nis Client subsystem fail

[Jai Bhagwan]

hello guru,

my hp-ux server is not booting-up. I see through console it goes on "nis client subsystem -fail and trying again and again."
i am new to hp-ux admin. please help me what is the reason and what to do with server.

thank
JAI

[Steven E. Protter]

Shalom,

1) check file /etc/rc.config.d/namesvrs
Make sure its there and is not scrambled, encrypted or otherwise messed up. Make sure any entries there make sense and the servers are up and running.

2) Check /etc/rc.config.d/netconf

Make sure its normal.

If you make changes don't keep backup copies in /etc/rc.config.d/ that will disable functionality.

I'd say its probably your NIS master server giving you trouble. That is the first system I'd check.

SEP

[Safarali]

Hi Jai
please clarify are you booting nis master server or client server it is not clear from your question
if your are doing master server bring the system in single user moder and deactivate nis and reboot the server

Regards
Safar

[Jai Bhagwan]

I had tried all the possibility but my Hp-UX server is in same state. so please help me to rectify the problem. through consol i can do somethings and nodisplay on the server monitor, it also show me that internet service daemon fail.

thanks and regards
jai

[Rasheed Tamton]

Hello Jai,

You say you have already tried all the above tips! Can you give more info. Was there any changes in the setup of your env. such as removing slave servers, etc.

Can you ping/telnet the server.

What is /etc/rc.log says. Go through it and check about the output from inetd start.

Without detailed info it is difficult to troubleshoot.

Regards,
Rasheed Tamton.

[Safarali]

HI Jai
login to the server via telnet then issue the command /usr/sbin/init.d/nic.client stop

then your gui will comes on console once you up you can start your nis

Regards
Safar

[Jai Bhagwan]

hello friends

AS we discuss earliar, my HP-UX server is going on,through console i check it ,it stopon the stag of NFS server not started ans try again and again. I have not change in the office like slave server etc. I can't ping or telnet the server. See the /etc/rc.log file and suggest the possibility.
thanks and regards
JAI
"/etc/rc.log" 2818 lines, 193409 characters
Old /etc/rc.log moved to /etc/rc.log.old

**************************************************
HP-UX Start-up in progress
Tue Apr 29 04:13:26 IST 2008
**************************************************

Configure system crash dumps
Output from "/sbin/rc1.d/S080crashconf start":
----------------------------
EXIT CODE: 0

VxVM device node check
Output from "/sbin/rc1.d/S091vxvm-nodes-check start":
----------------------------

VxVM general startup
Output from "/sbin/rc1.d/S092vxvm-startup start":
----------------------------

VxVM reconfiguration recovery
Output from "/sbin/rc1.d/S093vxvm-reconfig start":
----------------------------

Mount file systems
Output from "/sbin/rc1.d/S100localmount start":
----------------------------
checking quotas

Update kernel and loadable modules
Output from "/sbin/rc1.d/S110kmbuild start":
----------------------------
"/sbin/rc1.d/S110kmbuild start" SKIPPED

Initialize loadable modules
Output from "/sbin/rc1.d/S112kminit start":
----------------------------
* All configured modules are registered successfully.

NOTE: Module status

Name ID Status Type
=====================================================
krm 1 UNLOADED WSIO

Setting hostname
Output from "/sbin/rc1.d/S320hostname start":
----------------------------

Start Kernel Logging facility
Output from "/sbin/rc1.d/S350kl start":
----------------------------
"/sbin/rc1.d/S350kl start" SKIPPED

Set privilege group
Output from "/sbin/rc1.d/S400set_prvgrp start":
----------------------------
setprivgrp: no group name matching
EXIT CODE: 3
"/sbin/rc1.d/S400set_prvgrp start" FAILED

Display date
Output from "/sbin/rc1.d/S420set_date start":
----------------------------
"/sbin/rc1.d/S420set_date start" SKIPPED

Copy processor logs to /var/tombstones
Output from "/sbin/rc1.d/S430pdcinfo start":
----------------------------


Save system crash dump if needed
Output from "/sbin/rc1.d/S440savecrash start":
----------------------------
savecrash directory not set; defaulting to: /var/adm/crash
EXIT CODE: 2 - savecrash found no core dump to save
"/sbin/rc1.d/S440savecrash start" SKIPPED

Enable auxiliary swap space
Output from "/sbin/rc1.d/S500swap_start start":
----------------------------
Enabling device paging on /dev/vgcognos/swapcog.
Enabling device paging on /dev/vgcognos/swapcog_1.
swap device(s) active

Start syncer daemon
Output from "/sbin/rc1.d/S520syncer start":
----------------------------
syncer started

Configure Loopback interfaces (lo0)
Output from "/sbin/rc2.d/S008net.init start":
----------------------------

VxVM volume recovery start
Output from "/sbin/rc2.d/S096vxvm-recover start":
----------------------------

Configuring all unconfigured software filesets
Output from "/sbin/rc2.d/S120swconfig start":
----------------------------
* Turning off all network based resolving services in
'/etc/nsswitch.conf'
* Restoring '/etc/nsswitch.conf' to its original contents

Recover editor crash files
Output from "/sbin/rc2.d/S200clean_ex start":
----------------------------
preserving editor files (if any)

Clean UUCP
Output from "/sbin/rc2.d/S202clean_uucp start":
----------------------------
cleaning up uucp

List and/or clear temporary files
Output from "/sbin/rc2.d/S204clean_tmps start":
----------------------------
NOTE: Files in /tmp:
total 53632
-rw-rw-rw- 1 root sys 0 Sep 19 2006 CleanupLogfileMutex0
-rw-rw---- 1 root sys 4096 Sep 24 2006 MW_AAAa00429
-rw-rw---- 1 root sys 4096 Sep 29 2006 MW_AAAa00790

[Rasheed Tamton]

Hello Jai,

In that case, can you just do like this:

mv /etc/resolv.conf /etc/resolv.conf.jai
cp /etc/nsswitch.conf /etc/nsswitch.conf.jai
vi /etc/nsswitch.conf

and remove everything refers to dns and nis and only keep the entry saying files - like this

instead of
hosts: dns

make it

hosts: files

change all the lines like above.

If you use NIS on your site, edit the /etc/rc.config.d/namesvrs file and make it as below or make sure it is as this:

NIS_MASTER_SERVER=0
NIS_SLAVE_SERVER=0
NIS_CLIENT=0
NISPLUS_SERVER=0
NISPLUS_CLIENT=0

and reboot it again.

Regards,
Rasheed Tamton.