CentreVu CMS Release 3 Version 8
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Chapter 3: Maintaining Mirrored Systems |
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Using the alternate boot device | 39 |
Maintaining the chkDisks crontab | 40 |
Activating chkDisks | 40 |
Verifying chkDisks | 40 |
Changing the scheduled run time | 40 |
Canceling chkDisks | 40 |
Doing a CMSADM backup on a mirrored system | 41 |
Step 1: Print the vfstab file | 41 |
Step 2: Run the backup | 41 |
Step 3: Label and store the tapes | 42 |
Restoring from a CMSADM Backup | 43 |
Repairing or rebuilding the /cms file system | 45 |
Repairing /cms | 45 |
Rebuilding /cms | 46 |
Restoring a mirrored system from a CMSADM backup | 49 |
Step 1: Power off the system | 49 |
Step 2: Install the new drives | 49 |
Step 3: Boot the system from the compact disk | 50 |
Step 4: Identify the system | 51 |
Step 5: Set the Name Service options | 52 |
Step 6: Set the date and time | 53 |
Step 7: Select the operating system files to be installed | 54 |
Step 8: Select the hard disks | 55 |
Step 9: Set up the disk partitions | 55 |
Step 10: Install the operating system | 57 |
Step 11: Complete the OS installation | 58 |
Step 12: Alter the tape configuration file (Enterprise 3500 only) | 58 |
Step 13: Restore the backup | 59 |
Step 14: Reestablish the disk mirrors | 59 |
Restoring specific files from a CMSADM backup | 62 |
Adding new disks to a standard mirrored system | 63 |
Adding new disks to a nonstandard mirrored system | 66 |
Replacing a faulty disk | 69 |
Step 1: Identify the faulty disk | 69 |
Step 2: Identify the submirrors | 70 |
Step 3: Detach the submirrors | 71 |
Step 4: Remove state database replicas (boot disks only) | 72 |
Step 5: Replace the faulty disk drive | 72 |
Step 6: Recreate the state database replicas | 73 |
Step 7: Reattach the submirrors | 74 |
Step 8: Reboot the system (boot disks only) | 74 |
State Database Replicas | 75 |
Setting up replicas | 75 |
Replacing replicas | 75 |
