Re: HP-UX

Jonathan,

Thanks for the advice, it worked a treat... Used SWINSTALL interactively and the error messages I then got told me that all the patches I was trying to install had been superseded by other patches already on the system...

Thanks again...
----- Original Message -----
To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com> Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2001 2:40 PM

> Stuart,
>
> I'm not an expert in these matters, but I've just
> installed hp-ux 64-bit using the June release,
> and including the three large-scale quality
> patches.
>
> During installation I noted that swinstall was
> giving me message like:
> 298 files skipped out of 673
>
> I think this meant it was simply not installing
> patches which were not relevant to my particular
> environment, and I suspect that your messages
> mean the same.
>
> I prefer with swinstall to invoke the product for
> manual control, rather than using the command
> line. i.e.
> swinstall
> then fill in the screen which specifies the depot
> (the PHCO_17058.depot file in a local directory, then
> choose the install action).
>
> After the analyze stage you get messages about
> errors and warnings and files skipped - this may be
> more helpful (or perhaps comforting) than the summary
> message you are getting at the end.
>
>
> Jonathan Lewis
> http://www.jlcomp.demon.co.uk
>
> Host to The Co-Operative Oracle Users' FAQ
> http://www.jlcomp.demon.co.uk/faq/ind_faq.html
>
> Author of:
> Practical Oracle 8i: Building Efficient Databases
>
> Screen saver or Life saver: http://www.ud.com
> Use spare CPU to assist in cancer research.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com>
> Date: 29 August 2001 13:07
>
>
> |Ed, the real problem is it's not just this patch... there is a list
> of 10-15
> |patches which all give this error message. I am tempted to just go
> ahead and
> |try the install anyway, how seriously could things go wrong :-)
> |
> |
> |----- Original Message -----
> |To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com>
> |Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2001 9:10 PM
> |
> |
> |> This is just a stab in the dark:
> |>
> |> I have never used a \ when installing patches so try running the
> command
> |on
> |> a single line
> |> like this:
> |>
> |> # swinstall -x autoreboot=true -x patch_match_target=true -s
> |> /tmp/PHCO_17058.depot
> |>
> |> If that doesn't work and since this seems to be a SAM patch, do you
> have
> |sam
> |> installed and working?
> |> Try running sam from the command line and see if the system
> administrator
> |> tool works.
> |> Otherwise I dunno. This might fail if a superseding patch was
> already
> |> installed.
> |>
> |> PHCO_17058 has been replaced by PHCO_23876 (Latest Superseding
> Patch) and
> |> PHCO_21187 (Best Available Patch). Try doing:
> |>
> |> swlist | grep PHCO
> |>
> |> to see if any of these later patches are already installed.
> |>
> |> You might want to install one of the later patches. I don't think
> anyone
> |> comes out with
> |> so many patch udates like HP-UX. Anytime you see documentation that
> says
> |you
> |> need to install a certain patch, that patch will have been
> supersceeded 2
> |or
> |> more times by the time you read the documentation so don't be
> worried
> |about
> |> trying to install one of the supersceeding patches.
> |>
> |>
> |> HTH
> |> Ed
> |>
> |> -----Original Message-----
> |> Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2001 12:27 PM
> |> To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> |>
> |>
> |> Hi all, this is slightly off topic, but I am trying to install 9i
> database
> |> on an HP-UX 11.00 box.
> |>
> |> I have v.v.v.v. little experience on HP-UX. This is only a test
> box, but
> |> going through ORACLE's install guide, it tells me I need to install
> |various
> |> HP-UX patches using swinstall.
> |>
> |> Many of the patches I try to install are erroring out...
> |>
> |> I run the command
> |>
> |> # swinstall -x autoreboot=true -x patch_match_target=true \
> |>
> |> > -s /tmp/PHCO_17058.depot
> |>
> |> and get the following output:
> |>
> |> ======= 08/28/01 16:14:35 BST BEGIN swinstall SESSION
> (non-interactive)
> |>
> |> * Session started for user "root_at_ham1".
> |>
> |> * Beginning Selection
> |>
> |> * Target connection succeeded for "ham1:/".
> |> NOTE: The patch match operation failed to find patches for
> target
> |> software on "ham1" which passed the filter.
> |> NOTE: Cannot continue the "swinstall" task.
> |>
> |> ======= 08/28/01 16:14:50 BST END swinstall SESSION
> (non-interactive)
> |>
> |>
> |> Does this mean I don't need these patches??
> |>
> |> TIA,
> |>
> |> Stuart
> |>
>
> --
> Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com
> --
> Author: Jonathan Lewis
> INET: jonathan_at_jlcomp.demon.co.uk
>
> Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051
> San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists
> --------------------------------------------------------------------
> To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message
> to: ListGuru_at_fatcity.com (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in
> the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L
> (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may
> also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
>

-- 
Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com
-- 
Author: Stuart Graham
  INET: sgraham_at_intertrain.net

Fat City Network Services    -- (858) 538-5051  FAX: (858) 538-5051
San Diego, California        -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists
--------------------------------------------------------------------
To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message
to: ListGuru_at_fatcity.com (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in
the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L
(or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from).  You may
also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).