Software Distributor Requirements, Issues Fixed, and Workarounds HP-UX 11i v2, HP-UX 11i v3 HP Part Number: 5900-2436 Published: September 2012 Edition: 1.
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This document provides information about installation requirements, the issues resolved, and known limitations of Software Distributor in HP-UX 11i v2 and HP-UX 11i v3 releases. Issues fixed This section lists the issues that have been resolved in a release, along with the SW-DIST fileset revision numbers. 2012 September 2012 September 2012 Release 11.31 SW-DIST fileset revision B.11.31.1209.382 The whatstring: SD-UX/B.11.31.00.224, UDL_11.31_Sep12OEUR_IC382 You can download SD-UX version B.11.31.1209.
2011 September 2011 September 2011 Release 11.31 SW-DIST fileset revision B.11.31.1109.366 The whatstring: SD-UX/B.11.31.00.214, UDL_11.31_Sep11OEUR_IC366 You can download SD-UX version B.11.31.1109.366 from the web. For more information, visit http://www.hp.com/ go/sd Table 3 Issues resolved in September 2011 Web Release QXCR1001113608 This fix resolves the incorrect message catalog issue for Japanese and Korean locales which resulted in ^M characters to appear in the log files.
Table 5 Defects fixed in September 2009 Web Release Defect ID Description QXCR1000578749 SD will not allow invisible characters in psf. QXCR1000937726 The time stamp of /usr/bin/ccwas updated after running swinstall. This was because the Upgrade product was installed on the machine. This issue is documented as a known issue QXCR1000937726 in Known Problems and Limitations. QXCR1000969551 swinstall(1) man page which says that if SW_INITIAL_INSTALL is set to any value during a cold-install.
Table 6 Defects fixed in March 2010 Web Release (continued) QXCR1000861380 Removal of base product in supersession chain results in top most supersession patch left and intermediate patches removal. Fix will prevent removal of intermediate patches in supersession chain. QXCR1000593453 swinstall -p exits with SUCCESS status even though one of the selection not exists on depot. swinstall is returning with SUCCESS in selection phase. A new option enforce_selections is added.
Table 7 Defects fixed in September 2009 Web Release (continued) QXCR1000911291 When there is not enough disk space to package a new directory depot, swpackage leaves behind an empty depot which cannot be removed by swremove. This fix causes the newly created depot files to be deleted when there is not enough disk space. QXCR1000885603 Following error message displayed during swinstall ERROR: ":/": An update to the installed product database or depot catalog may have errors.
Table 8 Defects fixed in March 2009 Fixes (continued) QXCR1000792118 When a control file (e.g. checkinstall) path in the PSF is a symbolic link and follow_symlinks was set to false (default), swpackage stored the size of the symbolic link instead of the control file in the INFO files, due to which swverify on this depot or the installed product reported errors. The fix resolves the control file symbolic links irrespective of the value of follow_symlinks while retrieving the file information.
Table 9 Defects fixed in September 2008 release (continued) Defect ID Description installed dependent fileset's dependency. The code change did not take into account that the dependent fileset can be obsoleted in the same swinstall session that the new version of the requisite fileset is being installed in. SD has been changed to allow the new version of the requisite fileset to install when the installed dependent fileset is being obsoleted in the same swinstall session.
The whatstring: SD-UX/B.11.31.00.172, UDL_11.31_Mar08OEUR_IC318_web This release, B.11.23.0803.318 and B.11.31.0803.318, can be downloaded from the web. For more information, see http://www.hp.com/go/sd/ Table 10 Defects fixed in March 2008 Defect ID Description QXCR1000559362/JAGaf91103 Problem with swagentd. QXCR1000590006/JAGag45579 The file_permissions line is not parsed correctly for numeric owner/group in psf. Now, if there are two values, the first is treated as a NAME, the second as an ID.
Table 11 Defects fixed in December 2007 (continued) Defect ID Description JAGag33541 Corruption has been found occasionally in the global INDEX file in the IPD (Installed Product Database). SD has been changed to provide more information about file I/O failures that can potentially corrupt files in the IPD. Also, corruption avoidance techniques for INDEX files are now also applied to INFO files in the IPD. JAGag34817 Option description improvements were made in the sys.
Table 12 Defects fixed in September 2007 release (continued) Defect ID Description JAGag31410 When installing a product that contains a configure script that calls IPD_delete_ancestors, and an ancestor fileset is removed that has a committed patch, the configure script fails when trying to commit a patch that has been already committed. This problem is fixed in the IPD_delete_ancestors function in the /usr/lbin/sw/control_utils file.
June 2007 June 2007 Web Release SW-DIST fileset revision B.11.23.0706.063 whatstring SD-UX/B.11.31.00.156, UDL_11.23_Jun07OEUR_IC063 This release, B.11.23.0706.063, can be downloaded from the web. For more information, see http://www.hp.com/go/SD/ Table 13 Defects fixed in June 2007 release Defect ID 14 Description JAGaf30050 The swinstall analysis has been changed to not allow the newer version of a dependency to be installed if it will not satisfy the installed dependent.
2006 December 2006 December 2006 Web Release SW-DIST fileset revision B.11.23.0612.01 whatstring SD-UX/B.11.31.00.148, UDL_11.23_Dec06_1 This release, B.11.23.0612.01, can be downloaded from the web. For more information, see http://www.hp.com/go/SD/ Table 14 Defects fixed in December 2006 release Defect ID Description JAGaf62774 The swlist man page is updated to show how to use swacl to restrict remote listing of installed software.
