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    From Iain Smith@21:1/5 to All on Thu Feb 1 13:05:00 2024
    Hardware type: HP rx2660 (1.59GHz/6.0MB)
    Software type: OpenVMS IA64 V8.4

    Hi all, we had a boot disk crash in a rx2660 and replaced by a
    maintenance guy. Confirmed that both original disk and new disk are of
    type, HP DG036A9BB6

    Disk is recognised as DKA800: and I've done an image restore from from a
    DVD boot which went without error.

    I then used @sys$manager:boot_options from the DVD boot to create a new
    entry for that disk to the Boot Options list at position 1. See the following...

    EFI Boot Options list: Timeout = 10 secs.

    Entry Description Options
    ----- ----------------------------------------------------------
    -------------
    1 OpenVMS Recovered Disk PKA0.5000-00E0-186C-1142 -fl 0,0
    DKA800 PCI(0|1|1|0) Sas(500000E0186C1142,Lun0)
    2 hp I64 OpenVMS PKA0.5000-00E0-1421-C9C2 -fl 0,0
    Device not Found
    3 Internal Bootable DVD
    DNA0 PCI(0|0|2|1) Usb(0,0)
    4 iLO Virtual Media
    Device not Found
    5 Core LAN A
    EWA0 PCI(0|1|2|0) Mac(0017a4ab6251)
    6 Core LAN B
    EWB0 PCI(0|1|2|1) Mac(0017a4ab6250)
    7 EFI Shell [Built-in]
    VenHw(d65a6b8c-71e5-4df0-d2f009a9) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    5 entries found.

    (The entry in position 2 is the entry for the original disk.)

    The problem is that the system will not boot off that disk and I get the following sequence...

    PKA0.5000-00E0-186C-1142
    Load of OpenVMS Recovered Disk PKA0.5000-00E0-186C-1142 failed: Not Found

    Loading.: hp I64 OpenVMS PKA0.5000-00E0-1421-C9C2
    Load of hp I64 OpenVMS PKA0.5000-00E0-1421-C9C2 failed: Not Found

    Loading.: Internal Bootable DVD

    My first question is: am I missing anything here? If not, what could be
    going wrong. All input gratefully received.

    TIA.

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  • From Iain Smith@21:1/5 to Iain Smith on Thu Feb 1 15:05:10 2024
    Iain Smith wrote:
    Hardware type: HP rx2660  (1.59GHz/6.0MB)
    Software type: OpenVMS IA64 V8.4

    Hi all, we had a boot disk crash in a rx2660 and replaced by a
    maintenance guy. Confirmed that both original disk and new disk are of
    type, HP DG036A9BB6

    Disk is recognised as DKA800: and I've done an image restore from from a
    DVD boot which went without error.

    I then used @sys$manager:boot_options from the DVD boot to create a new
    entry for that disk to the Boot Options list at position 1. See the following...

    EFI Boot Options list:   Timeout = 10 secs.

    Entry  Description                                                Options
    -----  ---------------------------------------------------------- -------------
       1   OpenVMS Recovered Disk PKA0.5000-00E0-186C-1142            -fl 0,0
             DKA800 PCI(0|1|1|0) Sas(500000E0186C1142,Lun0)
       2   hp I64 OpenVMS PKA0.5000-00E0-1421-C9C2                    -fl 0,0
             Device not Found
       3   Internal Bootable DVD
             DNA0 PCI(0|0|2|1) Usb(0,0)
       4   iLO Virtual Media
             Device not Found
       5   Core LAN A
             EWA0 PCI(0|1|2|0) Mac(0017a4ab6251)
       6   Core LAN B
             EWB0 PCI(0|1|2|1) Mac(0017a4ab6250)
       7   EFI Shell [Built-in]
             VenHw(d65a6b8c-71e5-4df0-d2f009a9) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------


    5 entries found.

    (The entry in position 2 is the entry for the original disk.)

    The problem is that the system will not boot off that disk and I get the following sequence...

    PKA0.5000-00E0-186C-1142
    Load of OpenVMS Recovered Disk PKA0.5000-00E0-186C-1142 failed: Not Found

    Loading.: hp I64 OpenVMS PKA0.5000-00E0-1421-C9C2
    Load of hp I64 OpenVMS PKA0.5000-00E0-1421-C9C2 failed: Not Found

    Loading.: Internal Bootable DVD

    My first question is: am I missing anything here? If not, what could be
    going wrong. All input gratefully received.

    TIA.
    Update. Running the VALIDATE (option 5) from BOOT_OPTIONS reports the following...

    Validate EFI Boot Options list: Timeout = 10 secs. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    1 OpenVMS Recovered Disk PKA0.5000-00E0-186C-1142 -fl 0,0
    DKA800 PCI(0|1|1|0) Sas(500000E0186C1142,Lun0)
    efi$bcfg: Invalid MBR/GPT on Disk.

    So the image restore doesn't set the boot sectors correctly??

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  • From Iain Smith@21:1/5 to Iain Smith on Thu Feb 1 20:27:45 2024
    Iain Smith wrote:
    Iain Smith wrote:
    Hardware type: HP rx2660  (1.59GHz/6.0MB)
    Software type: OpenVMS IA64 V8.4

    Hi all, we had a boot disk crash in a rx2660 and replaced by a
    maintenance guy. Confirmed that both original disk and new disk are of
    type, HP DG036A9BB6

    Disk is recognised as DKA800: and I've done an image restore from from
    a DVD boot which went without error.

    I then used @sys$manager:boot_options from the DVD boot to create a
    new entry for that disk to the Boot Options list at position 1. See
    the following...

    EFI Boot Options list:   Timeout = 10 secs.

