Solaris 10 U6 SPARC - DHCP Jumpstart Issues

Got working DHCP server until U6 image has been put in place. Not sure if some thing got changed as far as 'macros' are concerned.
Using DHCP for network configuration information.
Reading ZFS config: done.
Setting up Java. Please wait...
Serial console, reverting to text install
Beginning system identification...
Searching for configuration file(s)...
Using sysid configuration file /sysidcfg
Search complete.
Discovering additional network configuration...
Completing system identification...
Starting remote procedure call (RPC) services: done.
System identification complete.
Starting Solaris installation program...
Searching for JumpStart directory...
/sbin/dhcpinfo: primary interface requested but no primary interface is set
not found
Warning: Could not find matching rule in rules.ok <== FOR SOME REASON IT COMPLAINS
Press the return key for an interactive Solaris install program... <== GOES TO INTERACTIVE, EXPECTING TO HIT ENTER
Executing JumpStart preinstall phase...
Searching for SolStart directory...
Checking rules.ok file... ==> AND FINDS ALL GOOD IN RULES.OK
Using begin script: install_begin
Using finish script: patch_finish
/sbin/dhcpinfo: connect: Connection refused
Executing SolStart preinstall phase...
Executing begin script "install_begin"...
Begin script install_begin execution completed.
And then goes to interactive again. The same macros works seemless without any issues for U5, though.
Wondering if anyone has some answers. Thanks in advance.
-AV

