Loosing catalog during rug bin

Question

Hi everyone,
i created a catalog with 70 rpm-bundles (Name: Unifa_Basis_Katalog). These bundles have to be installed in a specific order ( bad coding ;-( ).
I made a script to perform 'rug bin bundle'-commands in the order i need.
These script is part of a file-bundle and will be activated during postinstall-process.
After performing an number of 'rug bin'-commands the script freezes.
The script is still active:
X5193152:/tmp # date
Fri Jan 22 14:32:38 CET 2010
X5193152:/tmp # ps -ef | grep rug
root 11055 11054 0 12:21 ? 00:00:00 /bin/ksh /tmp/rug_install.x
root 12346 11055 0 12:24 ? 00:00:02 /opt/novell/zenworks/bin/mono /opt/novell/zenworks/lib/rug/rug.exe bin -y perl-XML-NamespaceSupport
The 'rug bl'-command shows, that there is no catalog (Unifa_Basis_Katalog) anymore:
X5193152:/tmp # rug bl
S | Catalog | Name | Version | Type
--+-------------------+---------------------+---------+-----
i | Mandatory Bundles | Unifa_Basis_install | 13 | file
X5193152:/tmp #
Here is a part of my logfile with the last correct installation (green):
22/01/10 12:24:24 : Installationsversuch von perl-libwww-perl
The following bundles will be installed:
perl-libwww-perl (version 1)
The following packages will be installed:
perl-libwww-perl 5.76-30.1 (Unifa_Basis_Katalog)
Bundle transaction was successful
22/01/10 12:24:30 : Versuche Installationsstatus fuer perl-libwww-perl zu ermitteln
22/01/10 12:24:31 :perl-libwww-perl ist installiert
22/01/10 12:24:31 : Installationsversuch von perl-XML-NamespaceSupport
The following bundles will be installed:
perl-XML-NamespaceSupport (version 1)
The following packages will be installed:
perl-XML-NamespaceSupport 1.09-128 (Unifa_Basis_Katalog)
In the zmd-message.log i found the following entries:
22 Jan 2010 12:24:25 INFO BundleManager Executing preprepare scripts for perl-libwww-perl-1
22 Jan 2010 12:24:25 INFO WebCache Attempting to retrieve 'https://130.11.6.10/zenworks-pkgmgt/repo/getBundleFile/c120bafeab609adb154c72f71a9b650b/1/sles-9-i586/perl-libwww-perl-5.76-30.1.i586.rpm' (try 1)
