Software Distributor Administration Guide HP-UX 11i v1, 11i v2, and 11i v3 (5900-2561, March 2013)

status information. The polling_interval option can be used to control the number of seconds
that elapse between successive status polls of a given target system. On networks where even this
minor data transfer is a problem, you can increase this polling interval, thus decreasing the frequency
of polling, and reducing an interactive session’s overall demands on the network. See Appendix A
(page 235) for more information on the polling_interval option.
B.2.6 Disk Space Analysis Is Incorrect
Your installation or copy operation runs out of space even though the disk space analysis succeeded.
Upon further checking, you find that the results of the disk space analysis differ from the actual
space available.
Resolution
Possible causes of this problem:
• A control script associated with the installation has consumed disk space by creating or copying
additional files that aren’t accounted for during analysis.
• Your target systems were not idle when the analysis was done and some other activity (unrelated
to SD-UX) was consuming disk space.
• The depot from which the product was installed or copied was created by swpackage with
the package_in_place option set to true, and source files have been modified since the
product was packaged. The swverify command can be used to diagnose this problem.
B.2.7 Packager Fails
A swpackage operation may fail because of the incorrect use of the end keyword in the Product
Specification File (PSF).
Resolution
The end keyword marks the end of a depot, vendor, product, subproduct or fileset specification
in a PSF. It requires no value and is optional. However, if you use it and it is incorrectly placed,
the specification will fail. Check to make sure, if you use it, there is an end keyword for every
object specification (especially the last one).
B.2.8 Command Logfile Grows Too Large
If you want to reduce the contents of a SD-UX command logfile, follow this procedure:
Resolution
To reduce messages to a minimum, set the verbose command option to 0 in one of the option
files or by using the -x option on the command line. For example, entering -x
spackage.verbose=0 on the command line when you run swpackage would reduce the number
of entries to the swpackage log to a minimum. See Appendix A (page 235) for details about setting
options.
B.2.9 Daemon Logfile Is Too Long
If you want to shorten (truncate) the SD-UX daemon logfile because it is getting too long, follow
this procedure:
Resolution
If the daemon is currently running, DO NOT remove its logfile. The running daemon continues to
log messages to its logfile even after you’ve removed it, causing any subsequent information to be
lost. Also, the disk space used by the logfile will not be freed as long as the daemon is running.
Instead, truncate the logfile by typing (as root):
echo > /var/adm/sw/swagentd.log
This replaces the previous data in the log with an empty string.
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