I did not remember of the errors, so I recreated my image for testing...and did not get any issues, otherthan the anticipated ones. Please see below.
root@jumplab:/export# pwd
/export
root@jumplab:/export# mkdir /export/mr
root@jumplab:/export# /boot/solaris/bin/root_archive unpackmedia /export/sol10u6 /export/mr
umount: /tmp/mnt22057 busy
rmdir: directory "/tmp/mnt22057": Directory is a mount point or in use
lofiadm: could not unmap file /export/sol10u6/boot/sparc.miniroot: Device busy
rmdir: directory "/tmp/mnt22057": Directory is a mount point or in use
root@jumplab:/export# df -h
Filesystem size used avail capacity Mounted on
/dev/md/dsk/d0 20G 6.1G 13G 32% /
/devices 0K 0K 0K 0% /devices
ctfs 0K 0K 0K 0% /system/contract
proc 0K 0K 0K 0% /proc
mnttab 0K 0K 0K 0% /etc/mnttab
swap 17G 1.4M 17G 1% /etc/svc/volatile
objfs 0K 0K 0K 0% /system/object
sharefs 0K 0K 0K 0% /etc/dfs/sharetab
fd 0K 0K 0K 0% /dev/fd
/dev/md/dsk/d4 30G 18G 12G 60% /var
swap 17G 4.1M 17G 1% /tmp
swap 17G 56K 17G 1% /var/run
swap 17G 0K 17G 0% /dev/vx/dmp
swap 17G 0K 17G 0% /dev/vx/rdmp
/dev/md/dsk/d2 7.9G 4.7G 3.1G 60% /home
/dev/md/dsk/d3 2.0G 240M 1.7G 13% /jumpstart
/dev/vx/dsk/jumpexp-local/jumpexpvol
100G 79G 21G 79% /export-dev
/dev/vx/dsk/jumpexp/jumpexpvol
249G 175G 74G 71% /export
/dev/vx/dsk/testdg1/testvol
100G 19G 80G 20% /export/testdepot-dev
/dev/vx/dsk/testdg/testvol
300G 172G 120G 59% /export/testdepot
/export/tftpboot
249G 175G 74G 71% /tftpboot
/export/sol10x86/boot
249G 175G 74G 71% /tftpboot/I86PC.Solaris_10-1
/export/sol10x86/boot
249G 175G 74G 71% /tftpboot/boot
/dev/odm 0K 0K 0K 0% /dev/odm
/dev/lofi/1 167M 164M 0K 100% /tmp/mnt22057
root@jumplab:/export# cd /export/mr
root@jumplab:/export/mr# ls
a cdrom etc mnt proc system var
bin dev kernel opt reconfigure tmp
boot devices lib platform sbin usr
root@jumplab:/export/mr# cd sbin
root@jumplab:/export/mr/sbin# cp sulogin sulogin.orig
root@jumplab:/export/mr/sbin# export PKG_NONABI_SYMLINKS=true
root@jumplab:/export/mr/sbin# patchadd -C /export/mr /root/138888-03
Checking installed patches...
Verifying sufficient filesystem capacity (dry run method)...
Installing patch packages...
Patch 138888-03 has been successfully installed.
See /export/mr/var/sadm/patch/138888-03/log for details
Patch packages installed:
SUNWcakr
SUNWcakr.3
SUNWcakr.2
SUNWckr
SUNWcsd
SUNWcsl
SUNWcslr
SUNWcsr
SUNWcsu
SUNWesu
SUNWmdb
SUNWmdbr
SUNWpd
SUNWroute
SUNWssad
SUNWust1
SUNWust2
root@jumplab:/export/mr/sbin# ls /export/mr/etc/svc/
repository.db volatile
root@jumplab:/export/mr/sbin# ls -l /export/mr/etc/svc/
total 1026
-rw------- 1 root sys 515072 Oct 27 14:53 repository.db
drwxr-xr-x 2 root sys 512 Oct 27 14:39 volatile
root@jumplab:/export/mr/sbin# export SVCCFG_REPOSITORY=/export/mr/etc/svc/repository.db
root@jumplab:/export/mr/sbin# svccfg -s system/manifest-import setprop start/exec = :true
root@jumplab:/export/mr/sbin# svccfg -s system/filesystem/usr setprop start/exec = :true
root@jumplab:/export/mr/sbin# svccfg -s system/identity:node setprop start/exec = :true
root@jumplab:/export/mr/sbin# svccfg -s system/device/local setprop start/exec = :true
root@jumplab:/export/mr/sbin# svccfg -s network/loopback:default setprop start/exec = :true
root@jumplab:/export/mr/sbin# svccfg -s network/physical:default setprop start/exec = :true
root@jumplab:/export/mr/sbin# svccfg -s milestone/multi-user setprop start/exec = :true
root@jumplab:/export/mr/sbin# /Boot/boot/solaris/bin/root_archive packmedia /export/sol10u6 /export/mr
sh: /Boot/boot/solaris/bin/root_archive: not found
root@jumplab:/export/mr/sbin# /boot/solaris/bin/root_archive packmedia /export/sol10u6 /export/mr
root@jumplab:/export/mr/sbin# cd /export/sol10u6/
root@jumplab:/export/sol10u6# ls -lrt
total 960
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 460262 Jul 31 2008 JDS-THIRDPARTYLICENSEREADME
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 6557 Jul 31 2008 Copyright
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 257 Oct 27 14:57 installer
drwxr-xr-x 2 root bin 96 Oct 27 15:20 License
drwxr-xr-x 7 root root 8192 Oct 27 15:21 Solaris_10
drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 96 Oct 27 15:21 platform
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 96 Apr 22 14:33 boot
root@jumplab:/export/sol10u6# cd boot
root@jumplab:/export/sol10u6/boot# ls -lrt
total 364816
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 8192 Apr 22 14:28 hsfs.bootblock
-rw-r--r-T 1 root root 186777600 Apr 22 14:28 sparc.miniroot
root@jumplab:/export/sol10u6/boot# cd ../
root@jumplab:/export/sol10u6# cd Sol*/Tools/Boot
root@jumplab:/export/sol10u6/Solaris_10/Tools/Boot# ls -lrt
total 216960
drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 96 Oct 27 15:21 platform
-rw-r--r-- 1 root other 14 Mar 24 11:41 netmask
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 28288762 Apr 22 14:26 pkg_db.cpio.bz2
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 72364374 Apr 22 14:28 X.cpio.bz2
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 287385 Apr 22 14:28 X_small.cpio.bz2
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 10107822 Apr 22 14:28 lu.cpio.bz2
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1530 Apr 22 14:28 lu.platforms
root@jumplab:/export/sol10u6/Solaris_10/Tools/Boot#
I hope you followed the instructions correctly.

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        DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.56.19.157
        DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.56.0.2,10.56.0.33What I suspect is the DNS configuration on angel (Solaris 10) to lookup DNS server (10.56.0.2, 10.56.0.33) is not correct, or that it is on another subnet (10.56.120.0) and require additional setup to see other hosts that do not belong to its own subnet. angel has only recently been built and its likely that its DNS setup has not been configured correctly.
Other Solaris 10 Sparc servers on the same subnet 10.56.120.0 also experienced the same issue even though they have been around for a while. Nevertheless, their DNS configuration may have been manually configured to see certain subnets and not 10.56.4.0 where jodie lives.
Any idea on where the problem lies?
Thanks in advance,
Crystal

Solaris 10 SPARC 11/06 - 08/07 How?

How to update Solaris 10 SPARC 64-bit OS from 11/06 to 08/07
Where to download update?
I routinely apply Solaris 10 recommended Patch Clusters..Currently at 127111-03
Any issues to be especially aware of??
Thanks..

