[OmniOS-discuss] Problem with BSD Loader and boot mirror

[Lawrence Giam]

Hi All,

Seem like no one have got this issue???

In that case, how do I work with the BSD loader to check and also to try
load the rpool ?

Thanks & Regards.

On Tue, Dec 19, 2017 at 6:44 PM, Lawrence Giam <paladinemishakal at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> I have a physical server which I am taking the time to install and test
> the OmniOS SCE R151022.
>
> As with the Grub loader and OmniOS R151014, I use the following steps to
> setup a boot mirror:
> 1. Partition a partition on the SSD for the boot mirror.
> 2. Do the prtvtoc /dev/rdsk/c2t1d0s0 | fmthard -s - /dev/rdsk/c2t0d0s0
> 3. Attach the partition to the rpool : zpool attach -f rpool c2t1d0s0
> c2t0d0s0
> 4. Wait for the resilver to finish and then reboot the server, ensure it
> boots ok.
> 5. After boots ok, run the installgrub /boot/grub/stage1 /boot/grub/stage2
> /dev/rdsk/c2t0d0s0
> 6. Reboot and ensure booting is good.
> 7. Shutdown and Simulate c2t1d0s0 failure by taking out the SSD.
> 8. Power up server and the system still boot to OmniOS but with alert that
> one of the boot mirror is missing.
>
> As with the BSD loader and OmniOS R151022, I use the following steps to
> setup a boot mirror:
> 1. Partition a partition on the SSD for the boot mirror.
> 2. Do the prtvtoc /dev/rdsk/c2t1d0s0 | fmthard -s - /dev/rdsk/c2t0d0s0
> 3. Attach the partition to the rpool : zpool attach -f rpool c2t1d0s0
> c2t0d0s0
> 4. Wait for the resilver to finish and then reboot the server, ensure it
> boots ok.
> 5. After boots ok, run bootadm install-bootloader
> 6. Reboot and ensure booting is good.
> 7. Shutdown and Simulate c2t1d0s0 failure by taking out the SSD.
> 8. Power up server and the system boots with the following message:
> Loading complete
> Consoles: internal video/keyboard
> BIOS drive C: is disk 0
> BIOS drive D: is disk 1
> ZFS: i/o error - all block copies unavailable
> ZFS: can't read MOS of pool rpool
> ZFS: i/o error - all block copies unavailable
> ZFS: pool tankAAA is not supported
> BIOS 608kB/1983056kB available memory
>
> illumos/x86 ZFS enabled bootstrap loader, Revision 1.1
> ZFS: can't find pool by guid
> ZFS: can't find pool by guid
> loading CORE EXT words
> loading SEARCH & SEACH-EXT words
> loading John-Hopkins locals
> loading MARKER
> loading ficl O-O extensions
> loading ficl utility classes
> loading ficl string class
>
> start not found
>
> Type '?' for a list of commands, 'help' for more detailed help.
> ok
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> I have 2 pools - rpool and tankAAA configured but somehow the BSD loader is
> 1. unable to recognise the boot mirror
> 2. cannot see the other dataset (eg. tankAAA)
>
> Next, I shutdown the server and put back the disk and power up the server
> again and it is able to boot as before normally.
>
> Is my step to do the boot mirror wrong or is there something that I am
> missing out?
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> Thanks & Regards.
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