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01-01-2008 11:36 PM
01-01-2008 11:36 PM
When I do ...
DIETER>product install *
1 - DEC AXPVMS VMS83A_ACRTL V4.0 Patch (remedial update)
2 - DEC AXPVMS VMS83A_BASRTL V1.0 Patch (remedial update)
3 - DEC AXPVMS VMS83A_MOUNT96 V4.0 Patch (remedial update)
4 - DEC AXPVMS VMS83A_SYS V6.0 Patch (remedial update)
5 - DEC AXPVMS VMS83A_UPDATE V5.0 Patch (remedial update)
6 - DEC AXPVMS VMS83A_VERIFY V1.0 Patch (remedial update)
? - Help
E - Exit
Choose one or more items from the menu: 5
I get ...
Performing product kit validation ...
%PCSI-E-VALFAILED, validation of DSA0:[DIETER.][000000]DEC-AXPVMS-VMS83A_UPDATE-
V0500--4.PCSI$COMPRESSED;2 failed
-PCSI-E-CDSA_TEXT, CSSMERR_SD_NO_TARGETFILE: User-input target file doesn't exis
t or is empty
%PCSI-E-S_OPFAIL, operation failed
%PCSIUI-E-ABORT, operation terminated due to an unrecoverable error condition
on am Alpha System with the following patch level:
VMS 8.3
VMS83A_ACMELDAP-V0100.RELEASE_NOTES;1 25 1-FEB-2007 12:36:56.31
VMS83A_ACRTL-V0100.RELEASE_NOTES;1 43 15-FEB-2007 14:10:42.89
VMS83A_ADDENDUM-V0100.RELEASE_NOTES;1 61 25-SEP-2006 15:22:41.33
VMS83A_ADDENDUM-V0200.RELEASE_NOTES;1 34 3-OCT-2006 13:17:21.50
VMS83A_BACKUP-V0200.RELEASE_NOTES;1 21 15-FEB-2007 12:32:56.39
VMS83A_ERRFMT-V0100.RELEASE_NOTES;1 22 31-JAN-2007 08:30:26.97
VMS83A_RMS-V0100.RELEASE_NOTES;1 25 4-OCT-2006 13:33:05.80
VMS83A_SECSRV-V0100.RELEASE_NOTES;1 18 3-OCT-2006 10:49:03.09
VMS83A_TZ-V0100.RELEASE_NOTES;1 27 5-FEB-2007 08:29:19.44
VMS83A_UPDATE-V0100.RELEASE_NOTES;1 32 14-NOV-2006 12:14:55.50
VMS83A_UPDATE-V0200.RELEASE_NOTES;1 43 7-FEB-2007 13:13:22.59
VMS83A_UPDATE-V0200.RELEASE_NOTES;1 43 7-FEB-2007 13:13:22.59
I downloaded the files via PC/FTP-Transfer and with Mozilla direct to the Alpha system in various forms with the same results.
What's wrong?
regards
Dieter
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01-02-2008 12:05 AM
01-02-2008 12:05 AM
Re: VMS 8.3 Alpha PCSI Problem
What files are in the directory PCIS$SOURCE ?
Bart Zorn
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01-02-2008 12:19 AM
01-02-2008 12:19 AM
Re: VMS 8.3 Alpha PCSI Problem
DIETER>sh log pcsi$source
%SHOW-S-NOTRAN, no translation for logical name PCSI$SOURCE
Dieter
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01-02-2008 12:45 AM
01-02-2008 12:45 AM
Re: VMS 8.3 Alpha PCSI Problem
This could be a glitch in PRODUCT INSTALL.
The newer releases of PRODUCT INSTALL check for the existence of e.g. DEC-AXPVMS-VMS83A_UPDATE-V0500--4.PCSI$COMPRESSED_ESW, when trying to install DEC-AXPVMS-VMS83A_UPDATE-V0500--4.PCSI$COMPRESSED.
Normally, it should continue in case this file (the *.*_ESW) does not exist. Apparently, in your case, it does not.
As a workaround, please download the _ESW files, and try again. And if possible, raise a call with HP.
Regards,
Kris (aka Qkcl)
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01-02-2008 12:56 AM
01-02-2008 12:56 AM
Re: VMS 8.3 Alpha PCSI Problem
The patch files are indeed supposed to be in your current directory, unless you either specify /SOURCE= on the PROD command line, or you have PCSI$SOURCE defined.
What files *.PCSI* do you have in your directory?