You would have to burn (or create a jumpstart image) of the Solaris 10 8/07 release and then use the 'upgrade' option of the install program to get from the 11/06 to the 8/07 release, adding patches is not enough.
.7/M.

SAP 7.0 on SUN Cluster 3.2 (Solaris 10 / SPARC)

Dear All;
i'm installing a two nodes cluster (SUN Cluster 3.2 / Solaris 10 / SPARC), for a HA SAP 7.0 / Oracle 10g DataBase
SAP and Oracle softwares were successfully installed and i could successfully cluster the Oracle DB and it is tested and working fine.
for the SAP i did the following configurations
# clresource create -g sap-ci-res-grp -t SUNW.sap_ci_v2 -p SAPSID=PRD -p Ci_instance_id=01 -p Ci_services_string=SCS -p Ci_startup_script=startsap_01 -p Ci_shutdown_script=stopsap_01 -p resource_dependencies=sap-hastp-rs,ora-db-res sap-ci-scs-res
# clresource create -g sap-ci-res-grp -t SUNW.sap_ci_v2 -p SAPSID=PRD -p Ci_instance_id=00 -p Ci_services_string=ASCS -p Ci_startup_script=startsap_00 -p Ci_shutdown_script=stopsap_00 -p resource_dependencies=sap-hastp-rs,or-db-res sap-ci-Ascs-res
and when trying to bring the sap-ci-res-grp online # clresourcegroup online -M sap-ci-res-grp
it executes the startsap scripts successfully as following
Sun Microsystems Inc. SunOS 5.10 Generic January 2005
stty: : No such device or address
stty: : No such device or address
Starting SAP-Collector Daemon
11:04:57 04.06.2008 LOG: Effective User Id is root
Starting SAP-Collector Daemon
11:04:57 04.06.2008 LOG: Effective User Id is root
* This is Saposcol Version COLL 20.94 700 - V3.72 64Bit
* Usage: saposcol -l: Start OS Collector
* saposcol -k: Stop OS Collector
* saposcol -d: OS Collector Dialog Mode
* saposcol -s: OS Collector Status
* Starting collector (create new process)
* This is Saposcol Version COLL 20.94 700 - V3.72 64Bit
* Usage: saposcol -l: Start OS Collector
* saposcol -k: Stop OS Collector
* saposcol -d: OS Collector Dialog Mode
* saposcol -s: OS Collector Status
* Starting collector (create new process)
saposcol on host eccprd01 started
Starting SAP Instance ASCS00
Startup-Log is written to /export/home/prdadm/startsap_ASCS00.log
saposcol on host eccprd01 started
Running /usr/sap/PRD/SYS/exe/run/startj2eedb
Trying to start PRD database ...
Log file: /export/home/prdadm/startdb.log
Instance Service on host eccprd01 started
Jun 4 11:05:01 eccprd01 SAPPRD_00[26054]: Unable to open trace file sapstartsrv.log. (Error 11 Resource temporarily unavailable) [ntservsserver.cpp 1863]
/usr/sap/PRD/SYS/exe/run/startj2eedb completed successfully
Starting SAP Instance SCS01
Startup-Log is written to /export/home/prdadm/startsap_SCS01.log
Instance Service on host eccprd01 started
Jun 4 11:05:02 eccprd01 SAPPRD_01[26111]: Unable to open trace file sapstartsrv.log. (Error 11 Resource temporarily unavailable) [ntservsserver.cpp 1863]
Instance on host eccprd01 started
Instance on host eccprd01 started
and the it repeats the following warnings on the /var/adm/messages till it fails to the other node
Jun 4 12:26:22 eccprd01 SC[SUNW.sap_ci_v2,sap-ci-res-grp,sap-ci-scs-res,sap_ci_svc_start]: [ID 183934 daemon.notice] Waiting for SAP Central Instance main dispatcher to come up.
Jun 4 12:26:25 eccprd01 SC[SUNW.sap_ci_v2,sap-ci-res-grp,sap-ci-Ascs-res,sap_ci_svc_start]: [ID 183934 daemon.notice] Waiting for SAP Central Instance main dispatcher to come up.
