Repairing an Unbootable System

Friday, May 17, 2013 at 2:09 AM

System is not booting because of some pool having issue, if you come occur this situation use this procedure to solve the issue:

boot the system:

ok boot -m milestone=none

remount the root file system with read/write option:

mount -o rw / 

Move the zpool cache file:

mv /etc/zfs/zpool.cache /etc/zfs/zpool.cache.old

Take the system to normal state:

svcadm milestone all

Identify the which pool having issue:

fmdump -eV 

Import the pool one by one skipping the pools that are having problems:

zpool import

Date and uptime problem issue

Thursday, May 2, 2013 at 12:11 AM
# uptime
7:34pm up 5553 day(s), 20:34, 2 users, load average: 0.29, 0.38, 0.49
#

  • Test the TOD at the ok prompt
  • Replace the PCI I/O riser board if the TOD appear to be faulty
  • Run POST diag-level=max and obdiags to ensure all components are fine
  • Reboot and check the uptime

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