swagentd does not start

[Sunil Surve]

ERROR: swagentd exiting due to initialization error in background
process. Check the logfile "/var/adm/sw/swagentd.log" for
more information.

Below is the lgofile output :-

ERROR: The target "/tmp/patch/phco_31553/PHCO_31553" could not be
opened. pid=2843 07/08/05 20:04:43 IST
* Agent pid=2843 completed. 07/08/05 20:04:43 IST
* Agent pid=2842 completed. 07/08/05 20:04:51 IST
* Started install agent on "/" for root@dcmstest, pid=2857,
07/08/05 20:05:01 IST
* Started source agent on
"/tmp/patch/phco_31553/PHCO_31553.depot" for root@dcmstest,
pid=2858, 07/08/05 20:05:01 IST
NOTE: The target "/tmp/patch/phco_31553/PHCO_31553.depot" currently
open for reading is a tape. pid=2858 07/08/05 20:05:01 IST
ERROR: Failed to start install agent on "/" for root@dcmstest. The
agent died during initialization. Look at log entries
preceding this one for more information.

[Thayanidhi]

Possibly your installation source file(.depot) locked!
Run fuser to find out which is locking this file and kill it.
Or .depot fle may be currupt!
Download the file again.

Regds
TT

[Victor Fridyev]

Hi,

May be, the previous patch installation has been interrupted incorrectly and swinstall jobs are locked.

Look in /var for a file "*lock" and delete it.

HTH

[Robert-Jan Goossens]

Hi,

For some reason the swagentd things you are swinstalling from tape.

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currently open for reading is a tape. pid=2858 07/08/05 20:05:01 IST
ERROR: Failed to start install agent on "/" for root@dcmstest. The
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Could you check the output of

# nslookup dcmstest
# nslookup ip_of_dcmstest

these should match.

Hope this helps,
Robert-Jan