HP Dynamic Root Disk (DRD) manual Rehosting and unrehosting systems, DRD commands, Glossary Index

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7 Rehosting and unrehosting systems	39
7.1 Rehosting overview	39
7.2 Rehosting examples	39
7.3 Rehosting a mirrored image	40
7.4 Unrehosting overview	41
8 Troubleshooting DRD	43
9 Support and other resources	45
9.1 Contacting HP	45
9.2 New and changed information in this edition	46
9.3 Locating this guide	46
9.4 Related information	46
9.5 Typographic conventions	46
A DRD commands	49
A.1 DRD command syntax	49
A.1.1 The drd activate command	49
A.1.2 The drd clone command	51
A.1.3 The drd deactivate command	54
A.1.4 The drd mount command	55
A.1.5 The drd rehost command	57
A.1.6 The drd runcmd command	60
A.1.7 The drd status command	62
A.1.8 The drd sync command	64
A.1.9 The drd umount command	65
A.1.10 The drd unrehost command	67
Glossary	71
Index	73

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Contents Dynamic Root Disk A.3.10.* Administrators Guide Document Part Number DRD Version Supported Operating Systems Table of Contents Troubleshooting DRD Support and other resources DRD commandsRehosting and unrehosting systems Glossary IndexList of Figures List of Examples Commands overview About Dynamic Root DiskConceptual overview TerminologyDownloading and installing Dynamic Root Disk Cloning the active system image Active system imageLocating disks Locating disks on HP-UX 11i v2 systemsLocating disks on HP-UX 11i v3 Integrity systems # /usr/sbin/ioscan -fnkC disk# /usr/sbin/ioscan -m dsf Using DRD for limited disk availability checks Using other utilities to determine disk availabilityChoosing a target disk Using drd clone to analyze disk size Creating the cloneCloning the active system image Example 2-7 The drd clone command output Success ErrorExample 2-8 The drd clone command output for SAN disk Adding or removing a diskSwinstall Swremove Swlist Swmodify Swverify Swjob DRD-Safe commands and PackagesUpdating and maintaining software on the clone Updating and managing patches with drd runcmd Kctune Update-ux View Kcmodule Kconfig Mkkernel Swm jobDRD-Safe patches and the drdunsafepatchlist file Updating and managing products with drd runcmd Patches with special installation instructionsSpecial considerations for firmware patches Viewing logs Accessing the inactive system image Mounting the inactive system imagePerforming administrative tasks on the inactive system image Enter the patches into a file such as Compare vxconfigbackup with the clone copy Unmounting the inactive system imageUnmounting the inactive system image Page Overview Quick start-basic synchronizationDetermining the list of files in the booted volume group Drd sync commandTrimming the list of files to be synchronized Files that have changed on the clone Copying the files to the inactive clone image Drd sync system shutdown script Page Activating the inactive system image Preparing the inactive system image to activate later# /opt/drd/bin/drd activate # /usr/bin/more /stand/bootconf l /dev/dsk/c2t0d0s2 Undoing activation of the inactive system imageActivating the inactive system image Undoing activation of the inactive system image Page Rehosting overview Rehosting and unrehosting systemsRehosting examples Rehosting a mirrored image Example 7-1 Provisioning a new systemUnrehosting overview # rm /var/opt/drd/registry/registry.xmlPage Troubleshooting DRD Page Support and other resources Contacting HPLocating this guide New and changed information in this editionRelated information Typographic conventions Find1 Page DRD command syntax DRD commandsDrd activate command HAalternatebootdisk=blockdevicespecialfile Ignoreunmountedfs=truefalseLogfile=/var/opt/drd/drd.log Logverbosity=4Drd clone command Reboot=truefalseVerbosity=3 Default Copyautofile optionTtargetdevicefile Copyautofile=truefalseblockdevicespecialfileEnforcedsa=truefalse Drd deactivate command Drd mount command Example A-1 File system mount points Drd rehost command Devicespecialfile -v-xextended option=value -x-?-Xoptionfile Extended options Drd runcmd command Extended options Drd status command Alternatebootdisk=blockdevicespecialfile Drd sync command Usr/sbin/swlist -l file, orDrd umount command Excludelist=Alternatebootdisk=blockdevicespecialfile Drd unrehost command Fsysteminformationfile Mirrordisk=blockdevicespecialfile Page Booted system GlossarySystem image Index Idisk partition, 10, 11 inactive system file system