mounting a remote cd-rom

[Kurtkarl]

Hi.

I want to share my cdrom installed on Server "A" to another Server "B" both hpux 10.x.

This is what I did on both machine.
Server A
- mount -r /dev/dsk/c2t1d0 /cdrom
- Add "/cdrom -ro" on /etc/exports file
- run "exportfs -av"
Server B
- mount serverA:/cdrom /cdrom

But everytime I tried to run swinstall on server B using "Local Directory" pointing to my newly mounted /cdrom as my Source depot type, he was telling me that there are no depot software on this location.

While if I run this on Server A I could see all available products that can be installed. Well in fact I was able to install from this cd. By the way, I'm trying to install an application from HP Application CD no. 3.

Thanks in Advance
Joey

[Ramesh Donti]

Hi,
On serverB, give
swreg -l depot /cdrom and try once again.

If you don't register ur NFS mounted /cdrom directory, you can't see any software for swinstall. One exception to this is, if you give the complete path and name of the product.

[Kurtkarl]

after mounting the cdrom on server B I can see already the files in it. But got number for uid and gid.

I run what u have told me "swreg -l depot /cdrom" and it was successfull" but after running "swinstall -s serverb:/cdrom/ClusterView @ /" this error occured "There is no current depot on host serverB at location /cdrom/ClusterView".

any other suggestions
thanks

[Jeremiah Campbell]

Try running swinstall interactively. At the command prompt just type swinstall and hit enter. It will chew and regurgitate for a few seconds and then give you a sub-window that asks for the directory. Change it to "Network Directory/CDROM" and type in the /cdrom directory.

I have never actually done this but I did stay at a Hilladay Inn Express last night!

[Denver Osborn]

On host A with the CD mounted can you;
# swreg -l depot /mount_point
Then from host B;
# swinstall -s hostA:/mount_point

What does '# swlist -l depot hostA' show, is the registered depot seen? If not then the swinstall would complain.

[Denver Osborn]

sorry the above should've read;
# swlist -l depot -s hostA

[Kurtkarl]

Denver,

I did what u have told me re swreg on serverA and when I run "swlist -l depot -s serverA" it says:
#Initializing
# Target "serverA" has the ff depot
/cdrom
But after running "swinstall -s serverA:/cdrom" on serverB this error occured:
"There are no products on this source which is compatible with the target"

thanks again
Joey