This section provides solutions to problems you might encounter when using Novell ZENworks Linux Management Preboot Services:
The zislnx service fails to shut down on a RHEL 3 device
/etc/init.d/novell-zislnx stop
After restoring RHEL 5 image, the device does not boot
Edit the image file by using Image Explorer, replace the files e2fs_stage1_5, stage2 and message under boot folder with the files available in TID 7006480 at Novell Support.
Save the image.
Restore the image on the device.
Before rebooting the device, run the following commands:
mount <active partition> <mount directory>
For example: mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/
grub-install.unsupported --root-directory=<mount directory> --recheck <hard disk>
For example: grub-install.unsupported --root-directory=/mnt --recheck /dev/sda
Reboot the device.
How to take and restore the image on RHEL 6 devices with ext3 file system
Edit the files /boot/grub/menu.lst and /etc/fstab, replace the GUIDs in the files with appropriate mount partition.
/boot/grub/menu.lst
Replace the entry root=<GUID> with root=<active partition>.
For example: Replace root=UUID=873fd0f0-9a0b-4d09-bbfb-3b82a2e46f71 with root=/dev/sda1.
/etc/fstab
Replace the entry <GUID> with <active partition>.
For example: Replace UUID=d6196feb-eba6-4798-a11b-45a6b1e940fd with /dev/sda1.
NOTE:If there are many mount points defined in /etc/fstab with GUIDs, replace them appropriately with the partitions.
Take and restore the image.
Reboot the device.
Edit the image file by using Image Explorer.
Extract the files /boot/grub/menu.lst and /etc/fstab, and edit the files.
/boot/grub/menu.lst
Replace the entry root=<GUID> with root=<active partition>.
For example: Replace root=UUID=873fd0f0-9a0b-4d09-bbfb-3b82a2e46f71 with root=/dev/sda1.
/etc/fstab
Replace the entry <GUID> with <active partition>.
For example: Replace UUID=d6196feb-eba6-4798-a11b-45a6b1e940fd with /dev/sda1.
NOTE:If there are many mount points defined in /etc/fstab with GUIDs, replace them appropriately with the partitions.
Replace the files and save the image file.
Restore the image and reboot the device.