Although solaris does let you customize your file system layout, even going as far as having one root file system to contain everything, aix comes with several default file systems for more. Mirroring an encapsulated root disk sort home veritas. When you create a disk mirror, all of the data on all of the drives is lost. Svm root encapsulation and mirroring sparc by admin. If the primary disk in the pool fails, you might need to boot from the secondary disk by specifying the boot path. Tape alert functionality is supported by all drives, unless noted otherwise. Veritas provides support for new disk arrays through updates to. The secondary drive must be as large as the primary drive. Part of what you copied with dd is the svm configuration database the state database replicas. The first step is to copy the exact partition table of root disk to the mirror disk. For solaris 10, veritas recommends running update 6 7709 for sparc, 7809 for x64 or later.
Solaris 10 with veritas volume manager hi all, i have created a vmware appliance with solaris 10 and veritas voulme manager 5. The disk which holds the solaris operating system and the disk where the operating system is to be mirrored could be with same geometry. If a veritas volume manager managed disk has the cross platform data sharing cds enabled and you map that disk to an ide disk the cds capability will be lost. This is due to vxvm disk encapsulation, which, depending on the disk layout and free partitions on the root disk, might create a hardtomanage disk layout that causes. Zfs root pool recommendations and requirements charanjitwiki. Part 8 mirroring the zfs root pool oracle community. This post is all about veritas volume manager and veritas cluster licensing.
The set of patches is applicable to all of these solaris 10 releases. The raid volume will have the capacity of one drive. Root disk is one of the most important disk as it contains the complete os. This product is worth for the money but as a system administrator, we. Vxvm requires a minimum of two unused disk slices to store the veritas private and public region on the disk. The disk should be visible to the basic input output system. Creating a disk mirror with the solaris os commands. Vxvm gives us this feature to mirror the root disk. By joining our community you will have the ability to post topics, receive our newsletter, use the advanced search, subscribe to threads and access many other special features.
In this example, two disks, c1t0d0 and c1t1d0, are mirrored to each other using solaris volume manager. How to recover root password root disk is encapsulated. Mirroring boot drive using veritas volume manager vxvm solaris 10 x86. You can dynamically add support for a new type of disk array.
The releases following the marketing release, such as solaris 10 106, contain new features and patches that are preapplied. Svm,solaris troubleshooting,sun cluster,root mirroring,soft partition,dns,nfs,file system issue vxvm. I am new to veritas volume manager vxvm and just created two volumes in mirror raid1. First thing that i did was check to ensure that there were not any performance issues on any disks that might have been causing this users issues a quick iostat verified that everything was looking fine iostat continue reading verify solaris 10 multipathingconfigure. Copy the etcsystem file and etcvfstab file as a precaution before. Veritas volume manager vxvm allows you to mirror the root volume and other areas needed for booting onto another disk. See oracles doc using solaris live upgrade to migrate to a zfs root file system without zones for details. Third, we will add the root disk back into rootdg and reattach the mirror. I just got a time to write about my all time favourite product veritas. And script will automatically perform the mirror attach operations that required before and after the server reboot. To mirror your root disk onto another disk choose a disk that is at least as large as the existing root disk. Veritas infoscale operations manager provides a centralized management console for veritas infoscale products. Need a procedure document to do root disk mirroring in solaris volume manager for solaris 10. Solaris 10 commad line guide adding new disk azizs blog.
It describe how to partition and mirror the system disk, and how to create and maintain a backup system disk. You may be interested in determining if a systems boot drives have already been mirrored properly. The operations to set up the root disk mirror take some time to. This can be used for practicing various volume manager commands for budding system administrators.
Mar 15, 2016 mirroring boot drive using veritas volume manager vxvm solaris 10 x86. Solaris volume manager software expects more than 50 percent of the databases to be available to boot up normally or else it may complain about the insufficient number of database replicas. For solaris sparc systems, after mirroring the root disk, you can configure the system to boot from. Booting from an alternate boot disk on solaris sparc systems. Svm root encapsulation and mirroring sparc the geek diary.
First things first, you must umount any volumes on that disk, disable swap on it, and in every other say stop using it e. But for this we first need to take the root disk under vxvm control by encapsulating the root disk. Break signal from ilom to bring system in ok system. Jul 08, 20 a very simple tutorial that covers root disk encapsulation. Root disk encapsulation and mirroring veritas volume manager can now place the root file system, swap device, and other file systems on the root disk under vxvm control through the process of encapsulation. Resolving duplicate diskdevice entries in vxdisk list or vxdisksetup friday, may 6, 2011 at 8. Mar 26, 2015 part 8 mirroring the zfs root pool in many environments, its advisable that the boot disk be mirrored to minimize the risk of loss. The same solaris 10 patch can be applied to the solaris 10 305 release, the solaris 10 106 release, solaris 10 606 release, and so on. Mirroring the root volume enables you to recover from a failure of your root disk by replacing it with one of its mirrors. Primary mirror disk in a zfs root pool is unavailable or fails.
Disk mirroring using solaris disk manager raid 1 volumes. This product is worth for the money but as a system. Solaris os and veritas patching procedure with vcs july 4, 2012 by lingeswaran r leave a comment we have seen many post about solaris 10 os patching using liveupgrade method. Here we are going to see traditional os patching where your root filesystem is ufs. Solaris 10 administration workshop livelessons video. Second, we will remove the rootdisk from rootdg and reinitialize the drive.
