HP-UX 11i v3 Installation and Update Guide, March 2012

Table 15 Known install and update problems (continued)
Description/actionProblem
If you have an HP Smart Array P700m already configured on any of the following
releases, you must contact HP Support before you upgrade to the March 2010
release:
• HP-UX 11i v3 March 2009 Release
• HP-UX 11i v3 June 2009 WEB release
• HP-UX 11i v3 September 2009 Release
• HP-UX 11i v3 September 2009 WEB Release
If you are considering a new installation of an HP Smart Array P700m Controller,
HP recommends that you configure it on HP-UX 11i v3 March 2010 release or
later. If you have a Smart Array P700m controller configured on any HP-UX 11i
v3 release prior to March 2010, you must contact HP Support before upgrading
to a newer release. For further information on contacting HP support, see Chapter 9:
“Support and other resources” (page 68).
When executing drd runcmd update-ux using a directory depot (or mounted
media) that resides on the active system image, the command fails with this error:
drd runcmd update-ux fails
with local source depots
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
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