Problem Installing Ignite

[CA1450370]

I have this HP9000:
# uname -a
HP-UX ss7svws B.11.11 U 9000/778 2005366016 unlimited-user license
and I want to install ignite from my CDROOM, using swinstall -s /cdrom/Ignite-UX-11-11

it asked me about target location, i typed it but swinstall showed me this message:

Could not contact host "ss7svws". Make sure the hostname is correct
and an absolute pathname is specified (beginning with "/").

I am sure that hostname is ok (it is in hosts file)...It doesn´t let me to change the source, which it´s none, it shows me previus message without let type anything...

any ideas?

[Steven E. Protter]

Shalom,

/sbin/init.d/swagentd -r

MAke sure the process is running.

swinstall /cdrom/Ignite-UX-11-11 \*

You need to tell it what to install, which in this case would be everything.

SEP

[James R. Ferguson]

Hi:

Instead of taking a potentially dated version of Ignite from your CD collection, I suggest you download and install a current one:

http://www.docs.hp.com/en/IUX/

Regards!

...JRF...

[Berd]

Hi,

I would download the latest version of Ignite, as this will allow you to take advantage of SSH functionality.

Regards,
Berd

[Tim Nelson]

when swinstall asks for a target location it either means the target is already in use ( i.e. another swinstall process has it locked ), the hostname and IP for this server is goofed up as in swinstall cannot connect to itself, or swagentd is confused.

check for other swinstall or swagent procesess.
check hostname and IP are correct
recycle swagentd ( kill swagentd and restart with swagentd -r )


Double check the /var/adm/sw sw*.log files. It may lead you in the right direction.

[CA1450370]

Thanks for your answer but i have not solved my problem with them...i thinks there is a misconfiguration in swinstall or swagent.. when i use nslookup it find my host which is localhost... my hostname is correct...

any others ideas?

PS:
I am trying to learn about HP-UX so i eant to install Ignite from my CD, i could try to install a new version later but now I want to use my CDROM version

[David Bellamy]

Did you stop and restart the swagentd daemon

[CA1450370]

Yes, i stop it and restart it....

[James George_1]

Hi

Try installing from the swinstall window.

# swinstall

then in the window, select the local CD ROM as source directory .. select the s/w that you want to install .. mark it ( M) ... and install ..

rgds / James

[CA1450370]

James

swinstall do not let me to do that, when I try it gives me this messages :

Could not contact host "ss7svws". Make sure the hostname is correct
and an absolute pathname is specified (beginning with "/").

[Fabian Briseño]

Hello.
did you check.

/etc/nsswitch.conf file

[Sandy Wibawa]

Hi,

Try check your /etc/hosts, make sure all the entry there correct

regards,
Sandy

[James George_1]

It could be some n/w problem .

Let's try this :



# swinstall -x rpc_time_out=5 - s /cdrom/Ignite-UX-11-11

Rgds / James

[Raj D.]

CA1450370,

Check your hostname is correctly defined in all the places. If you changed the hostname from command prompt make sure it is reflecting in all the files, better use:
# set_parms hostname , and from the menu choose the option to chage the hostname, you may need a reboot to make the change effective.

From swinstall it's straight forward to install using the cdrom.

Else
- find out the device file,
- mount it in a directory,
- Install the desired sw with swinstall,

Cheers,
Raj.