I recently 'inherited' an HP900 N-Class server with the OS 'pre-installed' and the install CDs copied onto the hard disk without setting up a depot. Since the server does not have a DVD/CDROM drive, what's the best way to setup a depot from these installation CD copies. We're under a tight deadline and I've found that some needed components were not installed.
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SD Install reports that no depot exists on host "xxxxx" at location "/xxx/yyy/zzz". Sorry for being cryptic with the names but customer is a bit uneasy with open communication about systems.
The install fails and tries to return to /var/spool/sw but no depot exists there either. I tried the cmd at every level I could with no luck.
Thanks anyway.
I'll have a play about with CD "copies" (and if you can get a valid package off the CD and across to the target system) tomorrow, but for now it looks like you need to look at remote installation: Either using an NFS mounted directory or a depot server.
My understanding is that the NFS insecurities lie in host spoofing; However, if you're temporarily exporting a read-only device (the CD) to a specific host, I see no risk...Assuming there isn't a firewall between the HP and the NFS server that would need changing to allow NFS traffic?
You can setup NFS mount, or ftp(oe sftp) the files to a local dir, eg, I put sudo under /tmp (you don't have to put it in spool !)
use the following commands to install it:
swlist -d @ /tmp/sudo-1.6.6-sd-10.20.d
swinstall -s /tmp/sudo-1.6.6-sd-10.20.d
man swlist
man swinstall
to learn more details
PS: It is our Friday now, if you need more help, Tim ( tfewster) can help you
out, he is a HP-UX guru.
Have a nice weekend guys !
Sorry about the delay in checking this - it's been mad today :-(
The "cd copy" directory needs to be registered as a software depot; To do this, just cd to the directory that contains the packages + catalog sub-directory, and run:
swreg -l depot `pwd`
Then "swlist -l depot" will show the directory as being a registered depot & "swlist -s `pwd`" will show the contents of the depot. You can then run swinstall and select one of the depots to install from.
I assume the entire CD was copied, otherwise the software "library" won't be valid; In the worst case, you could tar up the contents of the entire CD, ftp it to the HP, untar it to an empty directory and register the directory.
Thanks for the info which backs up what man pages told me. However, swreg still reports that no depot exists on the server at the specified directory.
Could this be a permissions issue? or possible some hidden file is missing? I compared directory listing to CD listing (which I now have) and don't see a difference.
swreg -l depot `pwd` returned the following:
Session started for user "root@WEBI101".
Beginning session:
Targets: WEBI101
Objects: /install/hpux/HP_SW
ERROR: There is currently no depot software on WEBI101 at location "/install/hpux/HP_SW". Make sure that an absolute pathname is specified.
ERROR: More info may be found a the daemon logfile. (/var/adm/sw/swagentd.log)
End Session.
/var/adm/sw/swagentd.log reports:
ERROR: Failed to start source agent on "/install/hpux/HP_SW" for root@webi101. "/install/hpux/HP_SW" is not a valid depot.
ERROR: Failed to register soc on "/install/hpux/HP_SW" for root@webi101. "/install/hpux/HP_SW" is not a valid depot.
Thanks for all the info.
I don't understand this - can you post the results of
ls -l /install/hpux/HP_SW
I've been playing about with swlist/swreg - See below for examples and comments
eastbupc:/tmp/sw> ls -l
total 16
dr-x------ 3 root sys 96 May 10 21:31 Cpumap
dr-x------ 3 root sys 96 May 10 21:31 ISEE
dr-x------ 3 root sys 96 May 10 21:31 ISEE-Java
dr-x------ 2 root sys 96 May 10 21:31 ISEEPlatform
dr-x------ 7 root sys 1024 May 10 21:31 catalog
-rw-r--r-- 1 root sys 6398 May 10 21:31 swagent.log
eastbupc:/tmp/sw> swlist -l depot |grep tmp
eastbupc:/tmp/sw> # Note, this is not a registered depot
eastbupc:/tmp/sw> swlist -s /tmp/sw
# Initializing...
# Contacting target "eastbupc"...
#
# Target: eastbupc:/tmp/sw
#
#
# Bundle(s):
#
ISEEPlatform A.03.00.024 ISEE Platform
eastbupc:/tmp/sw> # But because it contains valid packages,
eastbupc:/tmp/sw> # we can swlist or swreg it
eastbupc:/tmp/sw> swreg -l depot `pwd`
======= 05/10/05 21:42:06 BST BEGIN swreg SESSION (non-interactive)
* Session started for user "root@eastbupc".
* Beginning Selection
* Targets: eastbupc
* Objects: /tmp/sw
* Selection succeeded.
======= 05/10/05 21:42:06 BST END swreg SESSION (non-interactive)
eastbupc:/tmp/sw> # Now, lets try it with another directory:
eastbupc:/tmp/sw> ls -l /tmp/sw2
total 0
eastbupc:/tmp/sw> swlist -s /tmp/sw2
# Initializing...
# Contacting target "eastbupc"...
ERROR: The expected depot or root does not exist at "/tmp/sw2".
ERROR: There is currently no depot software on host "eastbupc" at
location "/tmp/sw2".
eastbupc:/tmp/sw> # OK, lets copy a valid depot structure over:
eastbupc:/tmp/sw> tar -cf - . | (cd /tmp/sw2; tar xf - )
eastbupc:/tmp/sw>
eastbupc:/tmp/sw> # Now try the swlist again:
eastbupc:/tmp/sw> swlist -s /tmp/sw2
# Initializing...
# Contacting target "eastbupc"...
#
# Target: eastbupc:/tmp/sw2
#
#
# Bundle(s):
#
ISEEPlatform A.03.00.024 ISEE Platform
eastbupc:/tmp/sw> # And note that /tmp/sw2 still isn't registered as a depot:
eastbupc:/tmp/sw> swlist -l depot |grep tmp
/tmp/sw
eastbupc:/tmp/sw>
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by: yuzhPosted on 2005-05-04 at 20:18:13ID: 13932722
If you have a tape drive in your box, you can install package from the tape. and you can
make a fullsystem backup tape, use:
/opt/ignite/bin/make_recov
In case, something happen, you can boot up from the tape drive and recover your system.
For Software pachage/patches installation, you can download the package/patchs to a
local dir, and then use "swinstall" command to install them.
or
you can mount a remote cdrom (from another *nix box [HP-UX, Solaris, or Linux], use
NFS mount), then install them.
Have a look at the examples in:
http://docs.hp.com/en/B235
also have a look at the following book for "Installing HP-UX from the Client Console ":
http://docs.hp.com/en/B235
more HP docs:
http://docs.hp.com/