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Operating Systems Solaris Lost Root Password on VXVM Encapsulated Root Disk Post 302606199 by cerber0 on Friday 9th of March 2012 09:16:43 PM
Old 03-09-2012
The document is correct, basically you need boot from cdrom, unencapsulate boot disks, delete the password and reencapsulate the disks.


Only check, the vxvm version that you use, I thing that few commands can change with the link.

I think that this link can help you

Enterprise Support - Symantec Corp. - 3 ways to unencapsulate (including manual unencapsulation)
 

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