HP-UX 11i v2 Installation and Update Guide, December 2007

Known Problems and Troubleshooting
Known Install and Update Problems
Appendix A154
Use the shutdown
Command Instead of
reboot Command
In rare cases, the reboot command may hang if a
catastrophic hardware or operating system problem
happens during shutdown.
In previous versions of HP-UX, a timeout and panic occurs
if the system does not completely shutdown after 10
minutes. The system now waits indefinitely for the
shutdown process to complete.
What to Do
HP recommends you do not use the reboot command. Use
the shutdown command instead.
Cold-Install Error
Messages
After you cold-install the HP-UX 11i v2 September 2004 or
later release, you may see the following messages in the
swagent.log file:
lvlnboot: /etc/lvmtab: No such file or directory
lvlnboot: “/etc/lvmtab” could not be read into
memory.
What to Do
You can safely ignore these messages.
HPUX-HIDS Causes
Automatic Reboot
Due to the restructuring of the HIDS product bundle in the
September 2004 release, installation or update from
HPUX-HIDS version 2.x to a newer version of HPUX-HIDS
will cause an automatic reboot of the system. A
restructuring of the product was implemented to address a
behavior that existed in past product releases of an
orphaned file set remaining on the system following an
update. Please note that updates from HPUX-HIDS version
3.0 to a newer version of HPUX-HIDS will NOT require a
system reboot.
Table A-1 Known Install and Update Problems (Continued)
Problem Description/Action