swinstall - remote call procedure failed

[Lee Abell]

When I run swinstall I get the message:
Select Target Path
I choose "/"
The I get the messge :
A remote procdure call to a daemon failed. Could not start a management session for hp63:/. Make sure the host is accessible from the network and that it's daemon, swagentd, is running.

I am logging into the machine from the network and I have stopped the swagentd daemon several times. Help!!

[Michael Steele_2 · Accepted solution]

What HP-UX version?

1) mwa stop (* now, usually uneeded *)
2) swagentd -k
3) rm /var/adm/sw/products/swlock
4) swagentd -r
5) 'rpccp show mapping' (* hangs *)
6) mv /etc/resolv.conf /etc/resolv.org
7) Verify 127.0.0.1 in /etc/hosts
8) rw rw r root sys /etc/hosts

[John Bolene]

If you have changed the machine name or IP and have not rebooted, this can happen.

Also if DNS is on and does not resolve.

[Lee Abell]

HP-UX 11.0
MW is not yet installedon the box
rpccp show mapping - does not hang

moved resolv.conf
127.0.0.1 is in hosts
rw r r root sys for /etc/hosts file

[Fragon]

Hi,
1.Please keep a correct entry in /etc/hosts first , for example:
192.168.1.1 hostname #hostname.
2.#mv /etc/resolv.conf /etc/resolv.conf.bak
3.#vi /etc/nsswitch.conf
...
hosts: files dns nis
...
(Note that if there isn't nsswitch.conf in /etc,please copy one from /usr/newconfig/etc)
4. #inetd -c (Not necessary).

Hope to be helpful!

Of course, you must make swagentd run!

[T G Manikandan]

check whether the host resolution works fine.

#nslookup


Revert

[K.Vijayaragavan.]

Set the all the entries in /etc/nsswitch.conf to look for local files first and try.

Example.

hosts: files dns nis
rpc: files dns nis