From: Adams Kevin J (kevin.adams@PHS.COM)
Date: Wed Dec 18 2002 - 13:30:32 EST
Does "instfix -i|grep ML" tell you that all filesets for ML08 were found?
Kevin Adams
-----Original Message-----
From: Ron Bramblett [mailto:bramblet@FULLER.COM]
Sent: Wednesday, December 18, 2002 9:22 AM
To: aix-l@Princeton.EDU
Subject: Re: [aix-l] Can't create optional boot device after upgrade
Thanks Kevin,
I have already tried that and it fails with a 0. I think it is a driver
issue related to the upgrade somehow.
Adams Kevin J wrote:
> Check that the hardware can boot off the device via "bootinfo -B hdisk0"
and
> "bootinfo -B hdisk3".
>
> Bootinfo -B returns 1 for disks that are bootable and 0 if not.
>
> Before mirrorvg will work, bootinfo -B must return 1. (mirrorvg calls
> bootinfo)
>
> >From the manpage:
>
> -B Disk Displays a 1 if the IPL code in the ROS on the machine running the
> command is capable of booting from the specified disk. Otherwise, the
> command
> displays a 0.
>
> You proably have to sort out your filesets and hardware mircorode levels.
>
> Kevin Adams
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ron Bramblett [mailto:bramblet@FULLER.COM]
> Sent: Wednesday, December 18, 2002 7:20 AM
> To: aix-l@Princeton.EDU
> Subject: [aix-l] Can't create optional boot device after upgrade
>
> Hello,
> I have a situation that I need solved. I have talked to Prophet 21 and
> their expert is stumped by it.
>
> RS6000 7025-F40
> AIX 4.3.3 was 4.2.1
> FC 6025 PCI Dual Channel Ultra2 SCSI Adapter
> 6 Drives
>
> Last week I tried an upgrade from 4.2.1 to 4.3.3 ML 08
>
> 1st Step Migration to 4.3.1 failed with auto script due to this
> driver. devices.pci.00101010 I think. I went ahead and tried to
> install it manually. It seemed to go fine.
>
> 2nd Step Update 4.3.x to 4.3.3 failed also due to the following drivers
> bos.loc.utf.ZH_CN
> devices.pci.00100c00.rte
> (The first one I had instructions in case it failed to install it
> manually so I did those. The 2nd one I modified the first instruction to
> the name and it looked like it worked fine. I got the ok afterwards on
> both)
>
> 3rd Step Maintenece Level 08 failed on the following drivers
> devices.isa.sio_baud.rte 4.3.2.1 : 4.3.0.0 -- AIX 4330-08 Update
> devices.pci.00100b00.diag: 4.3.3.25 : 4.2.1.0 -- AIX 4330-08 Update
>
> devices.pci.00100c00.diag :
> (As above I applied the drivers manually and seemed to work.)
>
> Our Hard drives are mirrored. Disk0 is primary system drive. Disk3 is
> the mirror copy of the system drive.
>
> I tried to mirror the rootvg Disk3 back to the Disk0 and it failed.
> extendvg rootvg hdisk3
> # lspv
> hdisk0 00302592ffe48b64 rootvg
> hdisk1 00302592ffe48d4d p21vg
> hdisk2 0030259241317729 p21vg
> hdisk3 001362d69f32b191 rootvg
> hdisk4 00302592a4fa28c2 p21vg
> hdisk5 0030259297bf575e p21vg
> #
> # mirrorvg -m rootvg hdisk3
> 0516-1259 mirrorvg: None of the
> available disks support booting on this
> specific system or the boot logical
> volume already exists on
> the specified disk.
> 0516-1200 mirrorvg: Failed to mirror
> the volume group.
>
> TRIED THRU SMIT :
> Command: failed stdout: yes stderr:
> no
>
> Before command completion, additional
> instructions may appear below.
>
> 0516-1259 mirrorvg: None of the
> available disks support booting on this
> specific system or the boot logical
> volume already exists on
> the specified disk.
> 0516-1200 mirrorvg: Failed to mirror
> the volume group.
>
> # ipl_varyon -i
> PVNAME BOOT DEVICE PVID VOLUME GROUP
> ID
> hdisk0 YES 00302592ffe48b64
> 00302592e7113991
> hdisk3 NO 001362d69f32b191
> 00302592e7113991
> hdisk1 NO 00302592ffe48d4d
> 0030259241317a1b
> hdisk2 NO 0030259241317729
> 0030259241317a1b
> hdisk4 NO 00302592a4fa28c2
> 0030259241317a1b
> hdisk5 NO 0030259297bf575e
> 0030259241317a1b
>
> Any ideas of where to start
>
> --
> Ron Bramblett
> Sys Admin
> Fuller Brush Company
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