HP-UX 11i v3 Installation and Update Guide, March 2013

Table 16 Known install and update problems (continued)
Description/actionProblem
ERROR: The expected depot does not exist at
"<depot_name>"
What to do
In order to use a directory depot on the active system image, you will need to
install March 2010 (or later) Dynamic Root Disk (DRD), Software Manager (SWM),
and Software Distributor (SW-DIST) products from an OE depot. This must be done
before the clone is created, so the new DRD, SWM, and SW-DIST are on the active
system and on the clone.
The following assumes the OE depot is at /var/depots/1003-DCOE. This must
be executed as root:
swinstall -x autoselect_dependencies=false \
-s /var/depots/1003-DCOE \
DRD SWM SW-DIST PHCO_36525
DRD updates directly from media will fail unless you install the September 2010
OE (or later) versions of DRD, SWM, and SW-DIST.
DRD updates directly from
September 2010 OE (or later)
What to do
media require the September 2010
OE (or later) versions of DRD,
SWM, and SW-DIST
In order to use a media depot to do a DRD update, you will need to first install
September 2010 (or later) versions of DRD, SWM, and SW-DIST products from
the media. This must be done before the clone is created, so the new DRD, SWM,
and SW-DIST are on the active system and on the clone.
To install these products execute a command like the following. (This assumes that
the first DVD of the September 2010 or later release is mounted to /SD_CDROM.)
swinstall -x autoselect_dependencies=false -s /SD_CDROM \
DRD SWM SW-DIST PHCO_36525
Now you can create the clone, then perform an OE update from media on the
clone.
DRD runcmd does not support the following nsswitch.conf entries on the clone
while managing software through drd runcmd. If the file contains them, the
runcmd will fail.
Certain nsswitch.conf entries
not supported by drd runcmd
passwd: compat
group: compat
hosts: nis [NOTFOUND=return] files
You might see these errors during the execution of drd runcmd if your
nsswitch.conf file contains the “hosts: nis” entry:
ERROR: Could not contact host "myserver".
Make sure the hostname is correct and
an absolute pathname is specified
(beginning with "/").
You might see these errors during the execution of drd runcmd if your
nsswitch.conf file contains the “passwd compat” or “group: compat” entries:
ERROR: Permission is denied for the current
operation. There is no entry for user
id 0 in the user database.
Check /etc/passwd and/or the NIS user
database.
What to do
Since DRD does not need NIS to be running during swinstall, swremove or
update, you may move the nsswitch.conf file on the clone to a temporary
location. After you are done modifying the clone, you may move it back.
# drd mount
# bdf
# mv /var/opt/drd/mnts/sysimage_001/ \
etc/nsswitch.conf/ \
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