VERITAS Volume Manager 4.1 Troubleshooting Guide

Recovery from Boot Disk Failure
Recovery from a Failed VxVM Root Mirror Disk
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Recovery from a Failed VxVM Root Mirror Disk
If a failed primary boot disk is under VxVM control and is mirrored, follow these steps to
replace it:
Step 1. Replace the failed boot disk. Depending on the system hardware, this may require you to
shut down and power off the system.
Step 2. Boot the system from a mirror of the root disk, and use the following command to
initialize the replacement disk:
# /etc/vx/bin/vxdisksetup -iB rootdisk_access_name privlen=1024
The -b option sets the newly mirrored disk as the alternate boot disk in the NVRAM.
The -v option gives progress indications as each volume is being mirrored.