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Dynamic Root Disk Administrator's Guide: HP-UX 11i v2, HP-UX 11i v3 > Chapter 2 Cloning the Active System Image

Choosing a Target Disk

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CAUTION: It is the system administrator's responsibility to identify a target disk that is not currently in use! Cloning a disk removes all current data on the target disk.

In Example 2-1, the disk with the active system image is /dev/dsk/c2t3d0. You need to choose a free disk to be the target of the drd clone command. Your system may have many more disks than Example 2-1 shows.

The target disk must:

  • Be a block device special file.

  • Be writeable by the system.

  • Not currently be in use by other applications.

  • Be large enough to hold a copy of each logical volume in the root group.

The target's physical disk need not be as large as the disk allocated for the root group, as long as there is enough space for a copy of each logical volume in the root group. However, the disk needs to be larger than the used space in each logical volume because each logical volume will be created with the number of physical extents currently allocated to the corresponding root group logical volume.

Example 2-1 shows three system disks: /dev/dsk/c0t0d0, /dev/dsk/c1t2d0, and /dev/dsk/c2t3d0. You need to determine which disks are available and large enough.

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