bdf issues and PHKL_31500

[Pyers Symon]

I got called in over Christmas to investigate a problem that one of our boxes was exhibiting. We were getting "bdf(1M) locks /etc/mnttab and holds the lock when the
filesystem is not responding" errors on that box which corresponds to bug SR:8606365017. The issue I have is that PHKL_31500 - that line-in-the-sand patch (and which has been discussed within these forums - see: http://forums12.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=1173622&admit=109447627+1199276860764+28353475 for example) - which should fix this issue is already installed as is PHCO_32608...

hwhpx009!root(108)# swlist -v | grep 31500
PHKL_31500 PHKL_31500,r=1.0,a=HP-UX_B.11.23_IA/PA,v=HP
contents PHKL_31500,r=1.0,a=HP-UX_B.11.23_IA/PA,v=HP
contents PHKL_31500,r=1.0,a=HP-UX_B.11.23_IA/PA,v=HP
contents PHKL_31500,r=1.0,a=HP-UX_B.11.23_IA/PA,v=HP
contents PHKL_31500,r=1.0,a=HP-UX_B.11.23_IA/PA,v=HP
contents PHKL_31500,r=1.0,a=HP-UX_B.11.23_IA/PA,v=HP
hwhpx009!root(109)# swlist -v | grep 32608
PHCO_32608 PHCO_32608,r=1.0,a=HP-UX_B.11.23_IA/PA,v=HP
contents PHCO_32608,r=1.0,a=HP-UX_B.11.23_IA/PA,v=HP
contents PHCO_32608,r=1.0,a=HP-UX_B.11.23_IA/PA,v=HP



Can anyone shed any light on this?

[Srikanth Arunachalam]

Hi,

Is the NFS server stoped. Even after applying PHKL_31500, there could be stale NFS due to which you may encounter the above problem.

/sbin/init.d/nfs.client stop
/sbin/init.d/nfs.server stop
/sbin/init.d/nfs.core stop
/sbin/init.d/nfs.core start
/sbin/init.d/nfs.server start
/sbin/init.d/nfs.client start

Thanks,
Srikanth

[Srikanth Arunachalam]

Hi,

Is the NFS server stoped. Even after applying PHKL_31500, there could be stale NFS due to which you may encounter the above problem.

/sbin/init.d/nfs.client stop
/sbin/init.d/nfs.server stop
/sbin/init.d/nfs.core stop
/sbin/init.d/nfs.core start
/sbin/init.d/nfs.server start
/sbin/init.d/nfs.client start

Also, check the below thread.
http://forums11.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do;HP-FORUMS-S-WPA-IDX=H4RX3HYWyTypcLqFLn6QLGmGYFGcQ52CvK5GGvp11L2pGmFv2034!-1837481799!-916765232?threadId=1173622

Thanks,
Srikanth

[Steven E. Protter]

Shalom,

I agree an NFS restart should probably resolve this.

However PHKL_31500 is not the end all of patches. Its the starting point and the issue could be caused by other defects dealt with by other patches. It could have been re-introduced by a subsequent patch.

Whatever you do, never install PHKL_31500 a second time. LITS patches destroy systems if re-installed.

SEP