22 Jan 2010 12:24:26 INFO WebCache Successfully retrieved https://130.11.6.10/zenworks-pkgmgt/...-30.1.i586.rpm
22 Jan 2010 12:24:26 INFO BundleManager Executing postprepare scripts for perl-libwww-perl-1
22 Jan 2010 12:24:26 INFO BundleManager Successfully prepared bundles
22 Jan 2010 12:24:26 INFO BundleManager Beginning bundle transaction
22 Jan 2010 12:24:26 INFO BundleTransaction Beginning bundle transaction: 1 installs, 0 removals.
22 Jan 2010 12:24:26 INFO BundleTransaction Executing preinstall scripts for perl-libwww-perl-1
22 Jan 2010 12:24:26 INFO BundleTransaction Installing perl-libwww-perl-1
22 Jan 2010 12:24:26 INFO RPMBackend Transaction start, 2 steps
22 Jan 2010 12:24:26 INFO RPMBackend Transaction start, 2 steps
22 Jan 2010 12:24:26 INFO RPMBackend Loading installed packages
22 Jan 2010 12:24:30 INFO HelperProgress ** Message: Added 1 new packages, deleted 0 old
22 Jan 2010 12:24:30 INFO RPMBackend Finished loading installed packages
22 Jan 2010 12:24:30 INFO SoftwareInventoryCapability Software changed on system, triggering inventory scan.
22 Jan 2010 12:24:30 INFO SoftwareInventoryCapability Software changed on system, triggering inventory scan.
22 Jan 2010 12:24:30 INFO SystemCatalog Added bundle 'perl-libwww-perl-1' to system catalog.
22 Jan 2010 12:24:30 INFO SystemCatalog Saving system catalog containing 29 bundles
22 Jan 2010 12:24:30 INFO BundleTransaction Executing postinstall scripts for perl-libwww-perl-1
22 Jan 2010 12:24:30 INFO BundleTransaction Installed 'perl-libwww-perl-1'
22 Jan 2010 12:24:30 INFO SystemCatalog Saving system catalog containing 29 bundles
22 Jan 2010 12:24:30 INFO WebCache Expiring cached files...
22 Jan 2010 12:24:30 INFO BundleTransaction Novell.Zenworks.Zmd.BUNDLES_INSTALLED: Novell.Zenworks.Zmd.BUNDLES_INSTALLED
22 Jan 2010 12:24:30 INFO BundleTransaction Updating the log writing into the Database
22 Jan 2010 12:24:30 INFO Transaction Transaction finished
22 Jan 2010 12:24:30 INFO BundleTransaction Bundle transaction ended.
22 Jan 2010 12:24:32 INFO BundleManager Executing preprepare scripts for perl-XML-NamespaceSupport-1
22 Jan 2010 12:24:32 INFO WebCache Attempting to retrieve 'https://130.11.6.10/zenworks-pkgmgt/repo/getBundleFile/9f646e24e95a202b28ce498b09fa41bb/1/sles-9-i586/perl-XML-NamespaceSupport-1.09-128.i586.rpm' (try 1)
22 Jan 2010 12:24:33 INFO WebCache Successfully retrieved https://130.11.6.10/zenworks-pkgmgt/...9-128.i586.rpm
22 Jan 2010 12:24:33 INFO BundleManager Executing postprepare scripts for perl-XML-NamespaceSupport-1
22 Jan 2010 12:24:33 INFO BundleManager Successfully prepared bundles
22 Jan 2010 12:24:33 INFO BundleManager Beginning bundle transaction
22 Jan 2010 12:24:33 INFO BundleTransaction Beginning bundle transaction: 1 installs, 0 removals.
22 Jan 2010 12:24:33 INFO BundleTransaction Executing preinstall scripts for perl-XML-NamespaceSupport-1
22 Jan 2010 12:24:33 INFO BundleTransaction Installing perl-XML-NamespaceSupport-1
22 Jan 2010 12:24:33 INFO RPMBackend Transaction start, 2 steps
22 Jan 2010 12:24:33 INFO RPMBackend Transaction start, 2 steps
22 Jan 2010 12:26:18 INFO InventoryRefresh Refreshing Software Inventory
22 Jan 2010 12:26:22 INFO InventoryRefresh Software Inventory sent successfully
22 Jan 2010 12:31:48 INFO ServiceManager Scheduled refresh triggered, next refresh at 01/22/2010 12:41:48
I would be thankfull for any idea.
Greetings
Dirk

Answer 1

Hi Rainer,
thanks for your ideas.
Here are some answers to your questions:
Q: I don't know enough about the software you need to install (just 70 rpm packages or also some files outside from packages ?).
A:At this moment only packages
Q:You need to install them just in a specific order and the rpms do not have dependencies configured correctly to allow a automatic resolution ?
A:Yes
Q: Do you have a single bundle for each rpm package or do you have a bundle including all 70 packages ?
A: Yes. I also have a bundle-group and every single bundle is a member of it. Every singel bundle is also a part of the catalog.
Q: What zlm version are you running ?
7.3 IR1
I gave your second idea a try.
I made a filebundle for the installationscript.
