topic Re: installing a mirror software in Operating System - HP-UX

installing a mirror software

Cathy Arora — Thu, 11 Dec 2003 09:35:58 GMT

Hi all;
I have a general question regarding installing a a software via cd.
Do I have to be on console to do that or I can install from workstation by telneting it to server.
2nd question is - how do I install a software
Any help and guidance is appreciated.

Re: installing a mirror software

Marco Santerre — Thu, 11 Dec 2003 09:45:03 GMT

THere is no restriction per say. You can telnet to the box and install the software from a telnet session and it will do fine.

Unless the software has specific instruction, if we're talking about HP patches or HP software for most, they are all in depot formats which can then be used with the Software Distributor software.

You can start the Software Distributor for installation by issuing the command : swinstall

You can also do a man swinstall to learn more about that command and related commands like swremove and swcopy

Re: installing a mirror software

Robert-Jan Goossens — Thu, 11 Dec 2003 09:45:04 GMT

Hi Cathy,

Telnet from a workstation is fine.

start the swinstall gui.
xx.xx.xx.xx is your locale workstation.
# export DISPLAY=xx.xx.xx.xx:0.0
# swinstall

Kind regards,
Robert-Jan

Re: installing a mirror software

RAC_1 — Thu, 11 Dec 2003 09:46:29 GMT

You need not be on console for that.

You can install it with swinstall command.

mount cd
mount /dev/dsk/cxtxdx /cdrom
once mounted, check which product you want to install.

You will require a license code for this product.

Re: installing a mirror software

G. Vrijhoeven — Thu, 11 Dec 2003 09:56:37 GMT

Hi,

To install mirror software you need an code word and an customer id. You can add it in the interactive swinstall. In the action tab you have a add new codeword option.

Gideon

Re: installing a mirror software

Cathy Arora — Thu, 11 Dec 2003 10:26:13 GMT

Once I took the following approach this is th output I got-- any ideas?
# export display 10.50.90.45
sh: 10.50.90.45: This is not an identifier.
# export DISPLAY=10.50.90.45:0.0
# swinstall
NOTE: The interactive UI was invoked, since no software was
specified.

The DISPLAY environment variable is set to "10.50.90.45:0.0", but
the current configuration won't allow swinstall to run on that display.

The DISPLAY environment variable may be incorrect, or, if you are
running swinstall remotely, you may need to allow the remote system
to access your local X server by typing

/usr/bin/X11/xhost +hpcb20

on your local machine.
also when I took this approach
Do you want to proceed using the terminal version of swinstall?
(yes or no) [yes]
with the second appcoach which swinstall I got this output

â
The default source "/var/spool/sw" does not exist or is not a valid â
source and there are no other registered depots on hpcb20. You can â
type in the depot path on this host or choose a different host. â
â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â
[[ OK ]] â
â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â

Re: installing a mirror software

Robert-Jan Goossens — Thu, 11 Dec 2003 10:45:29 GMT

Have you got another session on you locale workstation ?

run this command.

# xhost +servername

# xhost +jr0001
jr0001 being added to access control list

Regards,
Robert-Jan

Re: installing a mirror software

A. Clay Stephenson — Thu, 11 Dec 2003 10:59:40 GMT

You can update the xhosts file to allow your workstation to do a GUI-based swinstall BUT you could also simply unset DISPLAY and invoke swinstall to bring up the character-based interface. I am a firm believer that everyone should know how to run the character-based interactive version of swinstall before they use the GUI. Just make sure that TERM is set and matches your terminal emulation.