HP A4500A - VMEbus Single Board Computer 744 Motherboard Hardware Manual page 172

HP-UX HotPlug Disk Drive Replacement
The following graphic shows the location of the HotPlug disks.
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HP-UX HotPlug Software Procedure
NOTE The HP-UX HotPlug software procedures for Disk Drive removal/replacement described below
are for a mirrored boot disk configuration only. If your configuration differs from this, these
procedures may not be valid. Consult your System Administrator or contact the HP Response
Center for assistance.
HP-UX HotPlug Software Procedure for Attached Physical Volumes
Follow this procedure if the disk that was removed was recognized as an attached physical volume.
NOTE HP often uses different manufacturers for disks having the same product number. The HotPlug
manual procedure will not update the disk drivers internal information to that of the replaced
disk drive.
Step 1. Perform an ioscan on the replaced disk drive to ensure that it is accessible (claimed) and also as a
double check that it is a proper replacement and the device files are present. Refer to the above
note. For example:
# ioscan -fnC disk
Step 2. Mirror the root disk:
a. Create the new physical volume using the pvcreate command. For example:
#pvcreate -B /dev/rdsk/cXtXdX
b. Extend the volume group to include the new physical volume using the vgextend command. For
example:
#vgextend /dev/vg00 /dev/dsk/cXtXdX
c. Run the mkboot command to make the device bootable. For example:
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