Date: Sat, 2 Oct 1999 11:04:07 +0930 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Darryl Okahata <darrylo@sr.hp.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: vinum and 3.2R -> 3.3R upgrade Message-ID: <19991002110407.O496@freebie.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <199910012310.QAA29992@mina.sr.hp.com>; from Darryl Okahata on Fri, Oct 01, 1999 at 04:10:19PM -0700 References: <199910012310.QAA29992@mina.sr.hp.com>
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On Friday, 1 October 1999 at 16:10:19 -0700, Darryl Okahata wrote:
> Ludwig Pummer <ludwigp@bigfoot.com> wrote:
>
>> I had that problem when upgrading a 3.1-STABLE machine to 3.3-STABLE. I
>> don't remember the exact process anymore, but the system is working fine
>> and vinum doesn't list any bad volumes/plexes/subdisks. I fixed the
>> disklabel in single user mode (took some work because /usr and /var are
>> vinum volumes), rebooted, did a 'vinum makedev' (in single user mode)
>> and rebooted. I think after that last time, it came up OK.
>
> In upgrading one of my systems from 3.1-RELEASE to 3.3-RELEASE[*], I
> couldn't get vinum to recognize my existing volume (it kept on thinking
> that the disks were crashed). After a couple frustrating hours, I ended
> up blowing away the volume and recreating it ("vinum resetconfig" is
> your friend ;-). Fortunately, I backed up the system before upgrading
> it. ;-)
You don't really want to do this if you have an alternative. Assuming
you haven't completely hosed your configuration (which, unfortunately,
is possible), you could have upgraded to the patch I released a day or
two ago.
> [*] -- My 3.3-RELEASE subscription disk arrived in the mail, and I
> thought, "What the hell -- it's about time I upgraded". Urg. I
> knew I was in for some fun, as I'm using both vinum and
> softupdates, but I wasn't expecting to actually *use* my backups
> ;-). I think it's time I moved that system to -stable, anyway.
You should really do that.
Greg
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