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Conference turris::digital_unix

Title:DIGITAL UNIX(FORMERLY KNOWN AS DEC OSF/1)
Notice:Welcome to the Digital UNIX Conference
Moderator:SMURF::DENHAM
Created:Thu Mar 16 1995
Last Modified:Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:10068
Total number of notes:35879

8554.0. "vdump/vrestore problems-3.2G" by HGOVC::NANDAN () Thu Jan 23 1997 06:14

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8554.1Been there... done that!TROOA::ras007p01.srn.dec.com::dlotensemper ubi sub ubiFri Jan 24 1997 08:526
The hitch is that v3.2F and probably G have a 'new' version of vdump (ie. 
v4.0)... the v3.2C kit had v1.3... hence the version mismatch message.  
During the upgrade, it should have saved the old vdump... copy it back or use 
it in-place.

-doug
8554.2alternatively: use a V4.0 CD-rom vrestoreDOOSJE::HERTAFor something fulfilled this hour, loved, or enduredFri Jan 24 1997 11:006
Boot the system from the Digital UNIX V4.0 CD-ROM, go to system management 
and vrestore from there.

Worked for us when we were cloning systems.

Herta
8554.3Thanks, and...HGOVC::NANDANSun Jan 26 1997 00:1914
    
    Doug & Herta,
    
    Thanks for your responses. I would feel that the customer should use
    the version of 'vdump' & 'vrestore' that goes with 3.2C, since it is of
    the 3.2x "flavour".
    
    More worrying is, is there anything else which would show up a mismatch
    or cause any other problems in AdvFS ? The reason is, I was surprised
    that this happened after doing an usual upgrade.
    
    Thanks in advance.
    
    Nandan 
8554.4Same hereEPS::CONNORSWed Jan 29 1997 12:177
    
    Same problem here .. only difference is that my system
    was a 3.2G system build from the start and I received the
    same error message found in .0 ... My next step is to try
    booting from a V4.0 CD .. it's a good thing I have a 4.0 CD ..
    I'm sure in every customer situation, this is not the case.
    
8554.5DECWET::MARTINWed Jan 29 1997 16:462
Take a look at DECWET::ADVFS_SUPPORT note 877.9 for more complete and detailed
information on this problem.
8554.6Thanks & please see 8662...HGOVC::NANDANFri Jan 31 1997 02:378
    
    Connors & Martin,
    
    Thanks for the information on the problem.
    
    Please see my note no 8662 herein which describes the entire problem.
    
    Nandan