VERITAS Volume Manager 3.5 Troubleshooting Guide (August 2002)

Chapter 2, Recovery from Boot Disk Failure
Recovery by Reinstallation
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h. Start, mount and list all the volumes:
# vxvol startall
# mountall
# mount
/ on /dev/vx/dsk/rootdg/rootvol log on Wed Apr 17 14:15:29 2002
/var on /dev/vx/dsk/rootdg/varvol delaylog,nodatainlog on ...
/usr on /dev/vx/dsk/rootdg/usrvol delaylog,nodatainlog on ...
/tmp on /dev/vx/dsk/rootdg/tmpvol delaylog,nodatainlog on ...
/stand on /dev/vx/dsk/rootdg/standvol delaylog,nodatainlog on ...
/opt on /dev/vx/dsk/rootdg/optvol delaylog,nodatainlog on ...
/home on /dev/vx/dsk/rootdg/homevol delaylog,nodatainlog on ...
i. Verify that /etc/ioconfig exists:
# ll /etc/ioconfig
-rw-rw-r-- 1 root sys 3128 Apr 17 14:51 /etc/ioconfig
j. Verify the non-existence of /stand/ioconfig and recreate it:
# ll /stand/ioconfig
/stand/ioconfig not found
# /sbin/ioinit -c
# ll /stand/ioconfig
-rw-rw-r-- 1 root sys 3128 Apr 17 14:51 /stand/ioconfig
k. Reboot the system:
# reboot
Recovery by Reinstallation
Reinstallation is necessary if all copies of your boot (root) disk are damaged, or if certain
critical files are lost due to file system damage. On an HP-UX 11i system, first use the
recovery methods described in “VxVM Boot Disk Recovery.” Follow the procedures
below only if those methods fail.
If these types of failures occur, attempt to preserve as much of the original VxVM
configuration as possible. Any volumes that are not directly involved in the failure do not
need to be reconfigured. You do not have to reconfigure any volumes that are preserved.