psf_mount Install Oracle

[Joe Denman]

HP-UX 11.0
Oracle 8.0.5 or any

CD mounts fine. Everything looks as it should. However bdf shows filesystem as
nfs. example mysys:/cdrom /cdrom

I run the oracle install and nothing comes back to the console.

I have loaded on 10.20 systems numerous times in the past with no problems.
bdf on prior install came back as /dev/dsk/c#t#d# /cdrom
Any ideas?????????????????? HELP.

[Dan Hull]

I don't know much about pfs_mount, but as I understand it, it uses a form of
local nfs to work. Make sure you're starting the pfs daemons up in the right
order and everything. You may want to see if Oracle has any hints on their web
page too.

[Atif Malik_2]

ON THE SERVER:

-- Create /etc/pfs_exports
In this file list the directories you want to export:
/pfs_cdrom

Pfs_mount the CDROM by typing...

/usr/sbin/pfs_mountd &
/usr/sbin/pfsd &

Now mount the CD on the server:
pfs_mount /dev/rdsk/cxtxd0 /pfs_cdrom

Export PFS Filesystem

pfs_exportfs -a -v

ON THE CLIENT:

pfs_mount server_name:path client_mount_point

Also verify that if you're trying to mount the CD from HPUX 10.20 to 11.00 make
sure that the patch PHCO_16438 is not installed on HPUX 11.00. This patch does
not require a reboot.

-Atif

[Raul Silva Flores]

Estimados todos,
Pase por el mismo problema tratando de instalar ORACLE 8.0.6 en HP-UX 11.0(Servers "N").Sucedia lo mismo al ver F.S (bdf) quedaba colgado retornando mensaje "NFS@Server not responding",la unica soluci=n es levantar completo el servicio NFS (server y clientes),configurando adecuadamente nfsconfig y realizar reboot.
Esto al menos el soporte de HP me indico a realizar,el problema es al descargar CD(umount) este no descarga,por tanto debo cancelar los procesos *pfs*.QuiTn tenga ORACLE instalado,cuantos parches requiri= para queda totalmente estable en la version 11.0 de HP-UX/Oracle 8.0.6??!
Saludos
Ra?l Silva.

[Jason Luginbuhl]

1) Make sure you have the latest PFS patch before trying the pfs_mount
2) Make sure all 4 necessary daemons are running:
pfsd
pfs_mountd
pfsd.rpc
pfs_mountd.rpc
3) Then try the pfs_mount either from the command line option or via the /etc/pfs_fstab info.

See if that works any better.

[Vince Arends]

Oracle install CDs come in two formats. One works with the pfs_mountd, pfsd and pfs_mount commands. The other format uses the "mount /dev/dsk/c#t#d# /cdrom" command. We had this happen to our Oracle consultants when they were trying to install Oracle 8.0.5 and Oracle Applications 11.0 on HP-UX 11.0. I'm not sure this will take care of your problem, but it might be worth a try.

[Paul Bouchie]

Please read attachment, it it in HTML, load it in your browser. This covers both PSF with and without the use of NFS.

Hope this helps.

[Kellogg Unix Team]

I observed the same difference when PFS CDs are mounted on 10.20 and 11.00 systems. But Oracle was successfully installed on both without any problem. I saw nfs: ...... type entry in the bdf out put when a PFS CD is mounted on HPUX 11.00 box using pfs_mount command (after starting the pfs_mountd and pfsd daemons). In the nfs:... entry you will see the local system being shown as the NFS server. When the CD is unmounted using pfs_umount command, the entry in bdf out put disappears. I think this is a new feature implemented in 11.00 to see the pfs mounted CDs using bdf. But when the same CD is mounted on 10.20 system using pfs_mount, it is not listed in the bdf out put. It gets listed only when you run the command pfs_mount without any parameter.

If the CD is freezing on 11.00 and not letting you unmount, you may have some patching issues.