Exploring DRD Rehosting in HP-UX 11i v2 and 11i v3 (July 2010)
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Note:
The initial support for the sysinfo file requires that the letters A-
F in the sysinfo file’s MAC address must be entered in
uppercase letters. This restriction is removed on HP-UX 11i v3
by PHCO_38608, which supersedes PHCO_36525
.
After you have finished editing the file, the non-comment lines will be similar to those
displayed below:
# grep -v "^#" /var/opt/drd/tmp/drdivm2.sysinfo
SYSINFO_HOSTNAME=drdivm2
SYSINFO_MAC_ADDRESS[0]=0x22431DF569E3
SYSINFO_IP_ADDRESS[0]=15.1.52.164
SYSINFO_SUBNET_MASK[0]=255.255.248.0
SYSINFO_ROUTE_GATEWAY[0]=15.1.48.1
SYSINFO_ROUTE_COUNT[0]=1
SYSINFO_ROUTE_DESTINATION[0]=default
Note that the MAC address in the sysinfo file must be specified in the format documented in
sysinfo(4), which differs slightly from the format of the MAC address in the hpvmstatus
output.
5. On the source VM, run the drd rehost command to copy the system information file created
above to the EFI partition of the clone disk. This provides information that will be processed by
the auto_parms utility when the new VM is booted.
# drd rehost -v -f /var/opt/drd/tmp/drdivm2.sysinfo
======= 09/25/08 21:02:10 MDT BEGIN Rehost System Image (user=root)
(jobid=drdivm1)
* Checking System Restrictions
* Checking for Valid Inactive System Image
* Locating Inactive System Image
* Choosing image to rehost.
* Validating Target to Be Rehosted
* Validating New System Personality
* The messages from validation of the system info file
"/var/opt/drd/tmp/drdivm2.sysinfo" are given below.
* * The value "drdivm2" for "SYSINFO_HOSTNAME" passes the
syntax check.
* The value "0x22431DF569E3" for "SYSINFO_MAC_ADDRESS[0]"
Passes the syntax check.
* The value 15.1.52.164 for SYSINFO_IP_ADDRESS[0] passes the
syntax check.
* The value default for SYSINFO_ROUTE_DESTINATION[0] passes
The syntax check.
* The value 15.1.48.1 for SYSINFO_ROUTE_GATEWAY[0] passes
the syntax check.
* The value 1 for SYSINFO_ROUTE_COUNT[0] passes the
syntax check.
* The value 255.255.248.0 for SYSINFO_SUBNET_MASK[0]
passes the syntax check.
* End of messages from validation of the system info file
"/var/opt/drd/tmp/drdivm2.sysinfo".