topic Re: changing target with swinstall in Operating System - HP-UX

changing target with swinstall

Catherine Forget — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 11:19:37 GMT

Hi,
I need to push an installation to my w/s' but the install has to be done in the target /local. I tried with the @ /local at the end (/usr/sbin/swinstall -x autoreboot=true -x patch_match_target=true -s wcalqa1z:/var/spool/sw/11.11/java1.5 java15 @ /local) but it does not work.
Anyone has an idea?

Re: changing target with swinstall

Jozef_Novak — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 11:33:09 GMT

Hello Catherine,

if you are running swinstall from the w/s, just leave the target portion empty. The software will be installed from the remote system into its location on the local system.

e.g.

#/usr/sbin/swinstall -x autoreboot=true -x patch_match_target=true -s wcalqa1z:/var/spool/sw/11.11/java1.5 java15

J.

Re: changing target with swinstall

Catherine Forget — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 11:43:50 GMT

I can't leave it install in / (target) because it will go in /opt and there is not enought space in /opt. I just have 35 w/s having the space problem and do not have time to reload them all. There is no online JFS so I can't reduce (unless you know another commande besides fsadm to adjust file systems.
Thanks

Re: changing target with swinstall

Jozef_Novak — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 11:58:52 GMT

Hello Catherine,

okay so then you may try to specify the target location as @ localhost:/local as suggested by the man pages. However I am not sure about the functionality of the software when it is installed outside of its default location.

If I understood you correctly, you are not able to extend /opt due to lack of diskspace in the vg00, right ?

J.

Re: changing target with swinstall

Sagar Sirdesai — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 11:59:00 GMT

Hi
Use the below command
/usr/sbin/swinstall -x autoreboot=true -x patch_match_target=true -s wcalqa1z:/var/spool/sw/11.11/java1.5 java15,l=/local

This will install it in /local and not in /opt.

Sagar

Re: changing target with swinstall

Catherine Forget — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 12:30:40 GMT

Hi,
Sagar, your solution worked. many thanks.
Jozef : hello, don't know why but I got the following errors:
ERROR: There is currently no installed software on host "localhost"
at location "/local". (Note that you need to use "swcopy" to
manage depot software).
* Source selection failed for "localhost:/local".
ERROR: Error code -1 returned from procedure CLUI_PatchMatchTarget().
ERROR: No software has been selected.
Do not worry about it. I am closing the thread now. Thanks again

Re: changing target with swinstall

Catherine Forget — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 12:32:25 GMT

Just a comment, when we close the thread, it should assign the points given automatically...