how to clean h/w db on o/s restore to new h/w

From: Mike Broderick (broderic_at_MIT.EDU)
Date: 05/27/03

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    Date: Tue, 27 May 2003 15:36:22 -0400
To: tru64-unix-managers <tru64-unix-managers@ornl.gov>

    I have a backup of one server (5.1a) that I want to restore to a
    different h/w platform. I booted the O/S cd, mounted the root, usr,var
    filesets and restored. Figuring the device db (and kernel config) would
    be all out of whack I then booted the restored o/s disk into single user
    using the generic kernel and did this to recreate the device db:

    # mount -u /
    # /sbin/dn_setup -init
    # dsfmgr -K

    But my devices are still all screwed up (negative deivce IDs):

    # hwmgr v d
     HWID: Device Name Mfg Model Location
     ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        3: scp
        4: kevm
       56: floppy0 3.5in floppy fdi0-unit-0
       93: dmapi
      -18: (unknown) QUANTUM DLT8000 bus-2-targ-5-lun-0
      -16: (unknown) COMPAQ BD009222C7 bus-2-targ-1-lun-0
      -14: (unknown) COMPAQ BD009222C7 bus-2-targ-0-lun-0
      -12: (unknown) COMPAQ CDR-8435 bus-1-targ-0-lun-0

    I cannot manually delete the devices as they have a negative id value so
    the hwmgr del comp command fails.

    Is there something else I need to do?

                                                                            
                   _Mike

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