Re: [nv-l] Trying to upgrade to 7.1.4

["Ray Westphal" <westphal2002@charter.net>]

On Tue, 21 Oct 2003 10:09:05 -0400
 James Shanks <jshanks@us.ibm.com> wrote:
> Ray -
>
> I don't want to jinx this, but I would not recommend that 
> you jump into 
> the middle of the install process and start running your 
> own commands.
> The way they test this in Verification is just to start 
> it and let it run.
Yeah - that is the way I normally proceed. But I've 
attempted this install 6 times. =)
Thanks.

Ray Westphal


> James Shanks
> Level 3 Support  for Tivoli NetView for UNIX and Windows
> Tivoli Software / IBM Software Group
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> "Ray Westphal" <westphal2002@charter.net>
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> 10/21/2003 09:52 AM
> Please respond to nv-l
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>         To:     nv-l@lists.us.ibm.com, 
> nv-l@lists.us.ibm.com
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>         Subject:        Re: [nv-l] Trying to upgrade to 
> 7.1.4
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> On Tue, 21 Oct 2003 09:43:57 -0400
>   James Shanks <jshanks@us.ibm.com> wrote:
> > Looks like the major error is that actionsvr won't start. 
> > Make sure there 
> > are no old copies of him still running, which would 
> > prevent the new one 
> > from getting his socket.  If you have rulesets in 
> > ESE.automation, rename 
> > that file to something else until the install is over.
> >
> > James Shanks
> > Level 3 Support  for Tivoli NetView for UNIX and Windows
> > Tivoli Software / IBM Software Group
> Thanks for the quick reply James.
>
> I actually was tailing the file during the installation 
> and as soon as the actionsvr error occurred, I ran 
> nvstat. 
> Nothing was running. I was able to start actionsvr (and 
> nvsecd) manually. I also commented the rulesets in the 
> ESE.automation file before this installation attempt. I'm 
> going to try again in a moment with your suggestion to 
> rename the file. 
>
> Ray Westphal
> Enterprise Rent-A-Car
> > "Westphal, Raymond W" <Raymond.W.Westphal@erac.com>
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> > 10/21/2003 09:17 AM
> > Please respond to nv-l
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> >         To:     <nv-l@lists.us.ibm.com>
> >         cc: 
> >         Subject:        [nv-l] Trying to upgrade to 
> > 7.1.4
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> >
> > Hello Everyone.
> >
> > NV 7.1.3 on AIX 5.2 - 
> > I'm trying to upgrade to 7.1.4 via the Framework 
> > installation method. The 
> > install gets to nearly the end and then fails with 
> > errors. You can 
> > actually start most of the daemons except nvlockd. 
> > nvlockd fails because 
> > the /etc/services does not have any NetView services 
> > anymore. I run all 
> > the checks before installation and I have even increased 
> > my NetView file 
> > system sizes to maximum possible size but I still get the 
> > following error:
> > Something went wrong:
> > Media Packet:  "/cdrom/FILE33.PKT"
> > tnvlab01:FAILED (soft error) .......
> >
> > Here are the last few lines of the the /tmp/update.log:
> >        * Running customize script for fileset 
> > OVXMPAPI-MAN.
> >        *   Making links....
> >        * Running customize script for fileset IBMVA-RUN.
> > NOTE:    Installing new version of /usr/OV/bin/netview
> >          Old version in /usr/OV/bin/#netview
> > Waiting on SNMP Agent to become operational. 
> > 0513-029 The snmpd Subsystem is already active.
> > Multiple instances are not supported.
> > NOTE:    Starting trapgend
> > NOTE:    Starting mgragentd
> > NOTE:    Starting ovactiond
> > NOTE:    Starting nvcorrd
> > NOTE:    Starting nvpagerd
> > NOTE:    Starting actionsvr
> >  object manager name: actionsvr
> >  behavior:            OVs_WELL_BEHAVED
> >  state:               NOT_RUNNING
> >  PID:                 24900
> >  last message: 
> >  exit status:         exit(255)
> > customize:    Failure performing ovstart of actionsvr
> > ERR_0041_161
> > ERR_0041_161
> > + dspmsg -s 5 nv6000.cat 9999 customize:    Failing 
> > customize with exit 
> > code %s\n 2
> > + 1>> /tmp/update.log
> > customize:    Failing customize with exit code 2
> > ERROR:     Customize script for fileset IBMVA-RUN exited 
> > with code 2.
> > ERR_cfgbf_001
> > nvconfigbf:    Failing doing configuration with exit code 
> > 2
> > base:    Failure running script or command 
> > '/usr/OV/install/tools/nvconfigbf'
> > ERR_bcfg_210
> > base:    Failing base.config with exit code 2
> > I'd appreciate any suggestions, ideas or best wishes. 
> >
> > Thanks in advance.
> > Ray Westphal
> > Enterprise Rent-A-Car