    Entry  Description                                                Options
    -----  ----------------------------------------------------------
    -------------
        1   OpenVMS Recovered Disk PKA0.5000-00E0-186C-1142            -fl
    0,0
              DKA800 PCI(0|1|1|0) Sas(500000E0186C1142,Lun0)
        2   hp I64 OpenVMS PKA0.5000-00E0-1421-C9C2                    -fl
    0,0
              Device not Found
        3   Internal Bootable DVD
              DNA0 PCI(0|0|2|1) Usb(0,0)
        4   iLO Virtual Media
              Device not Found
        5   Core LAN A
              EWA0 PCI(0|1|2|0) Mac(0017a4ab6251)
        6   Core LAN B
              EWB0 PCI(0|1|2|1) Mac(0017a4ab6250)
        7   EFI Shell [Built-in]
              VenHw(d65a6b8c-71e5-4df0-d2f009a9)
    --------------------------------------------------------------------------------


    5 entries found.

    (The entry in position 2 is the entry for the original disk.)

    The problem is that the system will not boot off that disk and I get
    the following sequence...

    PKA0.5000-00E0-186C-1142
    Load of OpenVMS Recovered Disk PKA0.5000-00E0-186C-1142 failed: Not Found

    Loading.: hp I64 OpenVMS PKA0.5000-00E0-1421-C9C2
    Load of hp I64 OpenVMS PKA0.5000-00E0-1421-C9C2 failed: Not Found

    Loading.: Internal Bootable DVD

    My first question is: am I missing anything here? If not, what could
    be going wrong. All input gratefully received.

    TIA.
    Update. Running the VALIDATE (option 5) from BOOT_OPTIONS reports the following...

    Validate EFI Boot Options list:   Timeout = 10 secs. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

       1   OpenVMS Recovered Disk PKA0.5000-00E0-186C-1142            -fl 0,0
             DKA800 PCI(0|1|1|0) Sas(500000E0186C1142,Lun0)
             efi$bcfg: Invalid MBR/GPT on Disk.

    So the image restore doesn't set the boot sectors correctly??
    SOLVED!

    You can examine the boot sector by running...

    $ sb:==$sys$system:sys$setboot
    $ sb -s -f dka800:

    and set the boot sector by running the utility without parameters.

    One thing to note that after setting the boot sector I had to re-run the boot_options validate option which magically corrected something in the
    EFI settings file.

    After that the system booted up!

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  • From Chris Townley@21:1/5 to Iain Smith on Thu Feb 1 23:42:41 2024
    On 01/02/2024 20:27, Iain Smith wrote:
    Iain Smith wrote:
    Iain Smith wrote:
    Hardware type: HP rx2660  (1.59GHz/6.0MB)
    Software type: OpenVMS IA64 V8.4

    Hi all, we had a boot disk crash in a rx2660 and replaced by a
    maintenance guy. Confirmed that both original disk and new disk are
    of type, HP DG036A9BB6

    Disk is recognised as DKA800: and I've done an image restore from
    from a DVD boot which went without error.

    I then used @sys$manager:boot_options from the DVD boot to create a
    new entry for that disk to the Boot Options list at position 1. See
    the following...

    EFI Boot Options list:   Timeout = 10 secs.

    Entry  Description
    Options
    -----  ----------------------------------------------------------
    -------------
        1   OpenVMS Recovered Disk PKA0.5000-00E0-186C-1142
    -fl 0,0
              DKA800 PCI(0|1|1|0) Sas(500000E0186C1142,Lun0)
        2   hp I64 OpenVMS PKA0.5000-00E0-1421-C9C2
    -fl 0,0
              Device not Found
        3   Internal Bootable DVD
              DNA0 PCI(0|0|2|1) Usb(0,0)
        4   iLO Virtual Media
              Device not Found
        5   Core LAN A
              EWA0 PCI(0|1|2|0) Mac(0017a4ab6251)
        6   Core LAN B
              EWB0 PCI(0|1|2|1) Mac(0017a4ab6250)
        7   EFI Shell [Built-in]
              VenHw(d65a6b8c-71e5-4df0-d2f009a9)
    --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    5 entries found.

    (The entry in position 2 is the entry for the original disk.)

    The problem is that the system will not boot off that disk and I get
    the following sequence...

    PKA0.5000-00E0-186C-1142
    Load of OpenVMS Recovered Disk PKA0.5000-00E0-186C-1142 failed: Not
    Found

    Loading.: hp I64 OpenVMS PKA0.5000-00E0-1421-C9C2
    Load of hp I64 OpenVMS PKA0.5000-00E0-1421-C9C2 failed: Not Found

    Loading.: Internal Bootable DVD

    My first question is: am I missing anything here? If not, what could
    be going wrong. All input gratefully received.

    TIA.
    Update. Running the VALIDATE (option 5) from BOOT_OPTIONS reports the
    following...

    Validate EFI Boot Options list:   Timeout = 10 secs.
    --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        1   OpenVMS Recovered Disk PKA0.5000-00E0-186C-1142            -fl
    0,0
              DKA800 PCI(0|1|1|0) Sas(500000E0186C1142,Lun0)
              efi$bcfg: Invalid MBR/GPT on Disk.

    So the image restore doesn't set the boot sectors correctly??
    SOLVED!

    You can examine the boot sector by running...

    $ sb:==$sys$system:sys$setboot
    $ sb -s -f dka800:

    and set the boot sector by running the utility without parameters.

    One thing to note that after setting the boot sector I had to re-run the boot_options validate option which magically corrected something in the
    EFI settings file.

    After that the system booted up!

    Might have been helpful to say that you were cross posting onto the VSI
    forum

    --
    Chris

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