4.7.4 The make_cellboot_usb Utility

The make_cellboot_usb utility allows you to rebuild a damaged CELLBOOT USB flash drive.

Do not connect more than one USB flash drive to the system when running this utility. The utility builds on the first discovered USB flash drive on the system.

Note:

This utility can only be used on Oracle Exadata Storage Server.

• To see what is done before rebuilding the USB flash drive:

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

• To rebuild the USB flash drive, run the command with one of the following options: -execute, -force, or -rebuild.

  ./make_cellboot_usb -execute
  

  Or:

  ./make_cellboot_usb -force
  

  Or:

  ./make_cellboot_usb -rebuild