swinstall failed disk space -> but there is enough

[Lars Blumenthal]

Hi everybody,
I have a strange problem!
I want to install the December GoldQPK on a C3600 with HPUX 11i.
Swinstall failed on disk space analyse, but there is enough disk space avaible!
Any ideas?

regards
lars

[Robert-Jan Goossens]

Lars,

Try restarting the sw deamon.

# swagentd -r

Robert-Jan

[James Specht]

Which file system does it say does not have enough space? If it is /var it could be that the backups of old patches might need to be cleaned up.

--Jim

[Pete Randall]

Lars,

Did you check the log to see which file system it thinks there is a problem with? What did it say?


Pete

[Steven E. Protter]

quick fix, if its /var (which can have large amounts of space reserved by processes but not on bdf output)

cleanup -c 1

It will commit all patches superseded more than once. Saves lots of space.

SEP

[Todd McDaniel_1]

Lars,

I would try a few things.

First make sure you have no extra swinstall processes running... that can sometimes mess up the swinstall process.

Second, I would check your /var/adm/sa/* files. If you must I would mv these files to /tmp and then do the swinstall and move them back...

Third, what I have done for MWA is to move the /var/opt/perf/datafiles to it's own filesystem Which cleared up about 1gb on my Superdome...(I keep data for a while on it since it is a new box)

Doing these things will surely clear up space for you...

Also, I try to have double the space required, b/c sometimes it may use temp space in /var while it is swinstalling the patches.

[Shahul]

Lars,

First check in the logfile for which filesystem error is coming. Then once again make sure that particular filesystem has enough space.

Still problem, restart swagent and try it out. I strongly doubt you are calculating on a wrong filesystem or wrongly calculated for a right filesystem.

Could you please give that log as well.

TIA
Shahul

[Lars Blumenthal]

Hi all,

I have found the problem.
It was me ;-)
Don't ask for details. Please
Thanks for your help!

br
Lars

[Robert-Jan Goossens]

Please (:-)

[Todd McDaniel_1]

I WANT DETAILS!!!! (so i dont do it too!) :D

[Lars Blumenthal]

sorry guys
no chance! ;-)

[Michael Schulte zur Sur]

Hi,

come on, can it be soooooo embaressing not to tell us? I am a sysadmin for years and make sometimes stupid mistakes, which I could have prevented by thinking first. Nobody will make fun of you. So please, just tell us.. ;-))

Michael

[Jay Core]

Lars,

I have the same problem - what am I doing wrong?? email me at transmatman@hotmail.com so you can keep your anonymity.

Thanks,
Joe

[Todd McDaniel_1]

*taps foot impatiently*


STILL waiting!!





no points please.

[Biswajit Tripathy]

Aw Come on Lars..
You think we can't do / haven't done stupid-er
mistakes than that. That's some ego you have
there ;-)

- Biswajit