I realize that, once again, I am coming into a thread really late so I may have missed a point or two somewhere. However, I would ask these questions..............
Code:
# cat -v /a/etc/vfstab
###device device mount FS fsck mount mount
#to mount to fsck point type pass at boot options
#
fd - /dev/fd fd - no -
/proc - /proc proc - no -
/dev/dsk/c1t0d0s1 - - swap - no -
/dev/dsk/c1t0d0s0 /dev/rdsk/c1t0d0s0 / ufs 1 yes logging
/dev/dsk/c1t0d0s5 /dev/rdsk/c1t0d0s5 /opt ufs 2 yes logging
/dev/dsk/c1t0d0s3 /dev/rdsk/c1t0d0s3 /usr/local ufs 2 yes logging
swap - /tmp tmpfs - yes -
Is there a reason for the /usr filesystem to be mounted on /usr/local rather than /usr?
Why is slice 6 duplicating slice 3 (the usr filesystem) and slice 7 is defining the whole disk the same as slice 2?
We all know that mounting the /usr filesystem (if it is indeed configured as a separate filesystem) is critical to the boot process. Failure to mount /usr will usually land you in maintenance mode but in a configuration with Veritas VM I don't know whether that will screw the boot process.
@br1an.......I suggest that you don't react to my comments until other members have responded. These are just my observations. As I say, I'm very late in on this.
Last edited by DukeNuke2; 10-31-2013 at 06:24 PM..
As I said, the /usr files (as supplied on the distribution) are quite critical. These normally sit in /usr whereas /usr/local normally contains stuff added locally (eg, third party packages and locally compiled packages).
I suggest that you look at your hard disk root filesystem and list the /usr directory to see what's there. (Compare it roughly with another running server).
Boot from cd and mount your hard disk root filesystem under /a
Then list /a/usr
What's there? If that directory is empty then it almost certainly needs the slice 3 mounted there. If it contains the normal /usr stuff, then perhaps slice 3 does indeed contain only 'local' stuff that it mounted under /usr/local as per the current vfstab.
I'm also concerned about slices 6 & 7 on that VTOC but be careful editing the VTOC. You'd need to boot from cd and run 'format'. Edit slices 6 & 7 in turn and enter zeros for the start and size parameters to remove these slice configs, and then write the modified label back. Be careful to fully record what was there before you start in case it goes wrong.
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