I've not had to do a flar restore but you can instruct JET (sun jumpstart framework) to use a flar by setting the base_config_products to "flash sds" (and provide the same SDS settings you used for the first jumpstart) and flash_archive_locations to an NFS url for your flar.
If you still want to take a backup of the data via the devices, you can either provide one of the two mirrors or the mirror metadevice itself, either will work just fine. When you do the restore, you can just restore it onto the main mirror metadevice, or if that's not created yet, the real disk device then mirror it up again. SDS is quite flexible like that
Sing out if you need a hand with the process of breaking off a submirror or remirroring after the restore without interrupting service etc.
I have AIX 5.1
I ran these commands and was not able to see what disk were mirrored to what. I thought this is what I should do?
lslv -m rd |more
lslv -m db |more
I get a error stating that it can't find or in the device configuation databse.
Is there another way to look? I have a physcal... (1 Reply)
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machine# mkfs -F ufs /dev/md/dsk/d40
size not specified
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I have a HP proliant ML 570 G3 with two 146GB disk drives mirrored(RAID1+0)
windows server 2003 was installed on that disk.
I will add a disk.(scsi 300GB)
I will install Linux on that additional disk.
I want to create multiple-boot system.
Is it possible?
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Hey guys,
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LEARN ABOUT V7
vgcfgrestore
VGCFGRESTORE(8) System Manager's Manual VGCFGRESTORE(8)NAME
vgcfgrestore - restore volume group descriptor area
SYNOPSIS
vgcfgrestore [-d|--debug] [-f|--file filename] [-l[l]|--list] [-h|--help] [-M|--Metadatatype1|2] [-t|--test] [-v|--verbose] VolumeGroupName
DESCRIPTION
vgcfgrestore allows you to restore the metadata of VolumeGroupName from a text backup file produced by vgcfgbackup. You can specify a
backup file with --file. If no backup file is specified, the most recent one is used. Use --list for a list of the available backup and
archive files of VolumeGroupName.
OPTIONS -l | --list -- List files pertaining to VolumeGroupName
List metadata backup and archive files pertaining to VolumeGroupName. May be used with the -f option. Does not restore Vol-
umeGroupName.
-f | --file filename -- Name of LVM metadata backup file
Specifies a metadata backup or archive file to be used for restoring VolumeGroupName. Often this file has been created with vgcfg-
backup.
See lvm for common options.
REPLACING PHYSICAL VOLUMES
vgdisplay --partial--verbose will show you the UUIDs and sizes of any PVs that are no longer present. If a PV in the VG is lost and you
wish to substitute another of the same size, use pvcreate --restorefile filename --uuid uuid (plus additional arguments as appropriate) to
initialise it with the same UUID as the missing PV. Repeat for all other missing PVs in the VG. Then use vgcfgrestore --file filename to
restore the volume group's metadata.
SEE ALSO lvm(8), vgcreate(8)Sistina Software UK LVM TOOLS 2.02.95(2) (2012-03-06) VGCFGRESTORE(8)
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