Except where noted, veritas recommends the use of the operating systems native tape drivers. If the selected disk is not already under vxvm control, use the vxdiskadd or vxdiskadm command, or the veritas enterprise administrator vea to add it to the bootdg disk group. Netapp provides no representations or warranties regarding the accuracy or reliability or serviceability of any information or recommendations provided in this publication or with respect to any results that may be obtained by the use of the information or observance of any recommendations provided herein. Jul 04, 2012 solaris os and veritas patching procedure with vcs july 4, 2012 by lingeswaran r leave a comment we have seen many post about solaris 10 os patching using liveupgrade method. For example, to mirror the root disk, sda, onto disk sdb, and give this the disk name rootmir, you would use the following command. How to see whether we have mirrored disks in veritas volume. I was attempting to troubleshoot issues as a user was complaining about slow performance on a san disk.
How can i download the veritas software for sun solaris x86 servers and how to configure the root disk mirroring warm rgds. Veritas volume managercluster license keys unixarena. Aziz on january 11, 2009 from wikipedia, solaris volume manager svm. The boot disk is usually in a zfs root pool called rpool. Before replacement veritas used the name c2t4d0s2, and after disk replacement new disk added with the name c1t4d0s2 solaris. Its novel features and applications like zfs, dtrace, and containers keep it at the forefront of enterprise use, and many of these features have been copied in other operating systems.
A hardware disk mirror created under the raidctl utility behaves slightly differently than a disk mirror created using volume management software. Svm root mirroring for solaris by ramdev published april 23, 2012 updated july 2, 2015 here i am posting the script that mirrors primary root disk to selected mirror disk of same geometry and size. How to replace a failing svm disk solaris commands. Solaris os and veritas patching procedure with vcs unixarena. By encapsulating and mirroring the root disk, system reliability is enhanced against loss of one. The root disk is a twoway mirror done via solaris volume manager no veritas. On the sun fire v215 and v245 servers, the sas controller supports internal hardware disk mirroring using the solaris os raidctl utility. Aug 24, 2011 this is similar to how veritas volume manager can provide disk management tools but comes integrated with the aix operating system at no extra charge. The support comes in the form of array support libraries asls that are developed by veritas. Depending on your setup, theres a legal way of running veritas volume manager on solaris if you dont mind a powerconsuming, noisy, and heavy hardware dongle dubbing as a fcal disc array. The a5000 disc enclosure series named photon had a vxvm license attached to it.
Veritas disk group is disable unixrocks technicaluser 22 sep 03 10. My server has veritas volume manager and root disk is encapsulated and mirrored. Lets us see how we can encapsulate and mirror a root disk under solaris volume manager. Part 8 mirroring the zfs root pool in many environments, its advisable that the boot disk be mirrored to minimize the risk of loss. If your disk indeed has failed, this article will show you how to replace a failed svm disk. Installation and upgrade checklist report for nbups 8. This document does not cover vxvm specifically but live upgrade may handle it. Veritas volume manager this release of veritas volume manager includes the following new features and enhancements.
I would use these two disk for root disk mirroring and encapsulation under svm. The final mirrored root disk setup should look like. I have a zfs root system with mirrored disks c0t0d0s0 and c1t0d0s0, grub has been installed on c0t0d0s0 and os booting is just fine. I cant use the below procedure because server goes in panic mode as root disk is encapsulated and mirrored. Server model is v880 and internal disks connected with dual path and the failed disk is having two path names c1t4d0s2 and c2t4dos2. You can use veritas infoscale operations manager to monitor, visualize, and manage storage resources and generate reports. Here i am posting the script that mirrors primary root disk to selected mirror disk of same geometry and size.
How to recover root password root disk is encapsulated and. One of the items they track is the disk serial number or device id. So we have one more disk c1t1d0 of same size as that of c1t0d0. The disk should be visible to the basic input output. Veritas volume manager administrators guide solaris.
The backupexec media server can only be on a windows machine. How to see whether we have mirrored disks in veritas. Mirroring boot drive using veritas volume manager vxvm solaris 10. Solaris has always been the premier commercial operating system, and this remains the case today. Under a software mirror, each device has its own entry in the. The standard trialware download should include the ralus remoteagent for linux and unix systems. I have a solaris 10 system configured using netapp as its storage, and the file systems are already configured as you can see from the example below. A very simple tutorial that covers root disk encapsulation. I wouldnt say solaris volume manager is one of the best volume managers out there in the market, but its sure still used in many production setups. This article focuses on the solaris 9 operating environment, solaris volume manager software, and veritas volume manager 3. Disk mirroring using solaris volume manager posted by s.
Veritas volume manager administrators guide thesoftwaredescribedinthisbookisfurnishedunderalicenseagreementandmaybeused only in accordance with the terms of the. When the operating system was installed, we created unassigned slices five, six, and seven of roughly 10 mb each. Trial veritas software for testing on sun solaris x86 server santanu. It is strongly advised that you use solaris volume manager for mirroring root file systems, as opposed to using veritas volume manager vxvm mirroring of root file systems. The zfs file system, added in the solaris 10 606 release, has its own integrated volume management capabilities, but svm continues to be included with solaris for use with other file systems. While this operation can take some time, the recipe for doing it is relatively simple. When the root disk becomes unavailable, the database copies stored on the root disk are also unavailable. Sep 14, 20 i just got a time to write about my all time favourite product veritas. Choose a disk to use for the mirror that is at least as large as the existing root disk, whose geometry is seen by linux to be the same as the existing root disk, and which is not already in use by vxvm or any other subsystem such as a mounted partition or swap area.
In simple terms, we must first mirror the root disk. The alternate root disk is configured to allow the system to be booted from it in the event that the primary root disk fails. To mirror the root disk onto another disk after encapsulation. Mirroring boot drive using veritas volume manager vxvm. If you are not sure about lucreate handling the vxvm specifics then unencapsulate the boot disk first, then use the lucreate doc. I need to know the procedure to recover root password.
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