[SunHELP] boot-device

Fri Feb 3 14:03:25 CST 2017

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> On 3 Feb 2017, at 18:25, Connolly, Michael - ITT Interconnect Solutions
<Michael.Connolly at itt.com> wrote:
>
> screenshot attached
>
> red line shows error
>
> green line points to me having to type "boot altboot1"
>
> Now, remember, I wiped the OS from the primary_boot drive so I would expect
a
> boot failure. just don't know why it isn't automatically failing over to
boot
> from altboot1 without human intervention.
>
>
>
>
> Michael J. Connolly
> PLM Consultant/Solution Architect
> ITT Cannon LLC
> 56 Technology Drive
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> Michael.Connolly at itt.com
>
> "The only source of knowledge is experience." - Albert Einstein
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: SunHELP [mailto:sunhelp-bounces at sunhelp.org] On Behalf Of Peter
Stokes
> Sent: Friday, February 03, 2017 12:42 AM
> To: The SunHELP List
> Subject: Re: [SunHELP] boot-device
>
> Hi
>
> Ok understand. Normally you would store them permanently so not need to
> reissue each boot.
>
> What actually happens when the machine comes up?
>
> Screen shot would be good
>
> Peter
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On 2 Feb 2017, at 22:52, "Connolly, Michael - ITT Interconnect Solutions"
> <Michael.Connolly at itt.com> wrote:
>>
>> "use-nvramrc?" is set to true:
>>
>> use-nvramrc?=true
>>
>>
>>
>> "nvramrc" is set to the 3 devalias(es) for the 3 boot drives:
>>
>> nvramrc=devalias primary_boot
>> /pci at 8,700000/SUNW,qlc at 1/fp at 0,0/disk at w50020f230000f51a,0:a devalias
> altboot1
>> /pci at 8,700000/SUNW,qlc at 2/fp at 0,0/disk at w50020f230000b788,0:a devalias
> altboot2
>> /pci at 8,700000/SUNW,qlc at 3/fp at 0,0/disk at w50020f2300002d1d,0:a
>>
>> I'm quite sure this worked when we tested it years ago...
>>
>> Now, one thing I didn't say was that I wiped the OS off the "primary_boot"
>> drive in preparation for a refresh from tape but this should appear to
> Solaris
>> as a bad drive and move on to altboot1 to do the boot. And yes, I ran
>> installboot on all 3 boot drives.
>>
>>
>> Michael J. Connolly
>> PLM Consultant/Solution Architect
>> ITT Cannon LLC
>> 56 Technology Drive
>> Irvine, CA 92618
>> Office: 714.628.2306
>> Michael.Connolly at itt.com
>>
>> "The only source of knowledge is experience." - Albert Einstein
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: SunHELP [mailto:sunhelp-bounces at sunhelp.org] On Behalf Of Peter
> Stokes
>> Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2017 2:20 PM
>> To: The SunHELP List
>> Subject: Re: [SunHELP] boot-device
>>
>> Hi Michael
>>
>> Hmmm....
>>
>> Out of interest what happens as I would expect it to work as well?
>>
>> One thing is that the nvramrc appears to be set to something and set
>> to
> true,
>> why?
>>
>> Peter
>>
>>> On 2 Feb 2017, at 17:55, Connolly, Michael - ITT Interconnect
>>> Solutions
>> <Michael.Connolly at itt.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> I have a Solaris 9 system with 3-way mirroring of OS and apps
>>> (Disksuite 4.2.1). When I set this up (a long time ago in a galaxy
>>> far, far away) I
>> set
>>>
>>> boot-device=primary_boot altboot1 altboot2
>>>
>>> where each of those names have a devalias in nvramrc.
>>>
>>> I have tested the commands/boot devices individually yet manually
>>>
>>> boot primary_boot
>>>
>>> boot altboot1
>>>
>>> boot altboot2
>>>
>>> and each of them will boot from the OK prompt just fine.
>>>
>>> However, I thought that if boot-device was set like I have it (3
>>> different boot devices) and say, primary_boot was dead, that Solaris
>>> would be smart enough to automatically move down the list and try
>>> altboot1. I even swore I tested this and it worked (in that far away
>> galaxy).
>>>
>>> Now, it does not. I thought this was the idea with 3 way mirroring?
>>>
>>> Ideas? TIA
>>>
>>> eeprom:
>>> test-args: data not available.
>>> diag-passes=1
>>> pcia-probe-list=4,1
>>> pcib-probe-list=5,6,1,2,3,4
>>> local-mac-address?=false
>>> fcode-debug?=false
>>> silent-mode?=false
>>> scsi-initiator-id=7
>>> oem-logo: data not available.
>>> oem-logo?=false
>>> oem-banner: data not available.
>>> oem-banner?=false
>>> ansi-terminal?=true
>>> screen-#columns=80
>>> screen-#rows=34
>>> ttyb-rts-dtr-off=false
>>> ttyb-ignore-cd=true
>>> ttya-rts-dtr-off=false
>>> ttya-ignore-cd=true
>>> ttyb-mode=9600,8,n,1,-
>>> ttya-mode=9600,8,n,1,-
>>> output-device=screen
>>> input-device=keyboard
>>> load-base=16384
>>> auto-boot?=true
>>> boot-command=boot
>>> diag-file=disk
>>> diag-device=disk
>>> boot-file: data not available.
>>> boot-device=primary_boot altboot1 altboot2 use-nvramrc?=true
>>> nvramrc=devalias primary_boot
>>> /pci at 8,700000/SUNW,qlc at 1/fp at 0,0/disk at w50020f230000f51a,0:a devalias
>> altboot1
>>> /pci at 8,700000/SUNW,qlc at 2/fp at 0,0/disk at w50020f230000b788,0:a devalias
>> altboot2
>>> /pci at 8,700000/SUNW,qlc at 3/fp at 0,0/disk at w50020f2300002d1d,0:a
>>> security-mode=none
>>> security-password: data not available.
>>> security-#badlogins=0
>>> diag-out-console=false
>>> #power-cycles=74
>>> diag-script=none
>>> diag-level=min
>>> diag-switch?=false
>>> error-reset-recovery=boot
>>>
>>>
>>> Michael J. Connolly
>>> PLM Consultant/Solution Architect
>>> ITT Cannon LLC
>>> 56 Technology Drive
>>> Irvine, CA 92618
>>> Office: 714.628.2306
>>> Michael.Connolly at itt.com<mailto:Michael.Connolly at itt.com>
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