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Adrian Marsh | 1 Jul 2007 20:44
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Re: Restore to VMware

>You also need to tell mindi (through the FORCE_MODS that you want what
>VMWare supports at restore time (begining of page 6)

Yeah, I read that, but I don't have the mondoscript.sh file anywhere..
Though I'm also not clear what you mean by "deploy server" - what server
?

Nor do I have a /usr/sbin/mindi directory

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Adrian Marsh said on Thu, Jun 28, 2007 at 09:54:42AM +0100:

> I create .iso files which are then copied off to a NAS, then mounted

Did you had the Virtual media mounted at that time ?
If not, or if you don't use FORCE_MODS, mindi won't include the USB CD
drivers needed at restore time.

> within a VMware session and booted from the virtual CD.

> The original hardware has the ata_piix modules loaded for SATA.
> The original mounts are to /dev/sda, but when mondorestore starts it
> tells me that /dev/sda doesn't exist.
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Adrian Marsh | 1 Jul 2007 22:49
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Ok,  found the mindi file and added the FORCE_MODS line, but the booting
the CD in the VM just crashes and gives the below..

EIP: 0060:[<00000000>] Not tainted VLI
EFLAGS: 00010202 (2.6.9-55.0.2.EL) EIP is at OxO
eax: c1273e80 ebx: ccc2dbbO ecx: cfffOf6c edx: ccc2dbbO esi: cfffOf6c
edi: esi: ccc9cb24 ebp: c0373a20 esp: cfffOefO ds: 007b es: 007b ss:
0068
Process find-and-Mount- (pid: 1147, threadinfo=cfff0000 taskcfcb3220)
Stack: cOl7Sdfb c1273e80 00000000 cfff0f6c 00000003 cfff0000 c0176f46
ccc2dbbfl c1273e80 0000000e 0000000b 00009060 00000001 00000001 00000000
cdlOSOfO 00030002 cdlOSlYc 000004a2 cfff0000 c012893f c012395a 000004a2
00000000
Call Trace:
[<cOl7Sdfb>] vfs_getattr64+Ox3f/OxcO [<c0176f46>] vfs_stat64+0x28/Ox3a
[<c012893f>] do_wait+0x283/0x435 [<c012395a>] do_fork+0x129/Oxla5
[<c0177571>] sys_stat64+Oxf/0x23 [<c0120055>] default_wake_funct
ion+OxO/Oxc [<c0120055>] default_wake_funct ion+OxO/Oxc [<cOlld7eS>]
do_page_fault0x0/0x4dc [<cO3lbalb>] error_code+Ox2f/0x38 [<cO3lafS3>]
syscal 1_cal l+0x7/Oxb
Code: Bad EIP value.
<0>Fatal exception: panic in 5 seconds
Nernel panic - not syncing: Fatal exception

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Bruno Cornec | 2 Jul 2007 09:56
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Adrian Marsh said on Sun, Jul 01, 2007 at 09:49:11PM +0100:

> Ok,  found the mindi file and added the FORCE_MODS line, but the booting
> the CD in the VM just crashes and gives the below..
> 
> EIP: 0060:[<00000000>] Not tainted VLI
> EFLAGS: 00010202 (2.6.9-55.0.2.EL) EIP is at OxO
> eax: c1273e80 ebx: ccc2dbbO ecx: cfffOf6c edx: ccc2dbbO esi: cfffOf6c
> edi: esi: ccc9cb24 ebp: c0373a20 esp: cfffOefO ds: 007b es: 007b ss:
> 0068
> Process find-and-Mount- (pid: 1147, threadinfo=cfff0000 taskcfcb3220)
> Stack: cOl7Sdfb c1273e80 00000000 cfff0f6c 00000003 cfff0000 c0176f46
> ccc2dbbfl c1273e80 0000000e 0000000b 00009060 00000001 00000001 00000000
> cdlOSOfO 00030002 cdlOSlYc 000004a2 cfff0000 c012893f c012395a 000004a2
> 00000000
> Call Trace:
> [<cOl7Sdfb>] vfs_getattr64+Ox3f/OxcO [<c0176f46>] vfs_stat64+0x28/Ox3a
> [<c012893f>] do_wait+0x283/0x435 [<c012395a>] do_fork+0x129/Oxla5
> [<c0177571>] sys_stat64+Oxf/0x23 [<c0120055>] default_wake_funct
> ion+OxO/Oxc [<c0120055>] default_wake_funct ion+OxO/Oxc [<cOlld7eS>]
> do_page_fault0x0/0x4dc [<cO3lbalb>] error_code+Ox2f/0x38 [<cO3lafS3>]
> syscal 1_cal l+0x7/Oxb
> Code: Bad EIP value.
> <0>Fatal exception: panic in 5 seconds
> Nernel panic - not syncing: Fatal exception

Another victim of that bug:
http://trac.mondorescue.org/ticket/172

Downgrade your kernel is the only known solution.
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Adrian Marsh | 2 Jul 2007 15:51
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Re: Restore to VMware

Ok,

I backed out to an older kernel, as per the bug report. And it least
booting into the rescue image CD works ok now..

Still have my original problem in that /dev/sda doesn't exist.

