PE 11


## lvdisplay -v /dev/vg00/lvol2
--- Logical volumes ---
LV Name /dev/vg00/lvol2
VG Name /dev/vg00
LV Permission read/write
LV Status available/syncd
Mirror copies 0
Consistency Recovery MWC
Schedule parallel
LV Size (Mbytes) 1024
Current LE 256
Allocated PE 256
Stripes 0
Stripe Size (Kbytes) 0
Bad block off
Allocation strict/contiguous
IO Timeout (Seconds) default

--- Distribution of logical volume ---
PV Name LE on PV PE on PV
/dev/dsk/c0t6d0 256 256

--- Logical extents ---
LE PV1 PE1 Status 1
00000 /dev/dsk/c0t6d0 00021 current
00001 /dev/dsk/c0t6d0 00022 current
00002 /dev/dsk/c0t6d0 00023 current
00003 /dev/dsk/c0t6d0 00024 current
00004 /dev/dsk/c0t6d0 00025 current
00005 /dev/dsk/c0t6d0 00026 current
00006 /dev/dsk/c0t6d0 00027 current
00007 /dev/dsk/c0t6d0 00028 current
00008 /dev/dsk/c0t6d0 00029 current
00009 /dev/dsk/c0t6d0 00030 current
00010 /dev/dsk/c0t6d0 00031 current
00011 /dev/dsk/c0t6d0 00032 current
00012 /dev/dsk/c0t6d0 00033 current
00013 /dev/dsk/c0t6d0 00034 current
00014 /dev/dsk/c0t6d0 00035 current
00015 /dev/dsk/c0t6d0 00036 current
00016 /dev/dsk/c0t6d0 00037 current
00017 /dev/dsk/c0t6d0 00038 current
00018 /dev/dsk/c0t6d0 00039 current
00019 /dev/dsk/c0t6d0 00040 current
00020 /dev/dsk/c0t6d0 00041 current
00021 /dev/dsk/c0t6d0 00042 current
00022 /dev/dsk/c0t6d0 00043 current
00023 /dev/dsk/c0t6d0 00044 current
00024 /dev/dsk/c0t6d0 00045 current
00025 /dev/dsk/c0t6d0 00046 current
00026 /dev/dsk/c0t6d0 00047 current
00027 /dev/dsk/c0t6d0 00048 current
00028 /dev/dsk/c0t6d0 00049 current
00029 /dev/dsk/c0t6d0 00050 current
00030 /dev/dsk/c0t6d0 00051 current
00031 /dev/dsk/c0t6d0 00052 current
00032 /dev/dsk/c0t6d0 00053 current
00033 /dev/dsk/c0t6d0 00054 current
00034 /dev/dsk/c0t6d0 00055 current
00035 /dev/dsk/c0t6d0 00056 current
00036 /dev/dsk/c0t6d0 00057 current
00037 /dev/dsk/c0t6d0 00058 current
00038 /dev/dsk/c0t6d0 00059 current
00039 /dev/dsk/c0t6d0 00060 current
00040 /dev/dsk/c0t6d0 00061 current
00041 /dev/dsk/c0t6d0 00062 current
00042 /dev/dsk/c0t6d0 00063 current
00043 /dev/dsk/c0t6d0 00064 current
00044 /dev/dsk/c0t6d0 00065 current
00045 /dev/dsk/c0t6d0 00066 current
00046 /dev/dsk/c0t6d0 00067 current
00047 /dev/dsk/c0t6d0 00068 current
00048 /dev/dsk/c0t6d0 00069 current
00049 /dev/dsk/c0t6d0 00070 current
00050 /dev/dsk/c0t6d0 00071 current
00051 /dev/dsk/c0t6d0 00072 current
00052 /dev/dsk/c0t6d0 00073 current
00053 /dev/dsk/c0t6d0 00074 current
00054 /dev/dsk/c0t6d0 00075 current
00055 /dev/dsk/c0t6d0 00076 current
00056 /dev/dsk/c0t6d0 00077 current
00057 /dev/dsk/c0t6d0 00078 current
00058 /dev/dsk/c0t6d0 00079 current
00059 /dev/dsk/c0t6d0 00080 current
00060 /dev/dsk/c0t6d0 00081 current
00061 /dev/dsk/c0t6d0 00082 current
00062 /dev/dsk/c0t6d0 00083 current
00063 /dev/dsk/c0t6d0 00084 current
00064 /dev/dsk/c0t6d0 00085 current
00065 /dev/dsk/c0t6d0 00086 current
00066 /dev/dsk/c0t6d0 00087 current
00067 /dev/dsk/c0t6d0 00088 current
00068 /dev/dsk/c0t6d0 00089 current
00069 /dev/dsk/c0t6d0 00090 current
00070 /dev/dsk/c0t6d0 00091 current
00071 /dev/dsk/c0t6d0 00092 current
00072 /dev/dsk/c0t6d0 00093 current
00073 /dev/dsk/c0t6d0 00094 current
00074 /dev/dsk/c0t6d0 00095 current
00075 /dev/dsk/c0t6d0 00096 current
00076 /dev/dsk/c0t6d0 00097 current
00077 /dev/dsk/c0t6d0 00098 current
00078 /dev/dsk/c0t6d0 00099 current
00079 /dev/dsk/c0t6d0 00100 current
00080 /dev/dsk/c0t6d0 00101 current
00081 /dev/dsk/c0t6d0 00102 current
