Problem with update

[Nelson_3]

I am trying to upgrade my current HP UX 10.2 to 11.0. I had free up enough memory for the upgrade and follow HP upgrading procedure strictly. However after the analysis phase of the installation, I encounter an error in the execution phase. The error reported that RPC has failed and either there are no network connectivity or my agent_timeouts_value is too small. Upon further checking, I had found out that my swagentd is not running due to failure of RPC. I am installing from a local cdrom so does availability of network connectivity important? If so, how do I configure my server network connection when the server is hock onto the LAN? IF network connection is not the problem, could anyone suggest a solution to this installation?

[Mateja Bezjak]

Hi Nelson,

Start swagentd process by: /usr/sbin/swagentd

Also you may want to use option -x agent_auto_exit=false when installing

Hope it helps. Regards,
Mateja

[Jeff Schussele]

Nelson,

I khow it's not mandatory, but I always cold install when going from 10.2 to 11/11i.

Takes a little planning up ahead & some post-install steps, but the execution phase is much quicker.
I've rarely had problems w/installs - but have always had problems of some sort with upgrades.
Plus you get the added benefit of a good `, "clean", system afterwards.

HTH,
Jeff

[Nelson_3]

Thanks for both of your comments. However swagentd was not able to start when I manually try to start it. Will a cold install be able retain my existing files and database? If not, I would be able to do it as it is very important that these files stay intact.

[Paula J Frazer-Campbell]

Hi

With an upgrade your are likely to run into problems.

First do an ignite tape of your system.

Your best bet is to unmount your non system vols - fresh install - then mount vols.

On your old system do this:

vgexport -m mapfile.name -s -p /dev/vg??

Note: The -p option is for preview. If you want to generate the map file but not wipe out the VG on the old machine, use that. The '-s' option is the magic one here. It will write a VGID (a string of letters and numbers) to the map file. This string allows you to vgimport using the map file, and vgimport will look for ALL drives on the system that have that VGID string.

On your new system do:

mkdir /dev/vg??
mknod c 64 0x0?0000 /dev/vg??/group
vgimport -s -m mapfile.name /dev/vg??

You now have your volume group on your new machine. Mount you lvols and you are ready to go.


Also search the forums on fresh install of HP-UX.

Paula

[Jeff Schussele]

Nelson,

Here's a good thread w/good links:

http://forums.itrc.hp.com/cm/QuestionAnswer/1,,0x096b1012aa92d5118ff10090279cd0f9,00.html

Also backup your vg00 (TWICE!) as well as other VGs - on separate tape(s). ONLY vg00 is going to be overwritten & all important OS files (passwd, group, *tab, etc) will be on it to retrieve. You can also print a lot of good config info out of SAM.


Good luck & don't rush thru the planning stage - it'll pay off in the post-install steps.

HTH,
Jeff