swcopy

[Craig Rants]

What am I doing wrong?

I am trying to copy a product on an application CD to a depot on a server. I can do it just fine throught SAM, but my command line syntax is failing.

here is what I am doing:

swcopy -s /cdrom/B9901AA \* @ /var/spool/sw/IPF_9000

the cdrom is a registerd depot, where is my mistake?

Thanks,
Craig

[Scott Van Kalken]

if it works from sam, try using the command:

/usr/sam/bin/samlog_viewer to see what it is that sam does that's different.

Other places to check as normal as the swinstall logs

/var/adm/sw/swinstall.log
/var/adm/sw/swcopy.log


Hope this helps.

[Craig Rants]

Actually, through the swcopy GUI, which produces a swcopy.log, of which the info in there does not refernce the command syntax.

C

[Jeff Schussele]

Craig,

Believe you don't need the "@" symbol. Here's the excerpt from the manual:

In the swinstall command, if no source is specified, the local host's default depot directory (/var/spool/sw) is assumed. If no host is named, the system to receive the software is assumed to be the root (/) directory on your local host. So, you do not have to use the @ sign and [host][:][/directory] designation if you are operating on the local host and/or default depot directory

Here's the link to the page:

http://docs.hp.com/cgi-bin/fsearch/framedisplay?top=/hpux/onlinedocs/B2355-90154/B2355-90154_top.html&con=/hpux/onlinedocs/B2355-90154/00/00/11-con.html&toc=/hpux/onlinedocs/B2355-90154/00/00/11-toc.html&searchterms=swcopy&queryid=20020401-143741

HTH,
Jeff

[Sachin Patel]

Hi Craig
Try only
swcopy -s /cdrom/B9901AA \*
and it will create depot in /var/spool/sw

if you want somewhere else then
swcopy -s /cdrom/B9901AA \* @ /home/sachin/I_9000

Sachin

[Craig Rants]

The problem seems to be that swcopy does not recognize the B9901AA as a valid depot. Maybe I am pointing to the wrong source location?

[someone_4]

This might be way out there but what if you restart swagentd

#swagentd -r

Richard

[Mateja Bezjak · Accepted solution]

Hi Craig,

Try swcopy -s /cdrom B9901AA @ /var/spool/sw/IPF_9000

Regards,
Mateja

[Craig Rants]

Well done Mateja, I knew it shouldn't have been as hard as I was making it.

Craig