[pca] PCA and M5000

[Don Solberg]

Hi Martin, thanks for the response!

Right after I patch the server and initiate a "init 6", the server starts the shutdown the procedure.  The screen responds to the point where it states xx services stopping.  One of the next lines on the console "should" state going down on signal 15, but it never comes across the screen, it appears to be hanging on shutting down the services.....   It is consistent in its  behavior, hang every time after the patches applied.

I agree with another thread I saw from Jan with a T5220.  The problem must exist with a patch outside of the cluster.  If I apply the recommended cluster and the J2SE cluster I do not have the same issues with the reboot.  

I have also tried the PCA on a old 280 but does not have the same issue, reboots fine after patching.

Not to sure where to go with this one.  Tracking down one patch out of 200 that were installed could take days.  Going to Sun using a "unsupported" tool may be just as frustrating..

Any thoughts????

Thanks for you time!

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.