Creating an HP Service Partition

Procedure 6-4 To Determine If the HP Service Partition Exists

1. As root, find the location of your root disk:

   • If you are using LVM, enter the following command:

     lvlnboot -v

     You should see results similar to the following:

     # lvlnboot -v        Boot Definitions for Volume Group /dev/vg00:Physical Volumes belonging in Root Volume Group:        /dev/dsk/c2t1d0s2 (0/1/1/0.1.0) -- Boot DiskBoot: lvol1     on:     /dev/dsk/c2t1d0s2Root: lvol3     on:     /dev/dsk/c2t1d0s2Swap: lvol2     on:     /dev/dsk/c2t1d0s2Dump: lvol2     on:     /dev/dsk/c2t1d0s2, 0

   • For VxVM, enter the following command:

     vxprint -d

     You should see output similar to the following:

     # vxprint -dDisk group: rootdgTY NAME         ASSOC        KSTATE   LENGTH   PLOFFS   STATE    TUTIL0  PUTIL0dm rootdisk01   c0t0d0s2     -        34640800 -        -        -       -

2. Run the idisk command on the boot disk. For example on LVM enter:

   # idisk -p /dev/rdsk/c2t1d0

   Figure 6-2 “idisk Output Showing No HP Service Partition Installed” shows idisk output without an HP Service Partition installed;Figure 6-3 “idisk Output Showing HP Service Partition Installed” shows idisk output showing an HP Service Partition installed.

   Figure 6-2 idisk Output Showing No HP Service Partition Installed

   idisk version: 1.31 EFI Primary Header: Signature = EFI PART Revision = 0x10000 HeaderSize = 0x5c HeaderCRC32 = 0x20e10a24 MyLbaLo = 0x1 AlternateLbaLo = 0x43d671f FirstUsableLbaLo = 0x22 LastUsableLbaLo = 0x43d66fc Disk GUID = 59609df4-c295-11d7-8001-d6217b60e588 PartitionEntryLbaLo = 0x2 NumberOfPartitionEntries = 0xc SizeOfPartitionEntry = 0x80 PartitionEntryArrayCRC32 = 0xc0a93cc2 Primary Partition Table (in 512 byte blocks): Partition 1 (EFI): Partition Type GUID = c12a7328-f81f-11d2-ba4b-00a0c93ec93b Unique Partition GUID = 5960a1be-c295-11d7-8002-d6217b60e588 Starting Lba = 0x22 Ending Lba = 0xfa021 Partition 2 (HP-UX): Partition Type GUID = 75894c1e-3aeb-11d3-b7c1-7b03a0000000 Unique Partition GUID = 5960a1fa-c295-11d7-8003-d6217b60e588 Starting Lba = 0xfa022 Ending Lba = 0x430e02

   Figure 6-3 idisk Output Showing HP Service Partition Installed

   idisk version: 1.31 EFI Primary Header: Signature = EFI PART Revision = 0x10000 HeaderSize = 0x5c HeaderCRC32 = 0x20e10a24 MyLbaLo = 0x1 AlternateLbaLo = 0x43d671f FirstUsableLbaLo = 0x22 LastUsableLbaLo = 0x43d66fc Disk GUID = 59609df4-c295-11d7-8001-d6217b60e588 PartitionEntryLbaLo = 0x2 NumberOfPartitionEntries = 0xc SizeOfPartitionEntry = 0x80 PartitionEntryArrayCRC32 = 0xc0a93cc2 Primary Partition Table (in 512 byte blocks): Partition 1 (EFI): Partition Type GUID = c12a7328-f81f-11d2-ba4b-00a0c93ec93b Unique Partition GUID = 5960a1be-c295-11d7-8002-d6217b60e588 Starting Lba = 0x22 Ending Lba = 0xfa021 Partition 2 (HP-UX): Partition Type GUID = 75894c1e-3aeb-11d3-b7c1-7b03a0000000 Unique Partition GUID = 5960a1fa-c295-11d7-8003-d6217b60e588 Starting Lba = 0xfa022 Ending Lba = 0x430e021 Partition 3 (HPSP): Partition Type GUID = e2a1e728-32e3-11d6-a682-7b03a0000000 Unique Partition GUID = 5960a22c-c295-11d7-8004-d6217b60e588 Starting Lba = 0x430e022 Ending Lba = 0x43d602

Procedure 6-5 Creating an HP Service Partition

1. Determine which recovery method to use:

   • make_tape_recovery generally provides faster recovery/restore performance than make_net_recovery. However HP Integrity servers do not support direct boot from tape devices. Consequently, you will need to perform a “two-step media” recovery process. This means that you will need a tape device with enough capacity to hold the system archive, the HP-UX 11i v2 DVD media along with the recovery tape to create the HP Service Partition and restore your system.

   • make_net_recovery recovery/restore performance is determined by the speed of your network. In most cases, this method is slower than make_tape_recovery. However, you can boot directly to the Ignite-UX server containing your system archive.

   	IMPORTANT: The recovery process may fail if the boot disk file system is very full while attempting to create a full archive with make_tape_recovery or make_net_recovery, causing either the system or user data restore to run out of space. HP strongly recommends that you back up your user data using other supported backup software for HP-UX 11i v2, and use make_tape_recovery or make_net_recovery to create an archive of your system data. See the Ignite-UX Administration Guide for more details on the make_net_recovery and make_tape_recovery commands.

2. Make a system archive using either the make_net_recovery or make_tape_recovery command:

   • To save a system archive to an Ignite-UX server:

     make_net_recovery -s iuxServer -x inc_entire=vg00

   • To save a system archive to tape:

     make_tape_recovery -a /dev/rmt/0mn -x inc_entire=vg00

3. Reboot your system. If you created a system archive using the make_tape_recovery command, insert your HP-UX 11i v2 DVD into the DVD drive, before resetting your system.

4. Depending on which method you used to create your system archive, choose the appropriate boot method:

   • make_net_recovery method: Select the appropriate network EFI boot option

   • make_tape_recovery method: Select the appropriate DVD boot option

   	NOTE: See the “System Recovery” chapter of the Ignite-UX Administration Guide for more details and information about the appropriate boot methods.

5. Enter the appropriate Keyboard device for your system.

6. The Welcome to Ignite-UX! screen appears. Using the Tab key, select Advanced Options. The User Interface and Media Options screen appears.

7. From the list of User Interface Options, select Advanced Installation, then select OK. The /opt/ignite/bin/itool() screen appears.

8. From the Basic tab, select Additional.... The Additional Configuration Controls screen appears. This screen includes a list of current partitions and their sizes (in KB).

9. Select EFI Boot Partition. A popup screen appears listing partition size options (in KB) that you can choose from. Select 512000 (500 MB) from the list and select OK. You should now be back in the Additional Configuration Controls screen.

10. Select HP Service Partition. Select 409600 (400 MB) from the list and select OK.

11. In the Additional Configuration Controls screen, select OK.

12. In the /opt/ignite/bin/itool() screen select Go! Your system partitions (EFI and HP Service Partition) have been configured and Ignite-UX will now begin restoring your system data.

13. If you backed up your user data using other backup software, restore this data now following the vendor’s restore procedures.

14. After your system and user data has been restored, run the idisk command again to verify that the HP Service Partition was created and the partition size is correct.