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

HP-UX Handbook – Rev 13.00 Page 49 (of 54)
Chapter 04 System Recovery
October 29, 2013
Missing or Corrupt /etc/vx/volboot File
During system bootup, the VxVM configuration daemon is started. It makes use of the
file /etc/vx/volboot. If for any reason that file is somehow missing or somehow
corrupted, the configuration daemon will fail and abort the boot sequence.
Symptoms of missing or corrupt /etc/vx/volboot file
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
*** 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
> System Memory = 4091 MB
loading section 0
................................
loading section 1
....
Loading symbol table. Num of Sec Header(29)
Loading System Directory(boot.sys) to MFS
......
Loading Kernel Boot Directory(boot.3AB7B59C4184) to MFS.
.....
Launching /stand/vmunix
SIZE: Text:16182K + Data:1558K + BSS:1409K = Total:19151K
Booting kernel...
Console is on Serial COM1
PAL_DEBUG_FEATURE [CPU 0]: 0x4, multi-dispersal
PAL_DEBUG_FEATURE [CPU 1]: 0x4, multi-dispersal
PAL_DEBUG_FEATURE [CPU 2]: 0x4, multi-dispersal
PAL_DEBUG_FEATURE [CPU 3]: 0x4, multi-dispersal
NOTICE: nfs3_link(): File system was registered at index 4.
NOTICE: cachefs_link(): File system was registered at index 5.
NOTICE: autofs_link(): File system was registered at index 6.
qlisp_multi(0): QLogic 12160 dual Ultra3 SCSI
qlisp(3): Loaded QLogic ISP, Ver: 10.04.08, Mode: NV-AUTO DMA64 FP
Boot device's HP-UX HW path is: 0.18.1.2.0.0.1.0
System Console is on the Built-In Serial Interface
Swap device table: (start & size given in 512-byte blocks)
entry 0 - major is 99, minor is 0x1; start = 0, size = 2097152
Starting the STREAMS daemons-phase 1
Starting vxconfigd in boot mode (pre_init_rc).
NOTICE: vxvm:vxdmp: added disk array SEAGATE_DISKS
vxvm:vxconfigd: ERROR: enable failed: Volboot file not loaded
transactions are disabled.
vxvm:vxconfigd: FATAL ERROR: Rootdg cannot be imported during boot
Error returned from vxconfigd -m boot, halting