HP-UX HB v13.00 Ch-04 - System Recovery

HP-UX Handbook – Rev 13.00 Page 48 (of 54)
Chapter 04 System Recovery
October 29, 2013
subsequent invocation of the vxbootsetup command prior to the latest system reboot.
NOTE: Running the mkboot command alone will result in a LABEL not suitable for
booting a system with a VxVM boot disk. To create a LABEL file suitable for a VxVM
boot disk, one must run the vxbootsetup command after having run the 'mkboot -l
</dev/rdsk/<HP-UX partition>' (see example under Missing LABEL file section
above) .
Symptoms of a corrupted or incorrect LABEL file during bootup
Welcome to HP-UX for IA64
setting hpux path(\EFI\HPUX)...
type 'fs[x]:' where x is your bootdisk (0, 1, 2...)
type 'hpux' to start hpux bootloader
Shell> fs1:
fs1:\> hpux
No root vol information found in VxVM LABEL file.
*** HP-UX Boot Loader for IA-64 ****
*** Version 1.639 ****
*** Type 'help' for help ****
Press Any Key to interrupt Autoboot
\efi\hpux\AUTO ==> boot vmunix
Seconds left till autoboot - 0
AUTOBOOTING...
AUTO BOOT> boot vmunix
Could not open /stand/vmunix
Or, to list contents of the LIF volume:
fs1:\> hpux
No root vol information found in VxVM LABEL file.
*** HP-UX Boot Loader for IA-64 ****
*** Version 1.639 ****
*** Type 'help' for help ****
Press Any Key to interrupt Autoboot
\efi\hpux\AUTO ==> boot vmunix
Seconds left till autoboot – 10
Break out to list contents
HPUX> ls
FILENAME
ISL
AUTO
HPUX
PAD
LABEL
Restoring the LABEL file
See Missing LABEL file section above.