Troubleshooting
Problem
This document describes how to install VIOS on External Storage rather than the internal Drive in the Blade.
Resolving The Problem
The Blade Readme says the following in the installation instructions:
Once the first "Welcome to the Virtual I/O Server" screen disappears, type 2 on the following screen to confirm this terminal as the console, and press the Enter key (the number is not shown on the screen). Type the correct number option for the language you want to use during installation. On the Welcome to BOS menu, choose Change/Show Installation Settings and Install. Select Option 1 to verify the correct disk unit is selected for installation. The SAS drive internal to the blade is detected as hdisk0, whereas any LUNs attached to VIOS are detected as hdisk1, hdisk2, and so on. Select Option 0 two times to start installing.
If you want to install VIOS on an external disk, select Option 2 rather than 1 to select the drive.
You will see a list of drives with >>>>1. hdisk(0). Select the drive you want to install to by typing the option number next to the drive and pressing the Enter key. Then, be sure to unhighlight the hdisk(0) by selecting Option 1 and pressing the Enter key. If you do not unselect hdisk(0), VIOS installs on both drives. The screens looks similar to the following:
Note: For performance reasons it is recommended that you do not install VIOS on the same drive as client partitions.
| Welcome to Base Operating System Installation and Maintenance Type the number of your choice and press Enter. Choice is indicated by >>>. >>> 1 Start Install Now with Default Settings 2 Change/Show Installation Settings and Install 3 Start Maintenance Mode for System Recovery 4 Configure Network Disks (iSCSI) 88 Help ? 99 Previous Menu >>> Choice [1]: 2 |
| System Backup Installation and Settings Either type 0 and press Enter to install with the current settings, or type the number of the setting you want to change and press Enter. Setting: Current Choice(s): 1 Disk(s) where you want to install ...... hdisk0 Use Maps............................. No 2 Shrink File Systems..................... No 3 Import User Volume Groups............... No 4 Recover Devices......................... No >>> 0 Install with the settings listed above. +----------------------------------------------------- 88 Help ? | WARNING: Base Operating System Installation will 99 Previous Menu | destroy or impair recovery of ALL data on the | destination disk hdisk0. >>> Choice [0]: 1 |
| Change Disk(s) Where You Want to Install Type one or more numbers for the disk(s) to be used for installation and press Enter. To cancel a choice, type the corresponding number and Press Enter. At least one bootable disk must be selected. The current choice is indicated by >>>. Name Location Code Size(MB) VG Status Bootable Maps >>> 1 hdisk0 00-08-00 70006 rootvg Yes No 2 hdisk2 03-00-01 51200 rootvg Yes No 3 hdisk1 03-00-01 40960 none Yes No >>> 0 Continue with choices indicated above 55 More Disk Options 66 Disks not known to Base Operating System Installation 77 Display Alternative Disk Attributes 88 Help ? 99 Previous Menu >>> Choice [0]: 2 |
| Change Disk(s) Where You Want to Install Type one or more numbers for the disk(s) to be used for installation and press Enter. To cancel a choice, type the corresponding number and Press Enter. At least one bootable disk must be selected. The current choice is indicated by >>>. Name Location Code Size(MB) VG Status Bootable Maps >>> 1 hdisk0 00-08-00 70006 rootvg Yes No >>> 2 hdisk2 03-00-01 51200 rootvg Yes No 3 hdisk1 03-00-01 40960 none Yes No >>> 0 Continue with choices indicated above 55 More Disk Options 66 Disks not known to Base Operating System Installation 77 Display Alternative Disk Attributes 88 Help ? 99 Previous Menu >>> Choice [0]: 1 |
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