swagentd fails to start

[kevin donnelly]

I have a newly delivered K class 11i machine that I am trying to install and configure.

On boot swagentd fails to start with the following message:
Running /usr/lib/sw/mx/configure to reset hostname.
ERROR: Failed to package AgentConfig into /var/opt/mx/depot11.
swpackage did not run or produced no output.
ERROR: Failed to package AgentConfig into /var/opt/mx/depot10.
swpackage did not run or produced no output.
WARNING: Could not properly configure SD into ServiceControl.
You may try again later by running /usr/lib/sw/mx/configure

I found the following message http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=277246 and I have tried resetting the hostname using set_parms. I have even tried running set_parms initial and I still get the same error.

[RAC_1]

If you have run set_parms to set host name, check it is OK in following files.

/etc/hosts
/etc/rc.config.d/netconf

Does hostname returns OK?? uname??
Double check /etc/hosts file.

Anil

[Steven E. Protter · Accepted solution]

the 11i install, back when I first did it did not put a nsswitch.conf file in place in /etc/

Copy one of the candidates in /etc as nsswitch.conf (ll /etc/nsswitch.*

Then start swagentd. It will work.

/sbin/init.d/swagentd start

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[kevin donnelly]

Creating a nsswitch.conf solved both my problems!!!!!!

Thanks!