[Info-vax] Using EFI$CP on OpenVMS Integrity V8.4

[RobertsonEricW]

On Nov 9, 2:28 pm, Jim Duff <spam.t... at 127.0.0.1> wrote:
> On 9/11/2011 7:49 AM, RobertsonEricW wrote:
>
> > Has anybody out there used the EFI$CP utility to copy EFI files from
> > an OpenVMS ODS-2/ODS-5 volume to the OpenVMS EFI boot partition?
>
> Yes.
>
> > I would like to use this utility to copy some firmware upgrade EFI files
> > onto a BL860c i2 blade server. Last I looked this was an unsupported
> > utility that could possibly corrupt the OpenVMS EFI boot partition.
> > With V8.4 did this utility get any support for this purpose?
>
> I believe it's still officially unsupported in 8.4, but you can use it
> if you know what you're doing.  See this article for an example of
> copying a file to the boot partition:
>
> <http://www.eight-cubed.com/blog/archives/001227.html>
>
> or the link in that article to the one by Hoff that contains full dire
> warnings and possible ways to protect yourself.
>
> Regards,
> Jim.
> --www.eight-cubed.com

Jim,

Thanks for the info!. That same article that you provided a link for
also explained the technical tidbits regarding the configuration of
the on-board RAID controller for the BL860c i2. I had not progressed
to that point yet. But such information will no doubt be useful when I
do (and I most definitely will because I will be mirroring the OpenVMS
system disk).

Thanks,

Eric