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

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

On Tue, 21 Oct 2003 15:25:16 +0100
 Jane Curry <jane.curry@skills-1st.co.uk> wrote:
> I did a similar upgrade but my platform was AIX 5.1 - no 
> problems.  Have you checked that you have the AIX 5.2 
> prereq and that you are running the correct version of 
> the snmpd as doc'ed in the Release Notes?
> Cheers,
> Jane
Hello Jane,
Yes, the /usr/sbin/snmpd is linked to /usr/sbin/snmpdv1. 
And the Release Notes mention that I must have X11.compat 
package (X11R5) installed. lslpp shows 
X11.compat.lib.X11R5 installed (COMMITTED).
BTW - The install failed again at the very same point.

Thanks,
Ray Westphal

> Westphal, Raymond W wrote:
>
> > 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
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