Bart
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01-02-2008 01:41 AM
01-02-2008 01:41 AM
Re: VMS 8.3 Alpha PCSI Problem
Directory disk$user:[DIETER]
DEC-AXPVMS-TCPIP-V0506-9ECO2-1.PCSI$COMPRESSED;1
97404 2-AUG-2007 17:25:15.25
DEC-AXPVMS-TCPIP-V0506-9ECO2-1.PCSI$COMPRESSED_ESW;1
18 2-AUG-2007 17:25:35.54
dec-axpvms-vms83a_acrtl-v0400--4.pcsi$compressed;1
7913 12-DEC-2007 11:31:37.31
DEC-AXPVMS-VMS83A_ACRTL-V0400--4.PCSI$COMPRESSED_ESW;2
18 12-DEC-2007 11:31:52.79
DEC-AXPVMS-VMS83A_BASRTL-V0100--4.PCSI$COMPRESSED;2
995 13-DEC-2007 10:02:00.69
DEC-AXPVMS-VMS83A_BASRTL-V0100--4.PCSI$COMPRESSED_ESW;2
18 13-DEC-2007 10:02:12.94
DEC-AXPVMS-VMS83A_MOUNT96-V0400--4.PCSI$COMPRESSED;2
669 4-DEC-2007 17:31:04.61
DEC-AXPVMS-VMS83A_MOUNT96-V0400--4.PCSI$COMPRESSED_ESW;2
18 4-DEC-2007 17:31:16.78
DEC-AXPVMS-VMS83A_SYS-V0600--4.PCSI$COMPRESSED;2
8906 3-DEC-2007 14:56:51.83
DEC-AXPVMS-VMS83A_SYS-V0600--4.PCSI$COMPRESSED_ESW;2
18 3-DEC-2007 14:57:05.96
DEC-AXPVMS-VMS83A_UPDATE-V0500--4.PCSI$COMPRESSED;3
76646 4-DEC-2007 10:06:44.22
DEC-AXPVMS-VMS83A_UPDATE-V0500--4.PCSI$COMPRESSED_ESW;3
18 4-DEC-2007 10:07:11.16
DEC-AXPVMS-VMS83A_VERIFY-V0100--4.PCSI$COMPRESSED;2
523 3-DEC-2007 12:43:54.55
DEC-AXPVMS-VMS83A_VERIFY-V0100--4.PCSI$COMPRESSED_ESW;2
18 3-DEC-2007 12:44:14.66
As you can see: _ESW-Files are there,too.
It's the same behaviour with all these files. When testing older compressed pcsi-files, everything is fine.
Dieter
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01-02-2008 02:58 AM
01-02-2008 02:58 AM
Re: VMS 8.3 Alpha PCSI Problem
I have installed all of those patches without problems.
I guess you should follow Kris's advise and see what happens.
Bart
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01-02-2008 04:06 AM
01-02-2008 04:06 AM
Re: VMS 8.3 Alpha PCSI Problem
I would have guessed:
$ SET PROC/CASE=BLIND
but most of your .PCSI file names seem to be uppercase anyway.
How about version numbers > 1 and different version numbers ?
You can validate these file manually using CDSA$VALIDATE.EXE:
$ VALIDATE :== $SYS$SYSTEM:CDSA$VALIDATE.EXE
$ validate filename.PCSI$COMPRESSED
Volker.
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01-02-2008 04:08 AM
01-02-2008 04:08 AM
Re: VMS 8.3 Alpha PCSI Problem
Indeed strange.
You seem to have the correct *UPD*.* files (sizes seem to be correct).
Just concentrating on the UPDATE-V0500 files...
The kit itself should be "fixed 512-byte", the ESW should be "stream-lf".
See the attachment for a DIREC/FULL on the files we have (and installed without problems).
Regards,
Kris (aka Qkcl)
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01-02-2008 04:36 AM
01-02-2008 04:36 AM
Re: VMS 8.3 Alpha PCSI Problem
validate says:
DIETER>validate dec-axpvms-vms83a_update-v0500--4.pcsi$compressed
Validation of dec-axpvms-vms83a_update-v0500--4.pcsi$compressed FAILED.
Error: CSSM_ERRCODE_MODULE_MANIFEST_VERIFY_FAILED
Modules manifest verification failed
Dieter
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01-02-2008 04:41 AM
01-02-2008 04:41 AM
Re: VMS 8.3 Alpha PCSI Problem
I also tried the validate command on an existing VMS83A_UPDATE-V0400 .PCSI file, that I had recently installed successfully and I'm getting the same error from validate.
Volker.
