From: john corcoran (using_unix@hotmail.com)
Date: Fri Nov 12 2004 - 09:41:36 EST
HI, Thanks for the great replies.
for solaris 9 when the root partitiion is copied over the secondary disk ,
it will contain the boot block ?
for solaris 8 you have to manually (dd syntax) place the boot block on the
secondary disk ?
>From: "Kanellopoulos, Angelos" <akanellopoulos@upccorp.com>
>To: 'john corcoran' <using_unix@hotmail.com>
>Subject: RE: svm , questions solaris 9
>Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2004 14:02:04 +0100
>
>Yes, the swap should be mirrored the way you mirror the other file systems
>you couldnt umount e.g /usr (not the root because you have to run metaroot
>for root only).
>Just power off, make sure your nvram settings for boot include an alias for
>the second disk as well so it would be "boot disk disk1" , take out the
>first disk and try to boot. it should be alright.
>boot block= metaroot
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: john corcoran [mailto:using_unix@hotmail.com]
>Sent: Friday, November 12, 2004 1:40 PM
>To: sunmanagers@sunmanagers.org
>Subject: svm , questions solaris 9
>
>
>Hello Admins,
>
> Solaris 9 SVM.
>
>I have mirrored the primary boot disk and all its slices (mount points that
>exist).
>
>I have a couple questions that I really need answers to .
>
>Should the swap space be mirrored ?
>
>HOw do I test the mirror for to boot in case of the primary boot disk fails
>?
>
>How does the boot block get place on the secondary disk in Solaris 9 and
>solaris 8 ?
>
>Thanks in advance
>John
>
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