Patch install problems

[Chartier Jerome]

Hi all,

I've got a problem while trying to install a patch on a HP ux 11.11 box:
Nemesis:/inst/depot/ora# swinstall -x autoreboot=true -x patch_match_target=true -s /inst/depot/ora/PHNE_27745.depot

======= 10/22/03 14:12:24 WETDST BEGIN swinstall SESSION
(non-interactive) (jobid=Nemesis-0012)

* Session started for user "root@Nemesis".

* Beginning Selection
* Target connection succeeded for "Nemesis:/".
NOTE: The patch match operation failed to find patches for target
software on "Nemesis" which passed the filter.
NOTE: Cannot continue the "swinstall" task.

======= 10/22/03 14:12:26 WETDST END swinstall SESSION
(non-interactive) (jobid=Nemesis-0012)

Have you got any idea?

Thanks in advance

Regards

JérÃ

[Steven E. Protter]

Sounds like your depot is corrupt.

I would suggest downloading it again and running sh on the the depot again.

Sometimes those itrc downloads cut out early and you think they are done.

SEP

[Elmar P. Kolkman]

Or the patch is for software that is not installed on your server...

[Alan Turner]

I use swinstall interactively, and I've never managed to get the "match what target has" action to select anything, even on HP-supplied depots such as Support Plus read from the CD.
However, I just select the bundle, or all items in the depot, and install those, on the grounds that the installation scripts anyway check for suitability with the target.
If you look at swlist output, when a patch goes on, it claims to provide a fileset with the patch name in it (e.g. PHNE_24384.INETSVCS-RUN version 1.0). Is swinstall looking at the target, and saying that the target doesn't have PHNE_24384.INETSVCS-RUN installed, so it doesn't need the patch???
So - have you ever got patch_match_target=true to work on 11i (if yes, then something has changed, so raise a support call; if no, then perhaps we're seeing a feature of 11i (but you could raise a support call anyway?))

[Scot Bean]

Alan,

For interactive swinstalls, use the

Actions
-Manage Patch Selection

menu to turn on patch_match_target.

Installing large patch bundles, or any patch without it is not recommended.

[Umapathy S]

Jerome,
Either the patch depot/zip may be corrupt or the bundle doesnt contain any patches that matches the target selection.

If the patch depot is corrupt, it wont reach this level at all. May be the patch is not for this target.

HTH,
Umapathy

[Patrick Wallek]

That particular patch is for Hyperfabric versions B.11.11.[00-02]. If you do not have that product installed on your HP-UX system then the patch will not install.