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15 Jan 16 Automated setboot check and correction

When you use drd to patch and update systems offline to reduce downtime there is an unintended impact: setboot issues.

Using HP best practices after you boot the new image the setboot -a (alternate) and -p (primary) settings are often the same.

Below is an audit and correction script that helps you track the issue and limit manual intervention and the human error it can introduce:
myserv0:root > cat 349_bootconf
#!/bin/ksh
#########################################################################
# default_umask

#HPUX_SCRIPTS=/opt/depots/scripts/system_build/HPUX
#COMMON=/opt/depots/scripts/system_build/COMMON
# Load common environment
. /var/adm/bin/.scriptenv

#
# The point here is there should be an a primary boot disk
# and an alternate boot disk and they need to be different
#
pboot=$(/usr/sbin/setboot | grep ^Primary | awk ‘{ print $NF }’ | awk -F\/ ‘{print $NF}’ |
awk -F\) ‘{print $1}’);
aboot=$(/usr/sbin/setboot | grep ^Alternate |awk ‘{ print $NF }’|awk -F\/ ‘{print $NF}’ |
awk -F\) ‘{print $1}’);

if [ “$aboot” = “$pboot” ]
then
echo “NOTICE – ${hn} The primary boot disk ${pboot} is the same as the alternate boot disk ${aboot}”
else
echo “pass – The primary boot disk ${pboot} is the different than the alternate boot disk ${aboot}”

fi

if [ “$1” = “-y” ];then
echo “This may need to be remediated manually.”

#
# attempt to figure this out in an automated fashion
#
#
# Determine what the boot dg is.
# Try to use DRD configuration to determine the alt. boot disk and set it.
> /tmp/drdstatus.tfile.txt
/opt/drd/bin/drd status -x logfile=/tmp/drdstatus.tfile.txt
CLONE_DISK=$(awk ‘/Clone Disk: /{ print $NF}’ /tmp/drdstatus.tfile.txt | awk -F\/ ‘{ print $4 }’ | awk -F\) ‘{ print $1 }’);
echo “Clone disk is ${CLONE_DISK}”
setboot -a /dev/rdisk/${CLONE_DISK}
fi

echo “#### end report $0 ${sn} ####”

There is an audit script:

myserver0:root > /var/adm/bin/audit/349_bootconf
Executing HP-UX specific environment parameters…
NOTICE – The primary boot disk disk1972 is the same as the alternate boot disk disk1972
#### end report /var/adm/bin/audit/349_bootconf myserv0 ####

mysys03:root > setboot
Primary bootpath : 2/0/2/1/0/4/1.0x50060e80166f4202.0x4001000000000000 (/dev/rdisk/disk2490)
HA Alternate bootpath :
Alternate bootpath : 2/0/2/1/0/4/0.0x50060e80166f4212.0x4001000000000000 (/dev/rdisk/disk2490)

Autoboot is ON (enabled)
Hyperthreading : ON
: ON (next boot)

This is wrong but is a known issue that results from my patch methodology

First step to fixing is to confirm current booted details and drd details

mysys03:root > lvlnboot -v
Boot Definitions for Volume Group /dev/vg00:
Physical Volumes belonging in Root Volume Group:
/dev/disk/disk2490_p2 — Boot Disk
Boot: lvol1 on: /dev/disk/disk2490_p2
Root: lvol3 on: /dev/disk/disk2490_p2
Swap: lvol2 on: /dev/disk/disk2490_p2
Dump: lvol2 on: /dev/disk/disk2490_p2, 0

lvlnboot: Volume group not activated.
Cannot display volume group “/dev/vgAP1”.
lvlnboot: Volume group not activated.
Cannot display volume group “/dev/vgsapAP1”.
mysys03:root > cat /var/adm/bin/drd_data
DISK1=/dev/disk/disk2490
DISK2=/dev/disk/disk1951
mysys03:root > drd status

======= 01/14/16 14:15:17 PST BEGIN Displaying DRD Clone Image Information
(user=root) (jobid=mysys03)

* Clone Disk: /dev/disk/disk1951
* Clone EFI Partition: AUTO file present, Boot loader present
* Clone Rehost Status: SYSINFO.TXT not present
* Clone Creation Date: 01/07/16 15:00:27 PST
* Last Sync Date: None
* Clone Mirror Disk: None
* Mirror EFI Partition: None
* Original Disk: /dev/disk/disk2490
* Original EFI Partition: AUTO file present, Boot loader present
* Original Rehost Status: SYSINFO.TXT not present
* Booted Disk: Original Disk (/dev/disk/disk2490)
* Activated Disk: Original Disk (/dev/disk/disk2490)

======= 01/14/16 14:15:40 PST END Displaying DRD Clone Image Information
succeeded. (user=root) (jobid=mysys03)
Fix is currently manual

mysys03:root > setboot -a /dev/rdisk/disk1951
Alternate boot path set to 2/0/2/1/0/4/0.0x50060e80166f4212.0x4000000000000000 (/dev/rdisk/disk1951)
mysys03:root > setboot
Primary bootpath : 2/0/2/1/0/4/1.0x50060e80166f4202.0x4001000000000000 (/dev/rdisk/disk2490)
HA Alternate bootpath :
Alternate bootpath : 2/0/2/1/0/4/0.0x50060e80166f4212.0x4000000000000000 (/dev/rdisk/disk1951)

Autoboot is ON (enabled)
Hyperthreading : ON
: ON (next boot)

Possible automated fix (needs to be verified manually first use).

mysys00:root > ./349_bootconf -y
Executing HP-UX specific environment parameters…
NOTICE – The primary boot disk disk1972 is the same as the alternate boot disk disk1972
This may need to be remmediated manually.

======= 01/14/16 14:43:22 PST BEGIN Displaying DRD Clone Image Information
(user=root) (jobid=aappch0)

* Clone Disk: /dev/disk/disk2236
* Clone EFI Partition: AUTO file present, Boot loader present
* Clone Rehost Status: SYSINFO.TXT not present
* Clone Creation Date: 01/14/16 14:00:36 PST
* Last Sync Date: None
* Clone Mirror Disk: None
* Mirror EFI Partition: None
* Original Disk: /dev/disk/disk1972
* Original EFI Partition: AUTO file present, Boot loader present
* Original Rehost Status: SYSINFO.TXT not present
* Booted Disk: Original Disk (/dev/disk/disk1972)
* Activated Disk: Original Disk (/dev/disk/disk1972)

======= 01/14/16 14:43:45 PST END Displaying DRD Clone Image Information
succeeded. (user=root) (jobid=aappch0)

Clone disk is disk2236
Alternate boot path set to 3/0/4/0/0/0/0/4/0/0/1.0x50060e80166f4273.0x4001000000000000 (/dev/rdisk/disk2236)
#### end report ./349_bootconf aappch0 ####
myserv0:root > ./349_bootconf
Executing HP-UX specific environment parameters…
Pass – The primary boot disk disk1972 is the different than the alternate boot disk disk2236
#### end report ./349_bootconf aappch0 ####
myserv0:root > setboot
Primary bootpath : 3/0/6/0/0/0/0/4/0/0/0.0x50060e80166f4213.0x4000000000000000 (/dev/rdisk/disk1972)
HA Alternate bootpath :
Alternate bootpath : 3/0/4/0/0/0/0/4/0/0/1.0x50060e80166f4273.0x4001000000000000 (/dev/rdisk/disk2236)

Autoboot is ON (enabled)
Hyperthreading : ON
: ON (next boot)

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