[pca] PCA and M5000

[Martin Paul]

Don Solberg wrote:
> I have started using PCA on a new Sun M5000 Solaris 10 U4 server and
> all patches well.  The issue is a reboot after the patch
> installation, the sever appears to hang, finally continuing to reboot
> over an hour later.  It appears to hang on the process on shutting
 > down on the services.

It would be interesting to know where it really hangs. Do you get 
console output, and if so, what's the last thing it does show? Did it 
hang just once, or everytime that you install patches? What if you 
reboot without installing patches? Maybe it's not even patch related.

> I realize this really is an issue with a
> Solaris patch, but being new to the PCA and typically patching via
> patch clusters only I am nervous about the results.  I am reapplying
> the patches via patch clusters to see if the results are the same.

I'm pretty sure it will be the same. At the end, installing patches with 
pca and via the cluster is the same thing - both use the Solaris 
patchadd command to install a list of patches.

> I am looking to see if anyone has seen this issue or can offer any
> guidance.

Some of the bigger machines can take a lot of time for a cold reboot 
(testing hardware etc. in OBP), but that shouldn't be the case here. 
Personally, I've patched many Solaris 10 U4 machines, and never 
experienced a hang during shutdown.

Martin.