steve@hq.newdream.net wrote:

Does anyone know if you can mount two (or more) root volumes on one filer and how tell it which on to boot from?

I had a filer/shelf with a corrupt vol0. However there was user data on there I wanted to get at. So I mounted it on another test filer whose root volume was named boot, but the filer now complained about having two root volumes (boot and vol0).

Thu Jan 2 21:09:00 GMT [fmmbx_instanceWorke:info]: Disk 4.1 is a primary mailbox disk Thu Jan 2 21:09:00 GMT [fmmbx_instanceWorke:info]: Disk 4.0 is a primary mailbox disk Thu Jan 2 21:09:00 GMT [fmmbx_instanceWorke:info]: normal mailbox instance on primary side Thu Jan 2 21:09:01 GMT [raid.assim.tree.multipleRootVols:error]: Volumes vol0 and boot both claim to be the root volume. 2 root volumes found: vol0 boot

PANIC: 2 root volumes found, 2 of which are online. in process rc on release NetApp Release 6.3.1 on Thu Jan 2 21:09:02 2003

version: NetApp Release 6.3.1: Wed Nov 20 13:00:54 PST 2002 cc flags: 1

I was trying to boot both as readonly so I could boot off a previous inode on the corrupt vol0. Anyone know if there is a way to specify which volume to boot from when you are mounting multiple root volumes on one filer? I've already gotten the data in another fashion but I thought it should be able to mount two root volumes on one filer.

Steve

I know on last Ontapp version, the Filer, instead of panic, ask for which root volume you want to boot on... check those capabilities in upgrading :)