topic Re: HP-UX Patch Loading in Operating System - HP-UX

HP-UX Patch Loading

Thomas M. Williams_1 — Tue, 17 Sep 2002 12:53:44 GMT

I have an HP C240 WS w/ UX 11.11 installed. I am attempting to load a pathch but "swinstall" is complaining that it cannot contact the host.
The message is:
ERROR: Could not contact host "grmanis". Make sure the hostname is correct and an absolute pathname is specified (beginning with "/").

Any help?

Re: HP-UX Patch Loading

Jeff Schussele — Tue, 17 Sep 2002 13:09:08 GMT

Hi Thomas,

Several things to do/check:

1) Bounce the swagent daemon
/usr/sbin/swagentd -r

2) Verify that you can resolve you hostname properly in both directions
nslookup hostname
nslookup xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx (your IP address)

3) Make sure you are running as the root. All patches should be installed by the root.

HTH,
Jeff

Re: HP-UX Patch Loading

Dirk Wiedemann — Tue, 17 Sep 2002 13:16:08 GMT

Hi,

try the following:
Move to the directory witch containes the patch and prompt swinstall -s 'pwd'.
Or run swinstall and select "Source depot type: local directory".

hope this helps
Dirk

Re: HP-UX Patch Loading

Martin Johnson — Tue, 17 Sep 2002 13:30:07 GMT

Check the /var/adm/sw/sw*.log files for additional information.

HTH
Marty