'Re: [Veritas-vx] Mirroring Boot disk problems - partitions doesn't'

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List:       veritas-vx
Subject:    Re: [Veritas-vx] Mirroring Boot disk problems - partitions doesn't
From:       Dwain Hargrave <dwain.hargrave () managedmail ! com>
Date:       2005-07-20 7:44:23
Message-ID: 42DE00D7.40600 () managedmail ! com
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/tmp in Solaris is usually part of swap file system and all data in it is deleted/lost during 
reboot.  If it isn't being remounted each time, it's not in /etc/vfstab but the mileage might vary 
with encapsulation of which I have never used.

Shyam Hazari wrote:
> For some reason, the /tmp slice is getting wiped out.  Still can't
> figure that one out. I manually mounted each slice to get the
> filesystem info. Now I am able to boot from the alternate disk. Also I
> was able to encapsulate the alternate boot disk.
> 
> Thanx
> 
> -Shyam
> 
> On 7/14/05, Hallbauer, Joerg <Joerg.Hallbauer@warnerbros.com> wrote:
> 
>>There's no problem here. Your original boot disk was encapsulated, and
>>your mirror disk is Veritas initialized so they have different partition
>>tables.  What I used to do in this cases was split the mirror, boot off
>>the mirror, Veritas initialize the old boot disk, and then remirror.
>>Then they are both initialized disks and no more encapsulated disks.
>>
>>--joerg
>>
>>Joerg Hallbauer
>>Sr. Technical Engineer
>>MIS - Technical Support
>>Warner Bros. Entertainment
>>(818) 954-4798
>>Joerg.Hallbauer@warnerbros.com
>>
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: veritas-vx-admin@mailman.eng.auburn.edu
>>[mailto:veritas-vx-admin@mailman.eng.auburn.edu] On Behalf Of Shyam
>>Hazari
>>Sent: Thursday, July 14, 2005 8:40 AM
>>To: Veritas-vx@mailman.eng.auburn.edu
>>Subject: [Veritas-vx] Mirroring Boot disk problems - partitions doesn't
>>match
>>
>>I am trying to mirror the boot disk. c1t0d0-primary and c1t3d0-alternate
>>disk.
>>
>>As you can clearly see, the primary disk partition table and the mirror
>>disk partition table doesn't match even
>>
>>after mirroring.
>>
>>The mirroring is done from VEA.
>>
>>Primary boot partition> print - c1t0d0
>>
>>Part      Tag    Flag     Cylinders         Size            Blocks
>> 0       root    wm    3298 -  6595       16.00GB    (3298/0/0)
>>33560448
>> 1       swap    wu       0 -  3297       16.00GB    (3298/0/0)
>>33560448
>> 2     backup    wm       0 - 14086       68.35GB    (14087/0/0)
>>143349312
>> 3 unassigned    wm    6596 -  9893       16.00GB    (3298/0/0)
>>33560448
>> 4        var    wm    9894 - 11542        8.00GB    (1649/0/0)
>>16780224
>> 5 unassigned    wm   11543 - 13191        8.00GB    (1649/0/0)
>>16780224
>> 6          -    wu       0 - 14086       68.35GB    (14087/0/0)
>>143349312
>> 7          -    wu   14086 - 14086        4.97MB    (1/0/0)
>>10176
>>
>>
>>Alternate boot partition table > print - c1t3d0 - BEFORE MIRRORING
>>
>>Part      Tag    Flag     Cylinders         Size            Blocks
>> 0       root    wm       0 -    25      129.19MB    (26/0/0)
>>264576
>> 1       swap    wu      26 -    51      129.19MB    (26/0/0)
>>264576
>> 2     backup    wu       0 - 14086       68.35GB    (14087/0/0)
>>143349312
>> 3 unassigned    wm       0                0         (0/0/0)
>>0
>> 4 unassigned    wm       0                0         (0/0/0)
>>0
>> 5 unassigned    wm       0                0         (0/0/0)
>>0
>> 6        usr    wm      52 - 14086       68.10GB    (14035/0/0)
>>142820160
>> 7 unassigned    wm       0                0         (0/0/0)
>>0
>>
>>Alternate boot partition table > print - c1t3d0 - AFTER MIRRORING
>>
>>Part      Tag    Flag     Cylinders         Size            Blocks
>> 0       root    wm    3299 -  6596       16.00GB    (3298/0/0)
>>33560448
>> 1       swap    wu    6597 -  9894       16.00GB    (3298/0/0)
>>33560448
>> 2     backup    wu       0 - 14086       68.35GB    (14087/0/0)
>>143349312
>> 3          -    wu       0 -     0        4.97MB    (1/0/0)
>>10176
>> 4          -    wu       1 - 14086       68.35GB    (14086/0/0)
>>143339136
>> 5 unassigned    wm       1 -  3298       16.00GB    (3298/0/0)
>>33560448
>> 6        var    wm   11544 - 13192        8.00GB    (1649/0/0)
>>16780224
>> 7 unassigned    wm       0                0         (0/0/0)
>>0
>>
>>
>>Any idea what I am doing wrong ?
>>
>>TIA
>>
>>-Shyam
>>
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