reboot problem

[Narendra Gowda]

Hello
I was installing the patch PHKL_18543 using the following steps:
1) unzip patches18543.zip
2)./create_depot_hp-ux_11 -d /u01/tmp/os18543.depot
3)swinstall -x autoreboot=true -x reinstall=false -s /u01/tmp/os18543.depot \*

The depot was created with no errors and after the swinstall the system went down . While it was coming back up.
I got this message:
Exec failed: exec format error

Had the system completely shutdown and turned it back on but get the same message.

I cannot telnet and my only access is thru web console via ISL.

I tried the follwing:
ISL> hpux -lm

same message again. If anyone one can tell how to resolve this Or do we have to call HP to resolve this?

Thanks for any help.
Narendra

[RAC_1]

If my memeory servers right, this patch had some problems.

If you have backed up your kernel, boot throught that.

ISL> hpux /stand/vmunix.bak

[A. Clay Stephenson]

I suspect that you tried to re-install this patch. It's one of the LITS (Line In The Sand) patches and is rather infamous. In many cases, a reinstall of the OS is the easist solution.

See this:
http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?admit=716493758+1071249599158+28353475&threadId=74935

[Patrick Wallek]

This patch also has a number of dependencies that must be installed as well. It appears that you installed only PHKL_18543 and not any of the dependencies.

Here are other patches that PHKL_18543 depends on:

PHKL_28766, PHKL_27980, PHCO_21187, PHKL_20016, PHKL_22589, PHCO_23651

I would try booting from the backup kernel, download the above patches, and create a depot with them *AND* PHKL_18543 and try the install again.

[Uday_S_Ankolekar · Accepted solution]

Did you re-install this patch??

If the system won't boot off the new kernel interrupt the boot process and
boot from /stand/vmunix.prev. After the system is booted make sure you copy
vmunix.prev to vmunix.good so it won't get overlayed by the next kernel build.

Or run check_patches utility. This utility will find the "wrongs" with the patch and also list the missing patches to correct the problem. Add missing patches into the depot and install

Goodluck,
USA

[Narendra Gowda]

Thanks Everyone for your response. I am a newbie and trying to install a whole slew of patches for an ORACLE 9i upgrade.

PHKL_18543 was one of the prerequisite for PHCO_23409, PHKL_29434, PHKL_28150, PHKL_28766 patches that was recomended by ITRC patch assesment tool.
This box has not been updated since 99. The main reason i want to apply the patches is we have to uggrade our oracle database from 8.1.6 to 9i .

Everyone gets some points for participation

Uday's response was the one that did the trick and he gets the max

Rac: It came back and said that the command exceeded the ISL character limit and the stand dir was missing
Patrick: I had included all the dependencies in the bundle for the download.
Narendra