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HP Dynamic Root Disk (DRD) manual Dynamic Root Disk A.3.10.* Administrators Guide

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Dynamic Root Disk A.3.10.* Administrator's Guide

HP-UX 11i v2, HP-UX 11i v3

HP Part Number: 5900-2100

Published: January 2012

Edition: 1.0

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HP Dynamic Root Disk (DRD) manual Dynamic Root Disk A.3.10.* Administrators Guide

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Dynamic Root Disk A.3.10.* Administrators Guide Document Part Number DRD Version Supported Operating Systems Table of Contents DRD commands Troubleshooting DRD Support and other resourcesRehosting and unrehosting systems Glossary Index List of Figures List of Examples About Dynamic Root Disk Commands overviewConceptual overview Terminology Downloading and installing Dynamic Root Disk Active system image Cloning the active system imageLocating disks Locating disks on HP-UX 11i v2 systems # /usr/sbin/ioscan -fnkC disk Locating disks on HP-UX 11i v3 Integrity systems # /usr/sbin/ioscan -m dsf Using DRD for limited disk availability checks Using other utilities to determine disk availabilityChoosing a target disk Creating the clone Using drd clone to analyze disk size Cloning the active system image Success Error Example 2-7 The drd clone command output Adding or removing a disk Example 2-8 The drd clone command output for SAN disk Swinstall 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 Mounting the inactive system image Accessing the inactive system image Performing administrative tasks on the inactive system image Enter the patches into a file such as Unmounting the inactive system image Compare vxconfigbackup with the clone copy Unmounting the inactive system image Page Quick start-basic synchronization Overview Determining 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 Preparing the inactive system image to activate later Activating the inactive system image # /opt/drd/bin/drd activate Undoing activation of the inactive system image # /usr/bin/more /stand/bootconf l /dev/dsk/c2t0d0s2 Activating the inactive system image Undoing activation of the inactive system image Page Rehosting overview Rehosting and unrehosting systemsRehosting examples Example 7-1 Provisioning a new system Rehosting a mirrored image # rm /var/opt/drd/registry/registry.xml Unrehosting overviewPage Troubleshooting DRD Page Contacting HP Support and other resources Locating this guide New and changed information in this editionRelated information Typographic conventions Find1 Page DRD command syntax DRD commandsDrd activate command Ignoreunmountedfs=truefalse HAalternatebootdisk=blockdevicespecialfileLogfile=/var/opt/drd/drd.log Logverbosity=4 Reboot=truefalse Drd clone commandVerbosity=3 Default Copyautofile option Copyautofile=truefalseblockdevicespecialfile Ttargetdevicefile Enforcedsa=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 Usr/sbin/swlist -l file, or Drd sync command Excludelist= Drd umount command Alternatebootdisk=blockdevicespecialfile Drd unrehost command Fsysteminformationfile Mirrordisk=blockdevicespecialfile Page Glossary Booted system System image Index Idisk partition, 10, 11 inactive system file system