swinstall error

[Asya]

Hi,

I'm trying to install some patches and get the following error message:

ERROR: RPC exception: "Communications failure (dce / rpc)" 03/06/07
10:15:24 EST
ERROR: A Remote Procedure Call to a daemon has failed. Could not
start a management session for "qa-hp11:/". Make sure the
host is accessible from the network, and that its daemon,
swagentd, is running.
* Target connection failed for "qa-hp11:/".
ERROR: More information may be found in the daemon logfile on this
target (default location is qa-hp11:/var/adm/sw/swagentd.log).
* Selection had errors.


The server is accessible from the network...

swagentd is running....

What could be causing this..?

Thanks

PS: Server was just rebuild. I was getting the same error before the rebuild....

[Peter Godron · Accepted solution]

Hi,
anything extra in /var/adm/sw/swagentd.log ?
Is the patch format correct ?
As in:
http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=1034710

Ensure your network config is correct (/etc/hosts,/etc/nsswitch.conf etc)
http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=1097174

Stop and re-start the swagent daemon.

Please also read:
http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/helptips.do?#33 on how to reward any useful answers given to your questions.

[Pupil_1]

As Peter said, the log file is the place to check.

Restarting the swagentd has most of the times done the trick for me.

/usr/sbin/swagentd -r

[Asya]

/etc/hosts was the problem.

Thank you! I mistyped IP address......

[Asya]

/etc/hosts was a problem.