Activating the inactive system image | HP Dynamic Root Disk (DRD)

TIP: If you have already booted the (previously) inactive image, you can use drd activate to return to the (previously) active image.

Example 6-2 Using drd deactivate after activating — legacy DSF

In this example, /dev/dsk/c2t3d0 contains your root volume group, and you use drd clone to create an inactive system disk at /dev/dsk/c1t2d0. Next, you execute drd activate. The results are:

•Disk set to become the active system disk after the next reboot: /dev/dsk/c1t2d0

•Disk set to become the inactive system disk after the next reboot: /dev/dsk/c2t3d0

The output of drd status is:

# /opt/drd/bin/drd status

======= 07/01/08 13:14:36 MDT BEGIN Displaying DRD Clone Image Information (user=root) (jobid=drdtest1)

* Clone Disk:	/dev/dsk/c1t2d0
* Clone LIF Area:	AUTO file present, Boot loader present
* Clone Creation Date:	07/01/08 09:37:58 MDT
* Clone Mirror Disk:	None
* Mirror LIF Area:	None
* Original Disk:	/dev/dsk/c2t3d0
* Original LIF Area:	AUTO file present, Boot loader present
* Booted Disk:	Original Disk (/dev/dsk/c2t3d0)
* Activated Disk:	Clone Disk (/dev/dsk/c1t2d0)
======= 07/01/08 13:14:42 MDT	END Displaying DRD Clone Image Information
succeeded. (user=root)	(jobid=drdtest1)

If plans change prior to rebooting the system and you do not want to have /dev/dsk/c1t2d0 become the active system disk, you can use drd deactivate to “undo” the previous drd activate command.

The results are:

•Disk set to become the active system disk after the next reboot: /dev/dsk/c2t3d0

•Disk set to become the inactive system disk after the next reboot: /dev/dsk/c1t2d0

The output of drd status is:

# drd status

======= 07/01/08 13:14:36 MDT BEGIN Displaying DRD Clone Image Information (user=root) (jobid=drdtest1)

* Clone Disk:	/dev/dsk/c1t2d0
* Clone LIF Area:	AUTO file present, Boot loader present
* Clone Creation Date:	07/01/08 09:37:58 MDT
* Clone Mirror Disk:	None
* Mirror LIF Area:	None
* Original Disk:	/dev/dsk/c2t3d0
* Original LIF Area:	AUTO file present, Boot loader present
* Booted Disk:	Original Disk (/dev/dsk/c2t3d0)
* Activated Disk:	Original Disk (/dev/dsk/c2t3d0)
======= 07/01/08 13:14:42 MDT	END Displaying DRD Clone Image Information
succeeded. (user=root)	(jobid=drdtest1)

36 Activating the inactive system image

Image 36

HP Dynamic Root Disk (DRD) manual Activating the inactive system image

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 Index List of Figures List of Examples Commands overview About Dynamic Root DiskConceptual overview Terminology Downloading and installing Dynamic Root Disk Cloning the active system image Active system imageLocating disks Locating disks on HP-UX 11i v2 systems Locating disks on HP-UX 11i v3 Integrity systems # /usr/sbin/ioscan -fnkC disk # /usr/sbin/ioscan -m dsf Using other utilities to determine disk availability Using DRD for limited disk availability checksChoosing a target disk Using drd clone to analyze disk size Creating the clone Cloning the active system image Example 2-7 The drd clone command output Success Error Example 2-8 The drd clone command output for SAN disk Adding or removing a disk DRD-Safe commands and Packages Swinstall Swremove Swlist Swmodify Swverify SwjobUpdating and maintaining software on the clone Kctune Update-ux View Kcmodule Kconfig Mkkernel Swm job Updating and managing patches with drd runcmdDRD-Safe patches and the drdunsafepatchlist file Patches with special installation instructions Updating and managing products with drd runcmdSpecial considerations for firmware patches Viewing logs Accessing the inactive system image Mounting the inactive system image Performing 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 image Unmounting the inactive system image Page Overview Quick start-basic synchronization Drd sync command Determining the list of files in the booted volume groupTrimming 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 image Activating the inactive system image Undoing activation of the inactive system image Page Rehosting and unrehosting systems Rehosting overviewRehosting examples Rehosting a mirrored image Example 7-1 Provisioning a new system Unrehosting overview # rm /var/opt/drd/registry/registry.xmlPage Troubleshooting DRD Page Support and other resources Contacting HP New and changed information in this edition Locating this guideRelated information Typographic conventions Find1 Page DRD commands DRD command syntaxDrd activate command HAalternatebootdisk=blockdevicespecialfile Ignoreunmountedfs=truefalseLogfile=/var/opt/drd/drd.log Logverbosity=4 Drd clone command Reboot=truefalseVerbosity=3 Default Copyautofile option Ttargetdevicefile Copyautofile=truefalseblockdevicespecialfile 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 Drd sync command Usr/sbin/swlist -l file, or Drd umount command Excludelist= Alternatebootdisk=blockdevicespecialfile Drd unrehost command Fsysteminformationfile Mirrordisk=blockdevicespecialfile Page Booted system Glossary System image Index Idisk partition, 10, 11 inactive system file system