Can't open boot_archive error message

feg · May 15, 2011, 1:24pm

Hello guys,

Thanks for all your precious tips.
I hope you can give me some advice again.

This time I am having an issue with a SUN FIRE V240 (SOLARIS 10).

The server doesn't boot, normally , first we had a file system error

====================+FIRST ERROR MESSAGES+===================================================

Unable to repair the / filesystem. Run fsck manually
(fsck -F ufs /dev/md/rdsk/d400).

====================================================================================

1) i tried to repair manually the disc with "fsck -F ufs /dev/md/rdsk/d400" , but I wasn't able to run fsck
2) I decided to boot the server with the solaris dvd
"boot cdrom -s" to try to repair the mirror "fsck -F ufs /dev/rdsk/c0t0d0s0" but I couldn't.
3) So I have decided to restore the root from the most recent backup tape that I have

4)I have mounted the root and all the other partitions from /a/etc/vfstab & /a/etc/system"
5) I have tried to update the boot archive but it didn't work and I had this error message "not a boot archive based Solaris instance"

6) I have rebooted the server and since then, this two errors appear everytime i do a reboot "Can't open boot_archive" and "The file just loaded does not appear to be executable".

=================the error that I see everytime the server boot===============================================

"Can't open boot_archive" et "The file just loaded does not appear to be executable"

I would appreciate any help

bartus11 · May 15, 2011, 1:59pm

Did you create UFS structure for "/" with newfs before restoring from backup? Did you run installboot after restoring from backup? What command did you use to update the archive? What does metastat d400 say?

feg · May 15, 2011, 2:12pm

here is the procedure that I followed to restore the File system. Unfortunately the admin system didn't do the backup for /opt so I only restored root, var and usr :wall:


Step 1: Boot the server on OBP
Start the OS with solaris dvd 
ok>boot cdrom -s


STEP 2: Create structure for root, var and usr
# newfs /dev/rdsk/c0t0d0s0
# newfs /dev/rdsk/c0t0d0s5
# newfs /dev/rdsk/c0t0d0s4

Mount the root partition to restore it
# mount /dev/dsk/c0t0d0s0 /a

Step 3: Insert the backup tape to restore the root

# cd /a
# ufsrestore rvf /dev/rmt/0
# rm restoresymtable



Step 4: Mount also the partition /usr et /var:

# mount /dev/dsk/c0t0d0s5 /a/usr
# mount /dev/dsk/c0t0d0s4 /a/var

Step 5: Restore /var and /usr
# cd /a/var
# ufsrestore rvf /dev/rmt/0 /var
# rm restoresymtable

 
# cd /a/usr
# ufsrestore rvf /dev/rmt/0 /usr
# rm restoresymtable
Inserer le tape de backup de la partition /var
# cd /a/var
# ufsrestore rvf /dev/rmt/0
# rm restoresymtable


Verify /etc/vfstab 

STEP 6: Umount all filesystems
# cd /
# umount /a/usr
# umount /a/var
# umount /a

# cd /usr/platform/`uname -i`/lib/fs/ufs
# installboot bootblk /dev/rdsk/c0t0d0s0

---------- Post updated at 01:12 PM ---------- Previous update was at 01:10 PM ----------

I didn't type the metastat but I guess it won't work, i will try it

bartus11 · May 15, 2011, 2:13pm

You should also run fsck after restore is complete. Post the contents of /a/etc/vfstab and /a/etc/system. Also post the output of metastat d400

feg · May 23, 2011, 11:30am

I tried different method to resolve this important issue but i still can't solve that booting problem

more /a/etc/systems
/a/etc/systems: No such file or directory
# more /a/etc/system
ident "@(#)system 1.18 97/06/27 SMI" / SVR4 1.5 */
*
SYSTEM SPECIFICATION FILE
*

moddir:
*
  Set the search path for modules.  This has a format similar to the
  csh path variable. If the module isn't found in the first directory
  it tries the second and so on. The default is /kernel /usr/kernel
*
  Example:
          moddir: /kernel /usr/kernel /other/modules
root device and root filesystem configuration:
*
  The following may be used to override the defaults provided by
  the boot program:
*
  rootfs:         Set the filesystem type of the root.
.