00082 /dev/dsk/c0t6d0 00103 current
00083 /dev/dsk/c0t6d0 00104 current
00084 /dev/dsk/c0t6d0 00105 current
00085 /dev/dsk/c0t6d0 00106 current
00086 /dev/dsk/c0t6d0 00107 current
00087 /dev/dsk/c0t6d0 00108 current
00088 /dev/dsk/c0t6d0 00109 current
00089 /dev/dsk/c0t6d0 00110 current
00090 /dev/dsk/c0t6d0 00111 current
00091 /dev/dsk/c0t6d0 00112 current
00092 /dev/dsk/c0t6d0 00113 current
00093 /dev/dsk/c0t6d0 00114 current
00094 /dev/dsk/c0t6d0 00115 current
00095 /dev/dsk/c0t6d0 00116 current
00096 /dev/dsk/c0t6d0 00117 current
00097 /dev/dsk/c0t6d0 00118 current
00098 /dev/dsk/c0t6d0 00119 current
00099 /dev/dsk/c0t6d0 00120 current
00100 /dev/dsk/c0t6d0 00121 current
00101 /dev/dsk/c0t6d0 00122 current
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00107 /dev/dsk/c0t6d0 00128 current
00108 /dev/dsk/c0t6d0 00129 current
00109 /dev/dsk/c0t6d0 00130 current
00110 /dev/dsk/c0t6d0 00131 current
00111 /dev/dsk/c0t6d0 00132 current
00112 /dev/dsk/c0t6d0 00133 current
00113 /dev/dsk/c0t6d0 00134 current
00114 /dev/dsk/c0t6d0 00135 current
00115 /dev/dsk/c0t6d0 00136 current
00116 /dev/dsk/c0t6d0 00137 current
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00119 /dev/dsk/c0t6d0 00140 current
00120 /dev/dsk/c0t6d0 00141 current
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00125 /dev/dsk/c0t6d0 00146 current
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00127 /dev/dsk/c0t6d0 00148 current
00128 /dev/dsk/c0t6d0 00149 current
00129 /dev/dsk/c0t6d0 00150 current
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00135 /dev/dsk/c0t6d0 00156 current
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00189 /dev/dsk/c0t6d0 00210 current
00190 /dev/dsk/c0t6d0 00211 current
00191 /dev/dsk/c0t6d0 00212 current
00192 /dev/dsk/c0t6d0 00213 current
00193 /dev/dsk/c0t6d0 00214 current
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00195 /dev/dsk/c0t6d0 00216 current
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00209 /dev/dsk/c0t6d0 00230 current
00210 /dev/dsk/c0t6d0 00231 current
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00212 /dev/dsk/c0t6d0 00233 current
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00220 /dev/dsk/c0t6d0 00241 current
00221 /dev/dsk/c0t6d0 00242 current
00222 /dev/dsk/c0t6d0 00243 current
00223 /dev/dsk/c0t6d0 00244 current
00224 /dev/dsk/c0t6d0 00245 current
00225 /dev/dsk/c0t6d0 00246 current
00226 /dev/dsk/c0t6d0 00247 current
00227 /dev/dsk/c0t6d0 00248 current
00228 /dev/dsk/c0t6d0 00249 current
00229 /dev/dsk/c0t6d0 00250 current
00230 /dev/dsk/c0t6d0 00251 current
00231 /dev/dsk/c0t6d0 00252 current
00232 /dev/dsk/c0t6d0 00253 current
00233 /dev/dsk/c0t6d0 00254 current
00234 /dev/dsk/c0t6d0 00255 current
00235 /dev/dsk/c0t6d0 00256 current
00236 /dev/dsk/c0t6d0 00257 current
00237 /dev/dsk/c0t6d0 00258 current
00238 /dev/dsk/c0t6d0 00259 current
00239 /dev/dsk/c0t6d0 00260 current
00240 /dev/dsk/c0t6d0 00261 current
00241 /dev/dsk/c0t6d0 00262 current
00242 /dev/dsk/c0t6d0 00263 current
00243 /dev/dsk/c0t6d0 00264 current
00244 /dev/dsk/c0t6d0 00265 current
00245 /dev/dsk/c0t6d0 00266 current
00246 /dev/dsk/c0t6d0 00267 current
00247 /dev/dsk/c0t6d0 00268 current
00248 /dev/dsk/c0t6d0 00269 current
00249 /dev/dsk/c0t6d0 00270 current
00250 /dev/dsk/c0t6d0 00271 current
00251 /dev/dsk/c0t6d0 00272 current
00252 /dev/dsk/c0t6d0 00273 current
00253 /dev/dsk/c0t6d0 00274 current
00254 /dev/dsk/c0t6d0 00275 current
00255 /dev/dsk/c0t6d0 00276 current

