Solaris

TonyFullerMalv,

Thanks... I can bring up the clone drive in Slot 1 after the modification of "/etc/vfstab" and at the ok prompt typing "boot disk1". I need to move the cloned drive to Slot 0 and leave the "/etc/vfstab" alone per operational requirements.

When I run the "printenv" at the ok prompt I'm finding the original drive being listed under "boot-device" and wondering how I can modifiy this after the clone script has finished?

Thanks,
John

---------- Post updated at 01:56 PM ---------- Previous update was at 11:08 AM ----------

During my latest testing I've discovered the following:

1) I'm able to clone a drive from slot 0 (boot drive) to slot 1
2) Only way I can boot up the clone drive is by doing the following:
- Leaving the drive in slot 1
- Modifying the "/etc/vfstab" and changing c1t0d0 to c1t1d0 for all
slices.
- At the ok prompt type: boot disk1
3) Clone drive comes up and application is started no problem.

When I change the "/etc/vfstab" back to c1t0d0 for all slices and move the drive to slot 0 I get the failures that I can't find the boot drive? Does Solaris write something specific to the hard drive that for some reason the clone of the boot drive would miss?

Thanks,
John

---------- Post updated at 02:32 PM ---------- Previous update was at 01:56 PM ----------

Wondering if these drives are slot dependent? If so, would changing or updating the "devalias" as mentioned in one of the previous comments would be required and allow me to move the hard drive to slot 0?

Thanks again,
John

See:
SPARC: How to Change the Default Boot Device by Using the eeprom Command (System Administration Guide: Basic Administration) - Sun Microsystems

Run as the root user:

Code:

# eeprom boot-device <new-boot-device>

The eeprom command can be called from your script.

Thanks for the "eeprom" information and I was able to change the boot drive location. Still unsure why the clone drive will not boot up in Slot 0?

It's almost like it's slot dependant?

Thanks again,
John

I'm now able to clone a drive in slot 1 from slot 0. I can move the drive to slot 0 and it's boots up. I'm still required to type at the ok prompt: boot disk -- On the original boot drive I was able to type boot or on a reboot the startup would occurr automatically.

Any way to change the startup sequence within Solaris so I don't need to pass in the "boot disk" and simply type "boot".

Thanks,
John