HP-UX updating 10.20 -> 11.00

[Krzysztof Grudzinski]

Hello,

I would like to update HP-UX 10.20 to 11.00, but the following ERROR had detected during running swinstall command:

+ Xserver.XEXT-DPMS,r=B.11.00,a=HP-UX_B.11.00_32/64,v=HP,fa=HP-UX_B.11.00_32/64
+ Xserver.XEXT-HPCR,r=B.11.00,a=HP-UX_B.11.00_32/64,v=HP,fa=HP-UX_B.11.00_32/64
Xserver.XEXT-MBX,r=B.11.00,a=HP-UX_B.11.00_32/64,v=HP,fa=HP-UX_B.11.00_32/64
+ Xserver.XEXT-RECORD,r=B.11.00,a=HP-UX_B.11.00_32/64,v=HP,fa=HP-UX_B.11.00_32/64
* A "+" indicates an automatic selection due to dependency or
the automatic selection of a reference bundle.
* Selection succeeded.


* Beginning Analysis
* Session selections have been saved in the file
"/.sw/sessions/swinstall.last".
* "hpuxn04:/": 9 filesets have the selected revision already
installed.
* "hpuxn04:/": 4 software objects had their check script
return the code indicating that the software will be excluded
from further processing.
ERROR: "hpuxn04:/": This operation will exceed the absolute limit
of disk space on 1 volumes.
* The analysis phase failed for "hpuxn04:/".
* Analysis had errors.


NOTE: More information may be found in the agent logfile (location
is hpuxn04:/var/adm/sw/swagent.log).

======= 09/17/03 13:25:23 gmt END swinstall SESSION (non-interactive)




The "swinstall" command was:

/usr/sbin/swinstall -x logdetail=true -x allow_incompatible=false -x autoreboot=true -x match_target=true -x reinstall=true -x reinstall_files=true -x os_name=HP-UX:32 -x os_release=B.11.00 -s /cdrom


Before running swinstall I had upgraded "HP-UX Software Distributor" to version B.11.00 according to documentations:

Installing HP-UX 11.0 and Updating HP-UX 10.x to 11.0
HP-UX 11.0 Installation and Update Guide

SW-DIST B.11.00 HP-UX Software Distributor
SW-GETTOOLS B.11.00 HP-UX Software Distributor Gettools


Is any filesystem's space doesn't meet prerequisites? If yes which one?


# bdf
Filesystem kbytes used avail %used Mounted on
/dev/vg00/lvol3 147456 33501 106855 24% /
/dev/vg00/lvol1 83733 8184 67175 11% /stand
/dev/vg00/lvol8 528384 512195 15400 97% /var
/dev/vg00/lvol7 753664 332894 394481 46% /usr
/dev/vg00/lvol6 65536 23803 39437 38% /tmp
/dev/vg00/lvol5 946176 501698 416757 55% /opt

with best regards,
Chris

[John Dvorchak]

The key error here is that swagent told you that it ran out of disk space:

ERROR: "hpuxn04:/": This operation will exceed the absolute limit
of disk space on 1 volumes.
* The analysis phase failed for "hpuxn04:/".
* Analysis had errors.


And it also told you to check the swagent log:

NOTE: More information may be found in the agent logfile (location
is hpuxn04:/var/adm/sw/swagent.log).

You should look at /var/adm/sw/swagend.log or if unsure post it here so we can look at it.

[Kevin O'Donovan]

Chris,

I'd certainly increase the size of /var if you could, 97% full with only 15MB left!

If you run the interactive swinstall (if you like just run the analysis but don't actually do the install) it'll show you exactly what filesystems need to be increased and by how much.

Also you might find this information in the log file, if I remember correctly its /var/adm/sw/swagent.log or maybe swagentd.log.

hope that helps,
Kevin.

[John Dvorchak]

On another note, I have not personally had the 10.20 to 11.x upgrade work well. I prefer to save pertinent data to tape, like the users directories, most of /etc applications etc. and then just do a clean install of 11.x If you decide to do this, please post another question here to get other peoples opinions on how to load and O/S without losing your data.

[Steven E. Protter]

/var needs to be bigger.

This is also reason 671 why its better to cold install the OS.

The 11.11 updater is better and still resulted in a 35% failure rate in HP's labs when I went to HP's hands on class in 2002.

SEP

[Jeff Schussele]

Hi Chris,

Best advice I can give you is DON'T.
Don't upgrade - save all your relevant config files, home dirs, etc. & do a cold install of 11.0.
Upgrades very seldom go w/o errors or trouble.
Cold installs are clean & then you just apply you old configs, users, home dirs etc. & off you go.

Rgds,
Jeff