Error while installing Proliant Support Pack

[Wayne Shappard]

Got the following error when trying to install Proliant Support Pack for Linux:

"The bundle XML file ./bp000071.xml is not supported on this verson of linux."

What I downloaded was the currently listed PSP download for Red Hat Advanced Server 2.1 (bp000071.zip).

I am running Red Hat Enterprise Server ES 2.1 (kernel: 2.4.9-e.12smp) on a Proliant DL360 G2.

Does anybody know if HP has yet a PSP version compatible with my version of Linux? And, if they do, how I can get a copy to install?

Thanks

[Jerome Henry]

Your version seems to be the correct one.
How did you try to install ?
Did you try Linux Deployment Utility (LDU) ? You can get it at
http://www.hp.com/support/files/
It'll help you installing and deploying.
If you do not want to use it, from a shell under X, use the ./install.sh shell script to install via a graphical interface.
Do not run ./bp00071.xml

Hope this helps.

J

[Mike Lauffenburger]

I have been told by HP escalation engineers that they do not currently have a version of the PSP for the ES version of Red Hat. They have not been able to provide a date yet.

[Michael Garner_1 · Accepted solution]

When Red Hat made the change to Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 2.1, they changed one of the files that the Linux PSP uses to determine the version of Linux that is running on the server. The version of the Linux PSP that is currently on the web will not recognize RHEL 2.1. A formal version to support RHEL 2.1 is planned for release in early July.

That said, there is a workaround to allow you to use the currently available version of the Linux PSP with RHEL 2.1. To use the current Linux PSP for RHAS 2.1 on RHEL 2.1, change the OS name in the /etc/redhat-release file to read:

Red Hat Linux Advanced Server release 2.1

When you have completed installing the Linux PSP, restore the original contents of the /etc/redhat-release file to its original value in case other programs key off the value in this file.

Michael Garner
Linux PSP Developer

[Wayne Shappard]

Jerome,

The error message that I reference was, in fact, from me running install.sh.

I do appreciate you taking the time to help me work through the problem, though.

[Wayne Shappard]

Mike,

Thanks to you, as well! Especially, to query for me HP resources to which I did not have access.

[Wayne Shappard]

Michael,

Of course, you win the prize! Thank you so much for your response and solution to my issue.