Making a Bootable LVM Copy of a VxVM Boot Disk

•    System should be at run level 1
•    Use the command /etc/vx/bin/vxres_lvmroot
o    –b sets primary and/or alternate boot paths
o    –v verbose
•    Example:
# /etc/vx/bin/vxres_lvmroot –v –b c3t5d0
o    creates a LVM copy of the current VxVM boot disk to c3t5d0
o    sets the primary boot path to c3t5d0

# bdf
Filesystem          kbytes    used   avail %used Mounted on
/dev/vx/dsk/rootdg/rootvol
                   1048576  415148  593863   41% /
/dev/vx/dsk/rootdg/standvol
                   2064384  325568 1630227   17% /stand
/dev/vx/dsk/rootdg/varvol
                   8388608  702724 7205630    9% /var
/dev/vx/dsk/rootdg/usrvol
                   8388608 2667083 5364031   33% /usr
/dev/vx/dsk/rootdg/tmpvol
                    524288   17378  475360    4% /tmp
/dev/vx/dsk/rootdg/optvol
                   8388608 4377947 3760007   54% /opt
/dev/vx/dsk/rootdg/homevol
                    131072    1662  121326    1% /home
DevFS                    3       3       0  100% /dev/deviceFileSystem

# setboot
Primary bootpath : 0/1/1/1.0x2.0x0 (/dev/rdisk/disk71)
HA Alternate bootpath :
Alternate bootpath : 0/1/1/0.0x0.0x0 (/dev/rdisk/disk70)

Autoboot is ON (enabled)

# vxdisk list
DEVICE       TYPE            DISK         GROUP        STATUS
c2t0d0s2     auto:hpdisk     rootdisk02   rootdg       online
c2t1d0s2     auto:LVM        -            -            LVM
c3t2d0s2     auto:hpdisk     rootdisk01   rootdg       online
c5t0d1       auto:cdsdisk    rootdg02     rootdg       online
c5t0d2       auto:cdsdisk    rootdg03     rootdg       online
c5t0d3       auto:cdsdisk    rootdg04     rootdg       online
c5t0d4       auto:cdsdisk    rootdg05     rootdg       online
c5t0d5       auto:cdsdisk    rootdg06     rootdg       online
c5t0d6       auto:cdsdisk    rootdg07     rootdg       online
c5t0d7       auto:cdsdisk    rootdg08     rootdg       online
c5t1d0       auto:cdsdisk    rootdg01     rootdg       online

# /etc/vx/bin/vxres_lvmroot -v -b c2t1d0s2
vxres_lvmroot 14:37: Gathering information on the current VxVM root config
vxres_lvmroot 14:38: Checking specified disk(s) for usability
vxres_lvmroot 14:38: Preparing disk c2t1d0s2 as an LVM root disk
vxres_lvmroot 14:38: Creating LVM Volume Group vg00
vxres_lvmroot 14:38: Copying /dev/vx/dsk/rootdg/standvol (hfs) to /dev/vg00/lvol1
vxres_lvmroot 14:38: Cloning /dev/vx/dsk/rootdg/swapvol (swap) to /dev/vg00/lvol2
vxres_lvmroot 14:38: Copying /dev/vx/dsk/rootdg/rootvol (vxfs) to /dev/vg00/lvol3
vxres_lvmroot 14:39: Copying /dev/vx/dsk/rootdg/homevol (vxfs) to /dev/vg00/lvol4
vxres_lvmroot 14:39: Copying /dev/vx/dsk/rootdg/tmpvol (vxfs) to /dev/vg00/lvol5
vxres_lvmroot 14:39: Copying /dev/vx/dsk/rootdg/usrvol (vxfs) to /dev/vg00/lvol6
vxres_lvmroot 15:00: Copying /dev/vx/dsk/rootdg/optvol (vxfs) to /dev/vg00/lvol7
vxres_lvmroot 15:16: Copying /dev/vx/dsk/rootdg/varvol (vxfs) to /dev/vg00/lvol8
vxres_lvmroot 15:20: Setting up disk c2t6d0 as an LVM boot disk
vxres_lvmroot 15:21: Installing fstab and fixing dev nodes on ne
root FS
vxres_lvmroot 15:21: Current setboot values:
vxres_lvmroot 15:21: Primary: 0/0/2/0.6.0
vxres_lvmroot 15:21: Alternate: 0/4/0/0.12.0
vxres_lvmroot 15:21: Making disk c2t6d0 (0/0/2/1.6.0) the primary boot disk
vxres_lvmroot 15:21: Making disk c1t6d0 (0/0/2/0.6.0) the alternate boot disk


vxres_lvmroot 15:21: Disk c2t6d0 is now an LVM (VG vg00) rootable boot disk

# setboot
Primary bootpath : 0/1/1/0.0x1.0x0 (/dev/rdisk/disk69)
HA Alternate bootpath :
Alternate bootpath : 0/1/1/1.0x2.0x0 (/dev/rdisk/disk71)