From: Holger.VanKoll@SWISSCOM.COM
Date: Thu Nov 28 2002 - 10:47:25 EST
all I can say:
1) i had this once
2) 2 days ago I read in comp.unix.aix someone had the same problem
same in all 2 (and your) case: ml06 , pssp3.x
if you dont get any useful hint, try a higher aix-level...
-----Original Message-----
From: Green, Simon [mailto:SGreen@KRAFTEUROPE.COM]
Sent: Thursday, November 28, 2002 4:37 PM
To: aix-l@Princeton.EDU
Subject: Clone fails at end LED 554
Last week, I conducted a disaster recovery test for one of our SP2s.
Not the first time, by any means!
The first step was the recovery of the CWS. The real one is an F50,
running AIX 4.3.3 ML08 and PSSP 3.2; rootvg is not mirrored. The one at
the DR site is also an F50 but with slightly different hardware, notably
a different graphics adapter and some extra 10/100 ethernet adapters.
The mksysb was on DLT.
The last successful test used all the same hardware, but was at ML06 and
PSSP 3.1.1.
As usual, I set about cloning the CWS, using a fairly recent AIX install
CD, (shipped to us at the beginning of this year when we received some
new p660 servers).
All went well, and the installation proceeded as usual. An hour or so
later, the install was completed and the server rebooted - nothing
strange so far. However, after a while it got stuck with LED 554: IPL
device could not be opened or a read failed.
We tried all manner of things to overcome this; savebase, bosboot,
messing with the bootlist, logform, rebuilding hd8, assorted messing
with inittab. None of it helped: no matter what we did it still came
back with 554.
Eventually, we re-installed directly from the mksysb tape: no CD
involved. This worked OK. Obviously the extra drivers weren't loaded,
so no graphics and only the integrated ethernet, but everything else was
fine, so it doesn't appear that there was a fundamental problem with the
mksysb tape.
Has anyone come across this problem? Any brilliant ideas?
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