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install pk4 patch kit on 5.1B never starts install portion

 
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Jim Giles
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install pk4 patch kit on 5.1B never starts install portion

I am running 5.1B PK3 and am trying to install pk4. The dupatch runs through the preliminary stuff then just comes back to the menu. Any clue why it does not do the install? Part of log shown here.

*** Installing 58 patches ***

************************** CAUTION ************************************

Interruption of this phase of the operation will corrupt your
operating system software and compromise the patch database
integrity.

DO NOT Ctrl/C, power off your system, or in any other way
interrupt the patch operation. The patch operation is complete
when you are returned to the Patch Utility menus.

***********************************************************************

Tru64 UNIX Patch Utility (Rev. 46-00)
==========================
- This dupatch session is logged in /var/adm/patch/log/session.log

Patch Installation Menu:
-----------------------

1) Pre-Installation Check ONLY
2) Check & Install patches in Single-User Mode

b) Back to Main Menu
q) Quit

Enter your choice: q



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Ivan Ferreira
Honored Contributor

Re: install pk4 patch kit on 5.1B never starts install portion

Run the baseline check first.

Then run the pre-installation check only.
Por que hacerlo dificil si es posible hacerlo facil? - Why do it the hard way, when you can do it the easy way?
Michael Schulte zur Sur
Honored Contributor

Re: install pk4 patch kit on 5.1B never starts install portion

Hi,

can you post
dupatch -nolog -track -type kit
?

thanks,

Michael
Rani sawade
Occasional Advisor

Re: install pk4 patch kit on 5.1B never starts install portion


Hi,
Along with the output of "dupatch -track -type kit -nolog", could you post the
/var/adm/patch/log/session.log file, of
the installation process?

-Rani.
Jim Giles
Advisor

Re: install pk4 patch kit on 5.1B never starts install portion


I have attached a file doing yor commands.
Johan Brusche
Honored Contributor

Re: install pk4 patch kit on 5.1B never starts install portion


dupatch is looking in /etc/sysconfigtab for some of below values:

grep _vers_ /etc/sysconfigtab
old_vers_high = 1445673072572143232
old_vers_low = 536924035
act_vers_high = 1445673072572143232
act_vers_low = 805359491
new_vers_high = 1445673072572143232
new_vers_low = 805359491

If dupatch does not find the correct parameter+value, it will silently abort the install.
Look in the manpage for versw, you probably will have to use '-switch' or '-forcesw' to correct the situation.

Rgds,
__ Johan./

_JB_
Jim Giles
Advisor

Re: install pk4 patch kit on 5.1B never starts install portion

Should I try something else? I do not see much positive from this.

#
# versw -switch
Failure to switch versions because the new version is older than than the active version
#
#
# versw -forcesw
Failure to switch versions because the new version is older than than the active version
#
#
#
# versw -dump
Old version = ( 0 , 0 )
Active version = ( 1410100000029680 , 1000cf3c )
New version = ( 0 , 0 )
Version transition state = 0
Version switch state = 0

# versw -check
#
#
Jim Giles
Advisor

Re: install pk4 patch kit on 5.1B never starts install portion

Thank you very much for your reply, you have clearly found my problem. I did not intend to sound negative on the previous reply. But I do need a little more help in getting the problem fixed.

Thanks, Jim
Michael Schulte zur Sur
Honored Contributor

Re: install pk4 patch kit on 5.1B never starts install portion

Hi,

btw, pk5 is the latest for 5.1B.

Michael
Jim Giles
Advisor

Re: install pk4 patch kit on 5.1B never starts install portion

Thanks for the PK5 alert.

I am just trying to get all my systems to pk4 right now. All of them are at pk4 with the exception of this one with the obstacle.

I am still hoping for someone to provide my next step to get the sysconfigtab entries back in line.