3.7.5 Re-creating a Damaged CELLBOOT USB Flash Drive

If the CELLBOOT USB flash drive is lost or damaged, then you can create a new one using the following procedure:

Note:

To create a USB flash drive for a machine running Oracle Exadata Storage Server Software release 12.1.2.1.0 or later requires a machine running Oracle Linux 6.

1. Log in to the cell as the root user.
2. On X6 and older servers only, which do not contain M.2 system devices:
   1. Attach a new USB flash drive.
      This flash drive should have a capacity of at least 1 GB, and up to 8 GB.
   2. Remove any other USB flash drives from the system.
3. Run the following commands:

   # cd /opt/oracle.SupportTools
   # ./make_cellboot_usb -rebuild -verbose