HP-UX 11i Version 1 Installation and Update Guide, December 2003

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Booting V-Class Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Searching for Other Bootable Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
B. Known Problems and Troubleshooting
Known Problems Discovered in this Release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
vPars version A.02.03 Required for rp7405, rp7410 and rp8400 Servers with PDC
Firmware Version 17.005 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
EMS checkinstall Script Fails When Updating From HP-UX 11.0 to HP-UX 11i v1 . .
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EMS May Fail on IPv4 Systems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Problems Reading HP-UX 11i v1 DVD Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Ignore Warning Message When Installing PHCO_29566 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
xntpd Fails to Start on Reboot After Installing GOLDQPK11i Patch Bundle . . . . 174
Install Known Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
“Kernel size is very large” Warning During Cold-Install . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
System Console "kthread table full" or "fork failed" Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Kernel Build Fails on 64-bit Install . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Known Issues With OE Media Install Tool and Network Depots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Update Known Problems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
DMI/SCR Become Unbundled After Update . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Unsupported Upgrade of ServiceControl Manager Causes SCR Error During Update
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Boot Error Messages Appear After Updating from HP-UX 11.0 (with MirrorDisk/UX
Installed) to HP-UX 11i v1 TCOE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
ApacheStrong Becomes Unbundled After Update . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
parmgr.1m Errors on MCOE Update from HP-UX 11.0 to HP-UX 11i v1 . . . . . . . 181
HP Apache May Hang On Reboot after System Update from Golden System Image
(GSI) Depot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
MLIB 8.3 Produces Warning During Update . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
X11MotifDevKit Produces Incompatible Error After Upgrade from HP-UX 10.20 183
OpenView SNMP Agent Produces Error with Upgrade to HP-UX 11i v1. . . . . . . . 184
“Initialize of the ITO Control Agent failed” Error During update-ux Session . . . . 185
Firmware Patches Should Not Be Included Cold-Install or Update Session . . . . . 186
Analyzing Log Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Update Fails on J2250 Workstation With SCSI Floppy Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Update Fails if nstrpty Kernel Parameter Set as a Formula . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Kernel Build Failure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
X.25 Cards Not Supported on Some Workstations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
HP A3740A Fibre Channel PCI Tachyon Not Supported . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189