how to mount ilo virtual drive in hpux 11.31

[3r]

# machinfo
CPU info:
4 Intel(R) Itanium(R) Processor 9340s (1.6 GHz, 20 MB)
4.79 GT/s QPI, CPU version E0
16 logical processors (4 per socket)

Memory: 147280 MB (143.83 GB)

Firmware info:
Firmware revision: 01.98
FP SWA driver revision: 1.18
IPMI is supported on this system.
BMC firmware revision: 1.59

Platform info:
Model: "ia64 hp Integrity BL870c i2"

OS info:
Release: HP-UX B.11.31
Version: U (unlimited-user license)
Machine: ia64
ID Number: 0647988385
vmunix _release_version:
@(#) $Revision: vmunix: B.11.31_LR FLAVOR=perf

# ioscan -fnC disk
Class I H/W Path Driver S/W State H/W Type Description
=====================================================================
disk 0 0/0/0/2/0/0/0.0.0 sdisk CLAIMED DEVICE HP LOGICAL VOLUME
/dev/dsk/c0t0d0 /dev/dsk/c0t0d0s2 /dev/rdsk/c0t0d0 /dev/rdsk/c0t0d0s2
/dev/dsk/c0t0d0s1 /dev/dsk/c0t0d0s3 /dev/rdsk/c0t0d0s1 /dev/rdsk/c0t0d0s3
disk 2 255/1/0.0.0 sdisk CLAIMED DEVICE HP Virtual DVD-ROM
/dev/dsk/c2t0d0 /dev/rdsk/c2t0d0

# mount -F cdfs -e -o ro,rr /dev/dsk/c2t0d0 /dvdrom
/dev/dsk/c2t0d0: unrecognized file system

[Torsten.]

Looks OK. What is the contents of the DVD/ISO? Something special? Known to work?

[3r]

Hi,

The content of the virtual drive is depot file HP_UX_11i_v3_SecureShell_A.07.30.003_HP-UX_B.11.31_IA_PA.depot. The main issue is that I cannot ssh my server, thus I want to install ssh to it, using the virtual drive (ilo) from there copy the file locally and proceed with swinstall.

[Torsten.]

I would try

#mount -F cdfs   -o rr  /dev/dsk/<cdrom/dvd> /<mount-point>

or simply

# mount /dev/dsk/c2t0d0 /cdrom

How did you get this ISO/DVD?

I remember HP provided patch media in tape format years ago, so you cannot mount it, but use directly with swinstall as a source.

[3r]

I downloaded the file to software depot., tried to archive the file and then mount it back to server. but still cannot mount the dvdrom.

# ioscan -fnC disk
Class I H/W Path Driver S/W State H/W Type Description
=====================================================================
disk 0 0/0/0/2/0/0/0.0.0 sdisk CLAIMED DEVICE HP LOGICAL VOLUME
/dev/dsk/c0t0d0 /dev/dsk/c0t0d0s2 /dev/rdsk/c0t0d0 /dev/rdsk/c0t0d0s2
/dev/dsk/c0t0d0s1 /dev/dsk/c0t0d0s3 /dev/rdsk/c0t0d0s1 /dev/rdsk/c0t0d0s3
disk 2 255/1/0.0.0 sdisk CLAIMED DEVICE HP Virtual DVD-ROM
/dev/dsk/c2t0d0 /dev/rdsk/c2t0d0

# mount /dev/dsk/c2t0d0 /dvdrom
/dev/dsk/c2t0d0: unrecognized file system

# mount -F cdfs -o rr /dev/dsk/c2t0d0 /dvdrom
/dev/dsk/c2t0d0: unrecognized file system

[Torsten.]

So you created your own ISO file?

If you have another server, you can swcopy the depot on the other server and run swinstall and use the other server as a source.

[3r]

no not really, the raw depot file that I have downloaded is the same file that I have used. I just tried to archive that depot file to test if a none .depot file type will have a better chance to be mounted. But it turns out it had the same error. 

[Torsten.]

So you try to use the file.depot file directly to mount over virtual media?

Not sure if this works ...

It is not a cdfs for sure. It is basically a tar.

You could try

# swinstall -s /dev/dsk/c2t0d0

without mounting it or use a CD burning tool (or the tool that ILO provides) to create a new ISO with your file as the contents.

[3r]

I converted my .depot file as .ISO image, and then I mounted it to my server. And I was able to mount it, but when I try to install it using swinstall I still have this error There is currently no depot software on host "fr70vhvmh002" at ocation "/dev/dsk/c2t0d0"., maybe because it is now .ISO file. 

# bdf
Filesystem kbytes used avail %used Mounted on
/dev/vg00/lvol3 4194304 1076664 3093408 26% /
/dev/vg00/lvol1 1081344 186416 888024 17% /stand
/dev/vg00/lvol8 4194304 3092800 1099512 74% /var
/dev/vg00/lvol7 5898240 3039352 2836608 52% /usr
/dev/vg00/lvol6 1048576 22456 1018192 2% /tmp
/dev/vg00/lvol5 8192000 5521128 2650072 68% /opt
/dev/vg00/lvol4 1048576 24616 1016008 2% /home
/dev/dsk/c2t0d0 9740 9740 0 100% /dvdrom

# cd /dvdrom
# pwd
/dvdrom
# ls -ltr
./HP_UX_11I_V3_SECURESHELL_A.07.30.003_HP-UX_B.11.31_IA_PA.DEPOT not found
total 0
#

[Torsten. · Accepted solution]

I remember problems with too long files names. Try to rename it (e.g. mydepot.depot), then create the ISO.