Software Distributor Requirements, Issues Fixed, and Workarounds HP-UX 11i v2, HP-UX 11i v3 HP Part Number: 5900-3059 Published: March 2013
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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. 2013 March 2013 Web Release 11.31 SW-DIST fileset revision B.11.31.1303.500 The whatstring: SD-UX/B.11.31.00.230, UDL_11.31Mar13WEB_500 You can download SD-UX version B.11.31.1303.500 from the web.
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.11.31.1209.382 from the web. For more information, visit http://www.hp.
Table 5 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. QXCR1001087015 This fix resolves the local authentication issue on a Serviceguard environment. QXCR1001063191 This fix allows SD commands to run if /dev/urandom exists but does not work as expected.
Table 7 Defects fixed in September 2009 Web Release (continued) QXCR1000969551 swinstall(1) man page which says that if SW_INITIAL_INSTALL is set to any value during a cold-install. This is not correct as Ignite-UX sets it to '0' when it is ready to build a kernel. The decription of SW_INITIAL_INSTALL has been changed to : This variable is normally unset. If it is set to 1, the swinstall session is being run as the back end of an initial system software installation ("cold" install).
Table 8 Defects fixed in March 2010 Web Release (continued) added. If enforce_selections option is set to true swinstall will exit with FAILURE, even when any one selection fails. QXCR1000951260 SD is promoting corequisites to prerequisites in loading order. A new option loadorder_use_coreqs is used. If loadorder_use_coreqs is set to false, SD will not promote corequisite to prerequisite in loading order. QXCR1000809519 Enhancement is done to support relative path in source and targets.
Table 9 Defects fixed in September 2009 Web Release (continued) ":/": An update to the installed product database or depot catalog may have errors. QXCR1000892562 Due to local authentication feature, need corequisite from fileset SW-DIST.SD2-AGENT to SW-DIST.SD2-CMDS so that whenever swagent or swagentd are updated to higher version (like in an update session) the commands like swinstall, etc., delivered in SD2-CMDS should also be updated.
Table 10 Defects fixed in March 2009 Fixes (continued) QXCR1000827962 swcopy failed to register a depot in multi-NIC system. This fix provides to extract aliases from hostname lookup and compare aliases to fix problem in multi-NIC environments. QXCR1000830713 "ERROR: Could not access remote file" is seen when installing from serial depots. It happens when hostname and IP addresses are not configured properly.
Table 11 Defects fixed in September 2008 release (continued) Defect ID Description QXCR1000591853: (JAGag47797) When installing a patch, even though the patch's dependency is installed on the system, swinstall generates an error saying the patch's dependency is unresolved. The error was caused by too many temporary files in /var/tmp that were not detected. SD-UX has been changed to handle the error condition.
Table 12 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. If there is only one value and it is totally numeric that value is treated as an ID else that value is treated as a NAME.
Table 13 Defects fixed in December 2007 (continued) Defect ID Description JAGag34817 Option description improvements were made in the sys.defaults file and some Software Distributor man pages. JAGag38047 When the local hostname is included in the "-d" or "@" parameters for swpackage, the hostname is not discarded and is instead included as part of the path. The swpackage(1m) manpage has been changed to clarify that swpackage treats everything entered after "-d" or "@" as part of the path.
Table 14 Defects fixed in September 2007 release (continued) Defect ID Description JAGag31431 During an OS update to 11i v3 a message may be written to /etc/rc.log indicating a file could not be removed. The message is changed to indicate removal of the file is deferred until the next reboot. JAGag34539 The control_utils function, patch_newconfig_rollback, was incorrectly attempting to remove a file from a patch's ancestor fileset when the file did not exist in the ancestor fileset.
Table 15 Defects fixed in June 2007 release Defect ID 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. JAGaf41562 Reinstalling a patch after a failed attempt to install the same patch can result in the second install of the patch appearing to succeed, when the second install actually had the same failure as the first install.
2006 December 2006 December 2006 Web Release SW-DIST fileset revision B.11.23.0612.01 The 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 16 Defects fixed in December 2006 release Defect ID 16 Description JAGaf62774 The swlist man page is updated to show how to use swacl to restrict remote listing of installed software.
Table 16 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 The 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 18 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 19 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 20 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 21 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. 22 JAGaf19697 The 1.2.
Table 21 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 22 HP-UX 11i v2 September 2004 Fixes (continued) Defect ID 24 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 22 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 23 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.
• swlist Does Not Indicate the Mezzanine HBAs swlist does not indicate the Mezzanine HBAs, and cannot be added onto because of string size limitation. Corrective Action:Refer to Hardware Requirements later in this document for more information.
Table 25 Recommended firmware versions (July 2008 or later) Fibre Channel Adapter EFI Driver Version Firmware Version AD193A/AD194A 1.05 or later 4.00.70 or later 403619–B21 1.09 or later 4.00.90 or later 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.
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.
