[pca] pca returns patchadd error - inactive BE

[Becktold, Lisa M. (LARC-B7)[Chugach Federal Solutions, Inc.]]

Hi, Glenn:

Thanks for your e-mail.
You hit upon the problem - the inactive BE / was at 100% disk utilization.    This was due to java core files - which was why I was applying patches in the first place, to fix java and eliminate the core files.

Anyway, once I removed some of the java core files from /var/core and freed up space on the inactive boot environment, pca worked just fine and I was able to patch the inactive boot environment.

Lisa

From: pca-bounces at lists.univie.ac.at [mailto:pca-bounces at lists.univie.ac.at] On Behalf Of Glen Gunselman
Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2011 5:30 PM
To: PCA (Patch Check Advanced) Discussion
Subject: Re: [pca] pca returns patchadd error - inactive BE

Did you install that patch (the  Install and Patch Utilities Patch (119254)) on the "active" BE?

I think an exit code of 5 is IO error:

grep EIO /usr/include/sys/errno.h
#define EIO     5       /* I/O error                            */

How much free space on the inactive BE?
Can you create/delete dir and files on the mounted inactive BE?
Are you using ZFS?

I hope some of this helps, I'm mostly just thinking though the keyboard ...


Glen Gunselman
Systems Software Specialist
TCS
Emporia State University





From: pca-bounces at lists.univie.ac.at [mailto:pca-bounces at lists.univie.ac.at] On Behalf Of Lisa M. (LARC-B7)[Chugach Federal Solutions Inc.] Becktold
Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2011 2:07 PM
To: Glen Gunselman; pca at lists.univie.ac.at
Subject: [pca] pca returns patchadd error - inactive BE

Hi,

How do I use pca to patch inactive boot environment?

Whenever I try to us pca.perl to apply patches to an inactive boot environment, I see pkgadd and patchadd and "exit code 5" error messages for each patch:

Patch 119254-81 failed to install due to a failure produced by pkgadd.

See /.alt.Sol10_u6/var/sadm/patch/119254-81/log for details

Patchadd is terminating.

Failed (exit code 5)

I use "lumount inactive_BE" to mount the inactive boot environment before attempting to patch:

# lumount Sol10_u6

I've tried two different versions of the pca.perl command, with different options.  However, the result is the same - the pkgadd error appears.

# ./pca.perl --root=/.alt.Sol10_u6 -y -i -P /usr/local/patches missingrs

# ./pca.perl --root=/.alt.Sol10_u6 -install

How do I use pca to patch inactive boot environment?

Note:  The two pca.perl commands shown above work fine when I patch the active boot environment.  In other words, I leave out the "-root=/.alt.Sol10_u6"  option.

Lisa

Lisa Becktold
System Administrator
Chugach Federal Solutions, Inc.
NASA Center for AeroSpace Information Contract
Phone:       443 995 5805

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