# mount /dev/dsk/c0t0d0s0 /a
# more /a/etc/vfstab
#device device mount FS fsck mount mount
#to mount to fsck point type pass at boot options
#
fd - /dev/fd fd - no -
/proc - /proc proc - no -
/dev/dsk/c0t0d0s1 - - swap - no -
/dev/dsk/c0t0d0s0 /dev/rdsk/c0t0d0s0 / ufs 1 no nologging
/dev/dsk/c0t0d0s5 /dev/rdsk/c0t0d0s5 /usr ufs 1 no nologging
/dev/dsk/c0t0d0s4 /dev/rdsk/c0t0d0s4 /var ufs 1 no nologging
/dev/dsk/c0t0d0s7 /dev/rdsk/c0t0d0s7 /opt ufs 2 yes nologging
/devices - /devices devfs - no -
ctfs - /system/contract ctfs - no -
objfs - /system/object objfs - no -
swap - /tmp tmpfs - yes -
# BEGIN MMSSYSCONF
vip-fs-LER:/export/ler/tn-06 - /var/log/ler nfs - yes rw,xattr,bg,timeo=150
vip-fs-OAM:/export/oam/tn-06 - /opt/mms/stab/sadm/perf nfs - yes rw,xattr,bg,timeo=150

I am not able to do metastat d400, i can only boot the server with the cdrom because the server can't boot even the boot -f failsafe doesn't work.

here is what i did

i also tried the method bellow but it didn't work

1b} ok printenv boot-device
boot-device = disk net
{1b} ok devalias
ttya /pci@7c0/pci@0/pci@1/pci@0/isa@2/serial@0,3f8
nvram /virtual-devices/nvram@3
net3 /pci@7c0/pci@0/pci@2/network@0,1
net2 /pci@7c0/pci@0/pci@2/network@0
net1 /pci@780/pci@0/pci@1/network@0,1
net0 /pci@780/pci@0/pci@1/network@0
net /pci@780/pci@0/pci@1/network@0
ide /pci@7c0/pci@0/pci@1/pci@0/ide@8
cdrom /pci@7c0/pci@0/pci@1/pci@0/ide@8/cdrom@0,0:f
disk3 /pci@780/pci@0/pci@9/scsi@0/disk@3
disk2 /pci@780/pci@0/pci@9/scsi@0/disk@2
disk1 /pci@780/pci@0/pci@9/scsi@0/disk@1
disk0 /pci@780/pci@0/pci@9/scsi@0/disk@0
disk /pci@780/pci@0/pci@9/scsi@0/disk@0
scsi /pci@780/pci@0/pci@9/scsi@0
virtual-console /virtual-devices/console@1
name aliases
{1b} ok show disk
ERROR: Last Trap: Data Access Exception

{1b} ok printev boot-device
ERROR: Last Trap: Data Access Exception

{1b} ok printenv boot-device
boot-device = disk net
{1b} ok nvalias bootdisk /pci@780/pci@0/pci@9/scsi@0/disk@0
{1b} ok nvstore
{1b} ok setenv boot-device bootdisk
boot-device = bootdisk
{1b} ok reset-all
SC Alert: Host System has Reset

SC Alert: Host system has shut down.
/

Sun Fire T200, No Keyboard
Copyright 2006 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved.
OpenBoot 4.25.0, 32760 MB memory available, Serial #78281824.
Ethernet address 0:14:4f:aa:7c:60, Host ID: 84aa7c60.

Boot device: bootdisk File and args:

Can't open boot_archive

Evaluating:
The file just loaded does not appear to be executable.
{0} ok

here are the old vfstab config that i have said on my pc

the old etc/systems that i have said on my pc

set:
*

Set an integer variable in the kernel or a module to a new value.

This facility should be used with caution. See system(4).
*

Examples:
*

To set variables in 'unix':
*
  set nautopush=32
  set maxusers=40
*
To set a variable named 'debug' in the module named 'test_module'
*
  set test_module:debug = 0x13
BEGIN MMSSYSCONF
set max_nprocs=1500
set maxuprc=500
set maxusers=2048

TCP performance
set rlim_fd_max=65536
set rlim_fd_cur=2048
set ip:ipcl_conn_hash_size=4096

end of TCP performance

set sq_max_size=0
set ncsize=34906
set ufs_ninode=600000
set autoup=240

set noexec_user_stack=1

Node hardening - NFS
set nfssrv:nfs_portmon=1

enf of Node hardening

NFS client performance enhancement
set rpcmod:clnt_max_conns=1
set nfs:nfs_max_threads=32
set nfs:nfs3_max_threads=32

enf of NFS client performance enhancement
set nfs:nfs3_bsize=131072
set nfs:nfs3_max_transfer_size=131072

The following lines are added to enhanced failover time on 3510 storage array

DO NOT REMOVE
set ssd:ssd_io_time=30
set ssd:ssd_max_throttle=8
set fp:fp_offline_ticker=5
set fp:fp_retry_count=1

end of failover enhancement modification

The following line is required for T2000 stability

DO NOT REMOVE
set segkmem_lpsize=0x400000
set pcie:pcie_aer_ce_mask=0x1
set ip:dohwcksum=0

end of T2000 stability fixes
set nxge:nxge_rx_threshold_hi=0

END MMSSYSCONF

Begin MDD root info (do not edit)
rootdev:/pseudo/md@0:0,400,blk

rua · May 24, 2011, 6:07am

firstly you should detach you SVM mirror, and then do fsck, instalboot and update bootarchive on both submirrors.

feg · May 24, 2011, 7:28am

do you have a procedure for that?