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01-02-2008 04:53 AM
01-02-2008 04:53 AM
Re: VMS 8.3 Alpha PCSI Problem
after the manual validate operation failed, I tried a PROD INSTAL VMS83A_UPDATE-V0400 in the same process and this operation succeeded to verify the file.
Puzzled,
Volker.
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01-02-2008 04:57 AM
01-02-2008 04:57 AM
Re: VMS 8.3 Alpha PCSI Problem
Just a "shot in the dark". When you FTP'd the files, did you set type to BINARY?
Dave.
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01-02-2008 05:01 AM
01-02-2008 05:01 AM
Re: VMS 8.3 Alpha PCSI Problem
CDSA$VALIDATE.EXE seems to implicitly require UNIX file name semantics:
$ validate /$9$dka0/kits/dec-axpvms-vms83a_update-v0400--4.pcsi$compressed
works fine, whereas
$ validate dec-axpvms-vms83a_update-v0400--4.pcsi$compressed
fails, although I set the default directory correctly.
Volker.
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01-02-2008 05:02 AM
01-02-2008 05:02 AM
Re: VMS 8.3 Alpha PCSI Problem
Just a "shot in the dark". When you FTP'd the files, did you set type to BINARY?
I installed UPDATE V5.0 a couple of weeks ago without any issues (although I had previously installed V4.0, if that is relevent). I was just wondering if it was a problem going from Version 2.0 to 5.0, although I wouldn't have thought so.
Dave.
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01-02-2008 05:12 AM
01-02-2008 05:12 AM
Re: VMS 8.3 Alpha PCSI Problem
the CSSMERR_SD_NO_TARGETFILE error message seems to indicate, that the 'input' file (i.e. the VMS83A_UPDATE-V0500--4.PCSI$COMPRESSED) does not exist. You can provoke this error message, if you provide a non-existing filename to CDSA$VALIDATE.
A SET WATCH FILE/CLASS=ALL preceeding the PRODUCT INSTALL VMS83A_UPDATE should show, which file access might fail...
Volker.
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01-02-2008 05:13 AM
01-02-2008 05:13 AM
Re: VMS 8.3 Alpha PCSI Problem
DIETER>validate ./dec-axpvms-vms83a_update-v0500--4.pcsi$compressed
Validation of ./dec-axpvms-vms83a_update-v0500--4.pcsi$compressed SUCCEEDED.
OK, and what's next?
Dave,
1. FTP of the ZIPEXE-Files to a PC and than via FTP/binary to the VMS
2. FTP directly to the VMS-System (binary-mode)
3. creation of a Zip-File (ITRC-Service), download and expanding to get the ZIPEXE
in any of these cases the ZIPEXE-files run without problems and generated the PCSI$COMPRESSED and *_ESW files.
and in any of these cases, I cannot install them.
Strange
There might be a problem going from V0200 to V0500, but older updates are not on the ITRC-Servers.
Dieter
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01-02-2008 05:20 AM
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01-02-2008 06:07 AM
01-02-2008 06:07 AM
Re: VMS 8.3 Alpha PCSI Problem
I've just downloaded VMS83A_SYS-V0600.ZIPEXE from the ftp.itrc.hp.com server and manually validated the file and tried a PRODUCT INSTALL - all verifications worked without a problem.
$ prod sho util
POLYCENTER Software Installation utility version: V8.3-054
Volker.
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01-02-2008 07:05 AM
01-02-2008 07:05 AM
Re: VMS 8.3 Alpha PCSI Problem
I can install everything with /opt=noval.
(and did it)
It a solution, but not an answer ...
I'll continue searching
Dieter
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01-02-2008 11:05 PM
01-02-2008 11:05 PM
Re: VMS 8.3 Alpha PCSI Problem
I return to the question: how did you download the files? If you used the ITRC function to create a zip file, that might have been the cause. I have encountered similar problems (corrupted files after expanding the zip file).
Willem
OpenVMS Developer & System Manager
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01-03-2008 12:44 AM
01-03-2008 12:44 AM
Re: VMS 8.3 Alpha PCSI Problem
When testing older compressed pcsi-files, everything is fine.
Were these 'older' PCSI files signed as well (i.e. were there _ESW files for them) ?
Volker.
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02-20-2008 09:20 AM
02-20-2008 09:20 AM
Re: VMS 8.3 Alpha PCSI Problem
what did your default directory look like ?
The following filespec looks suspicious:
DSA0:[DIETER.][000000]DEC-AXPVMS-VMS83A_UPDATE-V0500--4.PCSI$COMPRESSED;2 failed
I remembered this thread, when a new PRODUCT INSTALL problem was raised today:
http://forums12.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/postanswer.do?threadid=1205502
Volker.