[pca] pca returns patchadd error - inactive BE

[Rajiv Gunja]

Lisa,
You might already know this, but never hurts to say it. While creating a BE,
you can always re-size your alt-be partition size.
This way,you will have more space than the actual OS.

Usually, when an alt-be takes up more space than the current-be, it means
that couple of mounted FS has been clubbed into it. At this point, you will
need to make explicit ignore to most non-os FS in your lucreate statement.

The above usually happens when you have multiple zones or shared storage/vcs
and vfstab is not clean.

Good luck.

-GGR
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Rajiv G Gunja
Blog: http://ossrocks.blogspot.com


On Thu, Sep 1, 2011 at 09:30, Becktold, Lisa M. (LARC-B7)[Chugach Federal
Solutions, Inc.] <lisa.m.becktold at nasa.gov> wrote:

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> Hi, Glenn:****
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> Thanks for your e-mail.  ****
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> 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.****
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> 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.****
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> Lisa****
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> *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
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> *To:* PCA (Patch Check Advanced) Discussion
> *Subject:* Re: [pca] pca returns patchadd error - inactive BE****
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> Did you install that patch (the  Install and Patch Utilities Patch
> (119254)) on the “active” BE?****
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> I think an exit code of 5 is IO error:****
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> grep EIO /usr/include/sys/errno.h****
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> #define EIO     5       /* I/O error                            */****
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> How much free space on the inactive BE?****
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> Can you create/delete dir and files on the mounted inactive BE?****
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> Are you using ZFS?****
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> I hope some of this helps, I’m mostly just thinking though the keyboard ...
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> Glen Gunselman
> Systems Software Specialist
> TCS
> Emporia State University****
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> *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****
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> Hi,****
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> How do I use pca to patch inactive boot environment?****
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> 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:****
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> Patch 119254-81 failed to install due to a failure produced by *pkgadd.***
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> See /.alt.Sol10_u6/var/sadm/patch/119254-81/log for details****
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> *Patchadd *is terminating.****
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> *Failed (exit code 5)*
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> I use “lumount *inactive_BE*” to mount the inactive boot environment
> before attempting to patch:****
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> *# lumount Sol10_u6*
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> I’ve tried two different versions of the pca.perl command, with different
> options.  However, the result is the same – the pkgadd error appears.****
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> *# ./pca.perl --root=/.alt.Sol10_u6 -y -i -P /usr/local/patches missingrs*
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> *# ./pca.perl --root=/.alt.Sol10_u6 –install*
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> How do I use pca to patch inactive boot environment?****
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> 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.****
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> Lisa****
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> Lisa Becktold****
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> System Administrator****
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> Chugach Federal Solutions, Inc.****
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> NASA Center for AeroSpace Information Contract****
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> Phone:       443 995 5805****
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