Error while executing vxinstall

[Darshan Komurlekar]

I am attempting to install Veritas Volume Manager 3.5 on L class server running HP-UX 11.11. Complete Veritas VM (3.5) installed , then ran vxinstall. Temp License (obtained from Veritas) was installed successfully during initial phase of vxinstall. At later phase vxinstall gives core dump with Segmentation error. All VM 3.5 related patches have been installed. Attached are few log files which would give you details about error and current system configuration. Thanks in advance for your suggestions...

[Steven E. Protter]

An aside to the original purpose of thread.

dbc_max_pct is 2. Most people do better with 5.

There may be other unrelated performance issues with your current configuration. Here is a link on that topic.

http://www2.itrc.hp.com/service/cki/search.do?category=c0&docType=Security&docType=Patch&docType=EngineerNotes&docType=BugReports&docType=Hardware&docType=ReferenceMaterials&docType=ThirdParty&searchString=UPERFKBAN00000726&search.y=8&search.x=28&mode=id&admit=-1335382922+1058201639958+28353475&searchCrit=allwords

Your error text does indicate a kernel parameter needs to be changed. Don't know which one.

I'm not trying to hijack the thread and will watch it bcause I'm curious. A apolgize if this post is a distraction.

SEP

[Cheryl Griffin]

Does /etc/vx/reconfig.d/state.d/install-db exist?
# ll /etc/vx/reconfig.d/state.d/install-db

If not, touch the file and attempt the command again. Sometimes there is a problem if that file does not exist. It can be removed after the installation is successful. http://www.docs.hp.com/cgi-bin/fsearch/framedisplay?top=/hpux/onlinedocs/5187-1371/5187-1371_top.html&con=/hpux/onlinedocs/5187-1371/00/00/26-con.html&toc=/hpux/onlinedocs/5187-1371/00/00/26-toc.html&searchterms=/etc/vx/reconfig.d/state.d/install-db&queryid=20030714-105232

[Paula J Frazer-Campbell]

HI

It might be a shell limit

ulimit -a

And check the limits

Also:-

You may need to extend maxssiz and recompile the kernel (and reboot).

Also check out the maxdsiz parameter for the maximum amount of data a program can use.

Paula

[Darshan Komurlekar]

Steve & Paula , I have modified the kernel parameters such as dbc_max_pct ( to 10) , maxdsiz, maxssiz , shmmax and few others. Attempted to keep them close to another server with same h/w and running veritas VM 3.1. The server I am trying now is a test box , with no other application. It has 4GB mem & 8GB swap. Current values of Kernel are in the attachment. Please let me know which one is still needs nodification. Output of uname -a is :
time(sec) unlimited
file (blocks) unlimited
data(kb) 1048516
stack(kb) 20480
memory(kb) unlimited
coredump(blocks) 4194303
nofiles(descriptors) 4092

Cheryl, File install_db is present on system.

Output of #file /core :
core: core file from 'vxconfigd' - received SIGSEGV