# dmesg

Sep 5 11:13
NOTICE: autofs_link(): File system was registered at index 3.
NOTICE: nfs3_link(): File system was registered at index 5.
8 bc
8/0 GSCtoPCI
8/0/20/0 btlan3
8/16 bus_adapter
8/16/4 asio0
8/16/5 c720
8/16/5.5 tgt
8/16/5.5.0 sdisk
8/16/5.6 tgt
8/16/5.6.0 sdisk
8/16/5.7 tgt
8/16/5.7.0 sctl
62 processor
63 memory

System Console is on the Built-In Serial Interface
btlan3: Initializing 10/100BASE-TX card at 8/0/20/0....
Logical volume 64, 0x3 configured as ROOT
Logical volume 64, 0x2 configured as SWAP
Logical volume 64, 0x2 configured as DUMP
Swap device table: (start & size given in 512-byte blocks)
entry 0 - major is 64, minor is 0x2; DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEM WARNING:
The diagnostic logging facility has started receiving excessive
errors from the I/O subsystem. I/O error entries will be lost
until the cause of the excessive I/O logging is corrected.
If the diaglogd daemon is not active, use the Daemon Startup command
in stm to start it.
If the diaglogd daemon is active, use the logtool utility in stm
to determine which I/O subsystem is logging excessive errors.
ignored - can't write to device
ERROR: dump device 64:0x2 cannot be used and will be ignored:
device is read-only
WARNING: no swap device configured, so dump cannot be defaulted to primary swap.
WARNING: No dump devices are configured. Dump is disabled.
Warning: file system time later than time-of-day register

Getting time from file system
Starting the STREAMS daemons-phase 1
Create STCP device files
B2352B/9245XB HP-UX (B.11.00) #1: Thu Nov 6 01:58:21 PST 1997

Memory Information:
physical page size = 4096 bytes, logical page size = 4096 bytes
Physical: 524288 Kbytes, lockable: 404148 Kbytes, available: 463764 Kbytes


SCSI: bp: 02716e00
dev: cd004000
cdb: 00 00 00 00 00 00
status: (02) Check Condition
sense data: 70 00 06 00 00 00 00 0e 00 00 00 00 29 00 00 00
00 00 00 00 00 00
sense key: (06) Unit Attention
additional sense code: (29)
additional sense code qualifier: (00)

# ioscan -funC disk
Class I H/W Path Driver S/W State H/W Type Description
=====================================================================
disk 2 8/16/5.5.0 sdisk CLAIMED DEVICE SEAGATE ST39175LW
/dev/dsk/c0t5d0 /dev/rdsk/c0t5d0
disk 1 8/16/5.6.0 sdisk CLAIMED DEVICE IBM DDYS-T09170M
/dev/dsk/c0t6d0 /dev/rdsk/c0t6d0
/dev/dsk/disk_query