Here is a part of this Script:
# MAIN
date "+%d/%m/%y %H:%M:%S : Start des rug_install"
date "+%d/%m/%y %H:%M:%S : Katalog abonieren ueber subscription"
rug sub Unifa_Basis_Katalog
for bundle in `cat /tmp/$quelldat`
do
bundle_name=${bundle}
date "+%d/%m/%y %H:%M:%S : Installationsversuch von $bundle_name"
rug in -N -y -c Unifa_Basis_Katalog $bundle_name
#rug bin -y -N $bundle_name
done
For testing i started the script within a console.
Part of logfile:
26/01/10 09:57:18 : Start des rug_install
26/01/10 09:57:18 : Katalog abonieren ueber subscription
Subscribed to 'Unifa_Basis_Katalog'
26/01/10 09:57:19 : Installationsversuch von sycfunc
Resolving Dependencies...
The following packages will be installed:
sycfunc 1.02.14-1 (Unifa_Basis_Katalog)
Transaction Finished
26/01/10 09:57:19 : Installationsversuch von symbase
Resolving Dependencies...
The following packages will be installed:
sycfunc 1.02.14-1 (Unifa_Basis_Katalog)
sycfunc-1.02.14-1.noarch: needed by symbase-2.1.13-1.i586
symbase 2.1.13-1 (Unifa_Basis_Katalog)
Transaction Finished
26/01/10 09:57:21 : Installationsversuch von symlicen
Resolving Dependencies...
The following packages will be installed:
symlicen 1.3.02-1 (Unifa_Basis_Katalog)
Transaction Finished
26/01/10 09:57:33 : Installationsversuch von update-alternatives
Resolving Dependencies...
The following packages will be installed:
update-alternatives 1.8.3-4 (Unifa_Basis_Katalog)
Transaction Finished
26/01/10 09:57:35 : Installationsversuch von zip
Resolving Dependencies...
Terminated At 11:00 am i killed the 'rug in...' for the zip installation
26/01/10 11:00:38 : Installationsversuch von sysstat
ERROR: 'Unifa_Basis_Katalog' is not a valid catalog.
26/01/10 11:00:38 : Installationsversuch von swccobrt
ERROR: 'Unifa_Basis_Katalog' is not a valid catalog.
Here is the part of the zlm-messages.log:
26 Jan 2010 09:57:34 INFO WebCache Attempting to retrieve 'https://130.11.6.10/zenworks-pkgmgt/repo/getBundleFile/5af2b69f99bc14f32f346d6d059ee8bb/1/sles-9-i586/update-alternatives-1.8.3-4.noarch.rpm' (try 1)
