Antwort: AIX 5 migrations
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Date: 11/10/03
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Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2003 20:13:24 +0100 To: aix-l@Princeton.EDU
Hi *,
I had the same problem after the migration from AIX 4.3.3 -> AIX 5.2. So I
check the bootlist in the service menue and observe it is lost. I changed
the bootlist then in the menu and it runs fine.
Best regards,
Frank Mueller
Bill Verzal
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Hi everyone
I upgraded my H-80 to AIX 5.2 this weekend. I thought I'd inform you of a
PMR I had to open with IBM and the result of the call.
When the migration install finished, the system rebooted and went to "AIX
is starting". Then it gave me a nice empty stare. For a long time.
No disk activity, so I rebooted again (after about 30-minutes). Same
thing.
So I called IBM and here is what we found.
"There exists, under certain conditions, a situation where a migrated
server will not reboot after a migration."
Yup - the install will fail. You'll need to reload a mksysb and start
again. The fix ?
Unmirror rootvg first.
The AIX 5.2 migration MIGHT die if you migrate a mirrored rootvg. The
developers at IBM are not yet sure what the problem is. They are
considering writing this into the migration guide at this point.
Symptoms: System will not boot
Fixes: Run fsck, synclvodm, etc - none will fix the problem.
Nothing will work, even though the commands run fine (and might even fix
something)
Fortunately, in my case, I was not affected by this particular bug. In my
case however, here is what happened to me:
On the /SPOT, /etc/filesystems had no entry for "/tmp" in it, so I
had to "grep -p" and "sed" to create a new entry and append it to
/etc/filesystems
Then, I could run "fsck" on /tmp. At this point, we were not sure if
my system had "the bug" or not. So watch for the missing "/tmp".
My bos.mp was still 4.3.3.75 and did not migrate.
My devices.ssa.disk.rte was still 4.3.3.x and did not migrate.
Trying to install the filesets in "recovery" mode failed because the
script "/usr/lib/instl/rminstal" failed. We placed an "exit 0" in that
script and the install worked fine.
Once we set the bootlist and fixed the above problems, the system
booted fine.
So, simply put, have a mksysb or 2, and unmirror rootvg before you start
and AIX 5.2 migrations.
BV
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Bill Verzal
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