# model
9000/800/A180c

cat /etc/fstab

# cat /etc/fstab
/dev/vg00/lvol3 / vxfs delaylog 0 1
/dev/vg00/lvol1 /stand hfs defaults 0 1
/dev/vg00/lvol4 /home vxfs delaylog 0 2
/dev/vg00/lvol5 /opt vxfs delaylog 0 2
/dev/vg00/lvol6 /tmp vxfs delaylog 0 2
/dev/vg00/lvol7 /user vxfs delaylog 0 2
/dev/vg00/lvol8 /user1 vxfs delaylog 0 2
/dev/vg00/lvol9 /user2 vxfs delaylog 0 2
/dev/vg00/lvol10 /user6 vxfs delaylog 0 2
/dev/vg00/lvol11 /usr vxfs delaylog 0 2
/dev/vg00/lvol12 /var vxfs delaylog 0 2
/dev/vg01/lvol1 /user3 vxfs delaylog 0 2
/dev/vg01/lvol2 /acad vxfs delaylog 0 2
/dev/vg01/lvol3 /user4 vxfs delaylog 0 2
/dev/vg01/lvol4 /user7 vxfs delaylog 0 2
/dev/vg01/lvol5 /tmpswap vxfs rw,suid,nolargefiles,delaylog,datainlog 0 2
/dev/vg01/lvol5 /tmpswap swapfs min=0,lim=19200,pri=1 0 2

Thx
Hemalatha

[Khairy]

hi hema,

"entry 0 - major is 64, minor is 0x2; DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEM WARNING:
The diagnostic logging facility has started receiving excessive
errors from the I/O subsystem. I/O error entries will be lost
until the cause of the excessive I/O logging is corrected."

above diagmond reported of IO errors in lvol2. Most probably the disk is failing.

you could confirm this by running :
# echo "Map SelAll Information ; wait InfoLog Quit OK" | cstm > /tmp/devicelist

view the file
# more /tmp/devicelist

and look for disk c0t5d0 (SEAGATE) or c0t6d0 (IBM)
Look for error values like read or write errors. If the value is more than 0, that indicate u have a failing disk and you may have to replace it asap.

Get your ignite ready and perform make_tape_recovery and follow the guide accordingly.

Good luck.

[Hemalatha_1]

Hi Khairy,

Thank you for the useful info. We don't have the STM diags installed. Does it come bundled with the OS purchase? If so I can check with my licensed repository.

Hemalatha

[OldSchool]

stm *was* freely downloadable, like ignite. But, as with ignite, the ll.0 downloads aren't available any more.

[candlejack]

You can also determine if the disk is failing if you run:

dd if=/dev/rdsk/c0t6d0 of=/dev/null bs=1024 count=64

If you get something like
0+0 records in
0+0 records out

you know the disk is failing.

[OldSchool]

Spoonman:
"You can also determine if the disk is failing if you run:
dd if=/dev/rdsk/c0t6d0 of=/dev/null bs=1024 count=64
If you get something like
0+0 records in
0+0 records out
you know the disk is failing."

he's going read some number of blocks in as the system does boot and run, and *everythin* is on that disk, as indicated by:

/dev/dsk/c0t6d0 (8/16/5.6.0) -- Boot Disk
Boot: lvol1 on: /dev/dsk/c0t6d0
Root: lvol3 on: /dev/dsk/c0t6d0
Swap: lvol2 on: /dev/dsk/c0t6d0
Dump: lvol2 on: /dev/dsk/c0t6d0, 0

[OldSchool]

you might want to look at this:
http://www.pimpworks.org/hp/hpuxtips.html#17

provided you have a spare disk available and can install it without removing the existing root/boot drives, this procedure might let you build a new one:

[Hemalatha_1]

Thank you very much. The link is indeed very useful. Will pick up action on Monday and post the outcome.

Thanks again,
Hemalatha

[Hemalatha_1]

Hi

You are right OldSchool: dd if shows
64+0 records in
64+0 records out

Thus, replacing the disk seems to be the only option

Hemalatha