26 Jan 2010 09:57:34 INFO WebCache Using cached content for https://130.11.6.10/zenworks-pkgmgt/...3-4.noarch.rpm
26 Jan 2010 09:57:34 INFO RPMBackend Transaction start, 2 steps
26 Jan 2010 09:57:35 INFO WebCache Expiring cached files...
26 Jan 2010 09:57:35 INFO Transaction Transaction finished
26 Jan 2010 09:57:38 INFO ServiceManager Scheduled refresh triggered, next refresh at 01/26/2010 10:07:38
26 Jan 2010 09:57:38 INFO ZenService Collecting registration information...
26 Jan 2010 09:57:51 INFO ZenService Registering device
26 Jan 2010 09:57:51 INFO ZenService Registration successful, response was 'X5193151'
26 Jan 2010 09:57:51 INFO ZenService Refreshing capability 'settings'
26 Jan 2010 09:57:51 INFO ZenService Successfully refreshed capability 'settings'
26 Jan 2010 09:57:51 INFO ZenService Refreshing capability 'Log'
26 Jan 2010 09:57:51 INFO ZenService Successfully refreshed capability 'Log'
26 Jan 2010 09:57:51 INFO ZenService Refreshing capability 'policymanager'
26 Jan 2010 09:57:51 INFO ZenService Successfully refreshed capability 'policymanager'
26 Jan 2010 09:57:51 INFO ZenService Refreshing capability 'Hardware Inventory'
26 Jan 2010 09:57:51 INFO InventoryCapability Hardware Inventory does nothing on refresh.
26 Jan 2010 09:57:51 INFO ZenService Successfully refreshed capability 'Hardware Inventory'
26 Jan 2010 09:57:51 INFO ZenService Refreshing capability 'System Inventory'
26 Jan 2010 09:57:51 INFO InventoryCapability System Inventory does nothing on refresh.
26 Jan 2010 09:57:51 INFO ZenService Successfully refreshed capability 'System Inventory'
26 Jan 2010 09:57:51 INFO ZenService Refreshing capability 'Software Inventory'
26 Jan 2010 09:57:51 INFO InventoryCapability Software Inventory does nothing on refresh.
26 Jan 2010 09:57:51 INFO ZenService Successfully refreshed capability 'Software Inventory'
26 Jan 2010 09:57:51 INFO ZenService Refreshing capability 'pkgmgt-repo'
26 Jan 2010 09:57:51 INFO WebCache Attempting to retrieve 'https://130.11.6.10/zenworks-pkgmgt/repo/getBundleInfo/sles-9-i586' (try 1)
26 Jan 2010 09:57:52 INFO WebCache Using cached content for https://130.11.6.10/zenworks-pkgmgt/...fo/sles-9-i586
26 Jan 2010 09:57:52 INFO BundleCapability Bundle metadata download completed
26 Jan 2010 09:57:52 INFO BundleCapability Loaded 73 bundles
26 Jan 2010 09:57:52 INFO WebCache Attempting to retrieve 'https://130.11.6.10/zenworks-pkgmgt/repo/getCatalogInfo' (try 1)
26 Jan 2010 09:57:52 INFO WebCache Using cached content for https://130.11.6.10/zenworks-pkgmgt/repo/getCatalogInfo
26 Jan 2010 09:57:52 INFO BundleCapability Clearing catalogs
26 Jan 2010 10:01:26 INFO InventoryRefresh Refreshing Software Inventory
26 Jan 2010 10:01:27 INFO InventoryRefresh Software Inventory sent successfully
26 Jan 2010 10:07:38 INFO ServiceManager Scheduled refresh triggered, next refresh at 01/26/2010 10:17:38
26 Jan 2010 10:07:38 INFO Progress Progress.Stop Message: A Refresh request already Running. This Refresh is Ignored. Please Try After Sometime.
26 Jan 2010 10:07:38 INFO DaemonHealth Current RSS size is 32156 KB
26 Jan 2010 10:17:38 INFO ServiceManager Scheduled refresh triggered, next refresh at 01/26/2010 10:27:38
26 Jan 2010 10:17:38 INFO Progress Progress.Stop Message: A Refresh request already Running. This Refresh is Ignored. Please Try After Sometime.
26 Jan 2010 10:27:38 INFO ServiceManager Scheduled refresh triggered, next refresh at 01/26/2010 10:37:38
26 Jan 2010 10:27:38 INFO Progress Progress.Stop Message: A Refresh request already Running. This Refresh is Ignored. Please Try After Sometime.
26 Jan 2010 10:57:38 INFO ServiceManager Scheduled refresh triggered, next refresh at 01/26/2010 11:07:38
26 Jan 2010 10:57:38 INFO Progress Progress.Stop Message: A Refresh request already Running. This Refresh is Ignored. Please Try After Sometime.
26 Jan 2010 11:07:38 INFO ServiceManager Scheduled refresh triggered, next refresh at 01/26/2010 11:17:38
26 Jan 2010 11:07:38 INFO Progress Progress.Stop Message: A Refresh request already Running. This Refresh is Ignored. Please Try After Sometime.
Maybe there is a problem with the sheduled refresh hitting the installation?
I have a quesion about your third suggestion.
The dependencies in the empty package will not be used in a random order?
Sorry if this is a dump question. I am new to rpm.
Greetings
Dirk