However, I've tried to create a new VM machine, then install a fresh
linux install, but that too also complains about no hard disks being
there.  Seems ok when I use IDE drivers though... Odd..  Will sort that
one first before continuing with Mondo...

A.

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Adrian Marsh said on Sun, Jul 01, 2007 at 09:49:11PM +0100:

> Ok,  found the mindi file and added the FORCE_MODS line, but the
booting
> the CD in the VM just crashes and gives the below..
> 
> EIP: 0060:[<00000000>] Not tainted VLI
> EFLAGS: 00010202 (2.6.9-55.0.2.EL) EIP is at OxO
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Adrian Marsh | 2 Jul 2007 16:56
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Re: Restore to VMware

Oops.. Hit enter too soon..

http://www.vmware.com/community/thread.jspa?messageID=685874&#685874

So - I'm currently restoring an image using those extra FORCEMODS
parameters. I'm going to also run it again and see if I actually needed
them.. But if I do, will leaving those in cause any problems for normal
hardware<>hardware restores?  Should I use a separate mindi file for
creating VMware machine tests   vs normal backups?

Adrian

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Ok,

I backed out to an older kernel, as per the bug report. And it least
booting into the rescue image CD works ok now..

Still have my original problem in that /dev/sda doesn't exist.

However, I've tried to create a new VM machine, then install a fresh
linux install, but that too also complains about no hard disks being
there.  Seems ok when I use IDE drivers though... Odd..  Will sort that
one first before continuing with Mondo...
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Adrian Marsh | 2 Jul 2007 20:45
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Re: Restore to VMware

Ok, so I think this is new:

I'm able to mount /dev/sda and run the restore using the FORCE_MODS
change. Afterwards, the VM starts up, but gives the below crash:

Loading libata.ko Module
Loading ata_piix.ko Module
Loading dM-Mod.ko Module
device-Mapper: 4.5.0-ioctl (2005-10-04) initialised: dM-devel <at> redhat.coM
Loading jbd.ko Module
Loading ext3.ko Module
Loading dM-Mirror.ko Module
Loading dM-zero.ko Module
Loading dM-snapshot.ko Module
Making device-Mapper control node
Scanning logical voluMes
Reading all physical voluMes. This ay take a while... No voluMe groups
found
Activating logical voluMes
VoluMe group "VolGroupOO" not found
ERROR: /bin/lvM exited abnorMally? (pid 307) Creating root device
Mounting root filesysteM Mount: error B Mounting ext3 Mount: error 2
Mounting none Switching to new root switchroot: Mount failed: 22 uMount
/initrd/dev failed: 2
Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init?

Obviously something about lvm that's screwing up. Heres my original
mountlist:

/dev/mapper/VolGroup00-LogVol00 on / type ext3 (rw)
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Bruno Cornec | 20 Jul 2007 17:18
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Adrian Marsh said on Mon, Jul 02, 2007 at 07:45:24PM +0100:

> Ok, so I think this is new:
> 
> I'm able to mount /dev/sda and run the restore using the FORCE_MODS
> change. Afterwards, the VM starts up, but gives the below crash:
> 
> Loading libata.ko Module
> Loading ata_piix.ko Module
> Loading dM-Mod.ko Module
> device-Mapper: 4.5.0-ioctl (2005-10-04) initialised: dM-devel <at> redhat.coM
> Loading jbd.ko Module
> Loading ext3.ko Module
> Loading dM-Mirror.ko Module
> Loading dM-zero.ko Module
> Loading dM-snapshot.ko Module
> Making device-Mapper control node
> Scanning logical voluMes
> Reading all physical voluMes. This ay take a while... No voluMe groups
> found
> Activating logical voluMes
> VoluMe group "VolGroupOO" not found
> ERROR: /bin/lvM exited abnorMally? (pid 307) Creating root device
> Mounting root filesysteM Mount: error B Mounting ext3 Mount: error 2
> Mounting none Switching to new root switchroot: Mount failed: 22 uMount
> /initrd/dev failed: 2
> Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init?

Strange that you have uppercase M.
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Adrian Marsh | 4 Aug 2007 20:33
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Hi Bruno,

Log files from where - the restore ??
I've tried it with 2.2.4, and get the same results.

Adrian

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Adrian Marsh said on Mon, Jul 02, 2007 at 07:45:24PM +0100:

> Ok, so I think this is new:
> 
> I'm able to mount /dev/sda and run the restore using the FORCE_MODS
> change. Afterwards, the VM starts up, but gives the below crash:
> 
> Loading libata.ko Module
> Loading ata_piix.ko Module
> Loading dM-Mod.ko Module
> device-Mapper: 4.5.0-ioctl (2005-10-04) initialised:
dM-devel <at> redhat.coM
> Loading jbd.ko Module
> Loading ext3.ko Module
> Loading dM-Mirror.ko Module
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Adrian Marsh | 2 Jul 2007 16:53
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Re: Restore to VMware

Found a fix for my VMWARE issues:

Adrian Marsh

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Ok,

I backed out to an older kernel, as per the bug report. And it least
booting into the rescue image CD works ok now..

Still have my original problem in that /dev/sda doesn't exist.

However, I've tried to create a new VM machine, then install a fresh
linux install, but that too also complains about no hard disks being
there.  Seems ok when I use IDE drivers though... Odd..  Will sort that
one first before continuing with Mondo...

A.
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