Booting Hp-Ux In Lvm-Maintenance Mode - HP Integrity BL870c User's & Service Manual

1. Access the EFI Shell environment for the server on which you want to boot HP-UX in single-user
mode.
Log in to the iLO 2 MP and enter CO to choose the system console.
Confirm that you are at the EFI Boot Manager menu (the main EFI menu) when accessing the
console. If you are at another EFI menu, choose Exit from the submenus until you return to the
screen with the EFI Boot Manager heading.
From the EFI Boot Manager menu, choose EFI Shell to access the EFI Shell environment.
2. Access the EFI System Partition by entering fsX.
where X is the file system number for the device used to boot HP-UX.
3. When accessing the EFI System Partition for the desired boot device, issue the HPUX command
to initiate the \EFI\HPUX\HPUX.EFI loader on the device you are accessing.
4. Boot to the HP-UX Boot Loader prompt (HPUX>) by pressing any key within the 10 seconds
given for interrupting the HP-UX boot process. Use the HPUX.EFI loader to boot HP-UX in
single-user mode in the next step.
After you press a key, the HPUX.EFI interface (the HP-UX Boot Loader prompt, HPUX>)
launches. For help using the HPUX.EFI loader, enter the help command. To return to the
EFI Shell, enter exit.
fs0:\> hpux
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HP-UX Boot Loader for IA64
Press Any Key to interrupt Autoboot
\efi\hpux\AUTO ==> boot vmunix
Seconds left till autoboot -
[User Types A Key to Stop the HP-UX Boot Process and Access the HPUX.EFI Loader ]
Type
HPUX>
5. At the HPUX.EFI interface (the HP-UX Boot loader prompt, HPUX>) enter the boot -is
vmunix command to boot HP-UX (the /stand/vmunix kernel) in single-user (-is) mode.
HPUX> boot -is vmunix
> System Memory = 4063 MB
loading section 0
................................................... (complete)
loading section 1
........ (complete)
loading symbol table
loading System Directory(boot.sys) to MFS
....
loading MFSFILES Directory(bootfs) to MFS
......
Launching /stand/vmunix
SIZE: Text:25953K + Data:3715K + BSS:3637K = Total:33306K
Console is on a Serial Device
Booting kernel...
6. Exit the console and iLO 2 interfaces when finished using them.
Press Ctrl-B to exit the system console and return to the MP Main Menu. To exit the MP, enter
X at the MP Main Menu.

Booting HP-UX in LVM-Maintenance Mode

Use the following procedure to boot HP-UX in LVM-maintenance mode.
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