[Sunhelp] moving external disk pack

Richard E Ravich rer40 at eng.amdahl.com
Fri Aug 20 15:24:44 CDT 1999


Hi,

What about the sd.conf file?  Do you have the target ID included in the
list of devices?  (/kernel/drv/sd.conf)

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Richard E. Ravich			Amdahl Corporation
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On Fri, 20 Aug 1999, He Gang-W1268C wrote:

> Hi, 
> 
> I have the same project. 
> 
> The problem is I could not see my external disk after I boot -r.
> When I use format utility, I see only internal drive.
> Any advice?
> 
> Gang
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael Jonsson (BCT) [mailto:Michael.Jonsson at edt.ericsson.se]
> Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 1999 3:56 PM
> To: 'sunhelp at ohno.mrbill.net'
> Subject: RE: [Sunhelp] moving external disk pack
> 
> 
> Hi!
> 
> It's correct! 
> 
> If you put a file named reconfigure in the root dir on host 2 before you
> shut it down, you don't have to reboot it.
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From:	Eddie Watkins [SMTP:watkine at it.moray.gov.uk]
> > Sent:	den 18 augusti 1999 18:07
> > To:	sunhelp at ohno.mrbill.net
> > Subject:	[Sunhelp] moving external disk pack
> > 
> > Hi
> > 
> > I have been asked to move an external disk pack from one machine onto
> > another.  The data on the disks is not required on the new system.  I am
> not
> > 100% sure about how to do this, can anyone tell me if the following is
> > correct.
> > 
> > Unmount file systems on host 1
> > remove entries from /etc/vfstab
> > shutdown host 1
> > remove disk pack
> > reboot using 'boot -r'
> > 
> > shutdown host 2
> > install disk pack
> > reboot using 'boot -r'
> > format disks to required layout
> > newfs disk partitions
> > create directories for mount points
> > add new file-systems to /etc/vfstab
> > mount file-systems
> > 
> > Thanks
> > 
> > Eddie Watkins
> > Senior Systems Support
> > The Moray Council
> > Tel: 01343 563247
> > Email: watkine at it.moray.gov.uk
> > 
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