Table 14 Defects fixed in December 2006 release (continued) Defect ID Description JAGag10542 When a product that contains a request script is installed to an alternate root, and there is no existing product installed there, swinstall fails when it attempts to store the response file in the alternate root. swinstall has been changed to create the alternate root target before it attempts to store the response file in it.
September 2006 HP-UX 11i v2 September 2006 Update Release SW-DIST fileset revision B.11.23.0609.052 whatstring SD-UX/B.11.31.00.132, UDL_11.23_Sep06OEUR_IC052 This release, B.11.23.0609.052, can be downloaded from the web. For more information, see http://www.hp.
Table 16 Defects fixed in June 2006 release (continued) Defect ID Description regardless of whether or not any "is_reboot=true" filesets have been installed in that session. JAGaf93947 The message for a rare error condition detected by the SD-AGENT fileset configure script indicates WARNING rather than ERROR. The message is fixed to describe the problem as an ERROR.
Table 17 HP-UX 11i v2 March 2006 Fixes (continued) Defect ID Description JAGaf83982 In the SD interactive user interface, the type of pop-up dialog that is used to present software selection messages will now more closely reflect the content of the messages. If one or more selection errors occur (as reflected in the log file), an "Error" dialog will be used, otherwise a "Note" dialog is used.
Table 18 HP-UX 11i v2 December 2005 Fixes (continued) Defect ID Description JAGaf63465 A known bottleneck in swcopy and swinstall was causing significant performance problems during processing of certain combinations of patch or patch bundle selections. The problem was most apparent with source depots containing high numbers of densely interdependent and superseded patch filesets.
Table 19 HP-UX 11i v2 May 2005 Fixes (continued) Defect ID Description will incorrectly report this as a Disk Space Analysis failure even when there is sufficient disk space available to complete the operation. This problem would typically occur when trying to install or copy a patch, if one of the patch's filesets is excluded due to a missing dependency or supersession conflict. SD was modified so it will avoid doing these lookups when the string does not represent a host. JAGaf19697 The 1.2.
Table 19 HP-UX 11i v2 May 2005 Fixes (continued) Defect ID Description JAGaf45590,JAGaf92186,JAGaf91956 Installation of HP WBEM Services can result in a message in WBEM Services install log similar to this: Parsing error: /usr/lib/sw/wbem/PG_SoftwareDistributor20.mof:466: syntax error before '' This is fixed by a change in the SD Provider mof files delivered in the Software Distributor product.
Table 20 HP-UX 11i v2 September 2004 Fixes (continued) Defect ID Description JAGaf05956 In the swremove man page an example of how to remove all software from a depot now shows a backslash before the asterisk in the swremove command line. Previously, the example did not show a backslash before the asterisk.
Table 20 HP-UX 11i v2 September 2004 Fixes (continued) Defect ID Description JAGaf27275 the "patch_newconfig_rollcheck" documentation said that it is to be used in a preremove script. It is actually to be used in a checkremove script. JAGaf27457 If a patch's fileset is excluded and the patch's postinstall script fails, then the fileset's status is changed to corrupt which results in the fileset getting installed when it should have remained excluded.
Table 21 HP-UX 11i v2 March 2004 Fixes (continued) JAGae99511 If a system makes use of RPC_SUPPORTED_NETADDRS, they would be unset by S120swconfig, and later startup scripts (eg ovstart) would cause errors. JAGaf02256 Swverify incorrectly shows a missing .o file in a depot created using the package_in_place features of swpackage. The .o is actually not missing, and swinstall for swcopy from the package_in_place work correctly.
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. • Go to www.hp.com Click Software & Driver Downloads. In the white text box, type the name of the I/O card, such as A6826A. Click the >> button. Click the Cross Operating System button. Look for EFI 1.49 for adapters A6826A, A9782A, A9784A, and AB465A. Look for EFI 1.05 for adapters AB378A and AB379A.
1. 2. • Attach loop back hoods to all of the unconnected HBA ports. The loop back hoods will cause the unconnected HBA ports to come online in a private loop topology. Install the product bundle, mtIOScan, that enables boot time kernel threads. This will reduce the overall boot delay due to unconnected ports to 21 seconds. This product can be obtained from www.software.hp.
Table 23 Recommended firmware versions (July 2008 or later) (continued) Fibre Channel Adapter EFI Driver Version Firmware Version AD300A 1.05 or later 4.00.70 or later AB378A 1.05 or later 4.00.70 or later AB378B 1.05 or later 4.00.70 or later AB379A 1.05 or later 4.00.70 or later AB379B 1.05 or later 4.00.70 or later A6826A 1.49 or later 3.03.154 or later A9782A 1.49 or later 3.03.154 or later A9784A 1.49 or later 3.03.154 or later AB465A 1.49 or later 3.03.
Related information The latest documentation for the FibrChanl-01 (fcd) Fibre Channel Mass Storage Driver for HP-UX 11i v2 is available on the BSC website at www.hp.com/go/hpux-iocards-docs. Available documents include: • Support Guide: includes an adapter overview, installation details, adapter configuration, troubleshooting and maintenance information, additional features, and regulatory information. • Installation Guide: includes software and hardware installation information for specific HBAs.