Jun 4 12:26:25 eccprd01 SC[SUNW.sap_ci_v2,sap-ci-res-grp,sap-ci-scs-res,sap_ci_svc_start]: [ID 183934 daemon.notice] Waiting for SAP Central Instance main dispatcher to come up.
Jun 4 12:26:28 eccprd01 last message repeated 1 time
Jun 4 12:26:28 eccprd01 SC[SUNW.sap_ci_v2,sap-ci-res-grp,sap-ci-Ascs-res,sap_ci_svc_start]: [ID 183934 daemon.notice] Waiting for SAP Central Instance main dispatcher to come up.
Jun 4 12:26:31 eccprd01 SC[SUNW.sap_ci_v2,sap-ci-res-grp,sap-ci-scs-res,sap_ci_svc_start]: [ID 183934 daemon.notice] Waiting for SAP Central Instance main dispatcher to come up.
Jun 4 12:26:31 eccprd01 SC[SUNW.sap_ci_v2,sap-ci-res-grp,sap-ci-Ascs-res,sap_ci_svc_start]: [ID 183934 daemon.notice] Waiting for SAP Central Instance main dispatcher to come up.
Jun 4 12:26:34 eccprd01 SC[SUNW.sap_ci_v2,sap-ci-res-grp,sap-ci-scs-res,sap_ci_svc_start]: [ID 183934 daemon.notice] Waiting for SAP Central Instance main dispatcher to come up.
Jun 4 12:26:34 eccprd01 SC[SUNW.sap_ci_v2,sap-ci-res-grp,sap-ci-Ascs-res,sap_ci_svc_start]: [ID 183934 daemon.notice] Waiting for SAP Central Instance main dispatcher to come up.
Jun 4 12:26:37 eccprd01 SC[SUNW.sap_ci_v2,sap-ci-res-grp,sap-ci-scs-res,sap_ci_svc_start]: [ID 183934 daemon.notice] Waiting for SAP Central Instance main dispatcher to come up.
Jun 4 12:26:37 eccprd01 SC[SUNW.sap_ci_v2,sap-ci-res-grp,sap-ci-Ascs-res,sap_ci_svc_start]: [ID 183934 daemon.notice] Waiting for SAP Central Instance main dispatcher to come up.
Jun 4 12:26:40 eccprd01 SC[SUNW.sap_ci_v2,sap-ci-res-grp,sap-ci-scs-res,sap_ci_svc_start]: [ID 183934 daemon.notice] Waiting for SAP Central Instance main dispatcher to come up.
Jun 4 12:26:40 eccprd01 SC[SUNW.sap_ci_v2,sap-ci-res-grp,sap-ci-Ascs-res,sap_ci_svc_start]: [ID 183934 daemon.notice] Waiting for SAP Central Instance main dispatcher to come up.
Jun 4 12:26:43 eccprd01 SC[SUNW.sap_ci_v2,sap-ci-res-grp,sap-ci-scs-res,sap_ci_svc_start]: [ID 183934 daemon.notice] Waiting for SAP Central Instance main dispatcher to come up.
Jun 4 12:26:43 eccprd01 SC[SUNW.sap_ci_v2,sap-ci-res-grp,sap-ci-Ascs-res,sap_ci_svc_start]: [ID 183934 daemon.notice] Waiting for SAP Central Instance main dispatcher to come up.
Jun 4 12:26:46 eccprd01 last message repeated 1 time
Jun 4 12:26:46 eccprd01 SC[SUNW.sap_ci_v2,sap-ci-res-grp,sap-ci-scs-res,sap_ci_svc_start]: [ID 183934 daemon.notice] Waiting for SAP Central Instance main dispatcher to come up.
Jun 4 12:26:49 eccprd01 last message repeated 1 time
Jun 4 12:26:49 eccprd01 SC[SUNW.sap_ci_v2,sap-ci-res-grp,sap-ci-Ascs-res,sap_ci_svc_start]: [ID 183934 daemon.notice] Waiting for SAP Central Instance main dispatcher to come up.
Jun 4 12:26:52 eccprd01 last message repeated 1 time
Jun 4 12:26:52 eccprd01 SC[SUNW.sap_ci_v2,sap-ci-res-grp,sap-ci-scs-res,sap_ci_svc_start]: [ID 183934 daemon.notice] Waiting for SAP Central Instance main dispatcher to come up.
Jun 4 12:26:55 eccprd01 SC[SUNW.sap_ci_v2,sap-ci-res-grp,sap-ci-Ascs-res,sap_ci_svc_start]: [ID 183934 daemon.notice] Waiting for SAP Central Instance main dispatcher to come up.
Jun 4 12:26:55 eccprd01 SC[SUNW.sap_ci_v2,sap-ci-res-grp,sap-ci-scs-res,sap_ci_svc_start]: [ID 183934 daemon.notice] Waiting for SAP Central Instance main dispatcher to come up.
Jun 4 12:26:58 eccprd01 last message repeated 1 time
Jun 4 12:26:58 eccprd01 SC[SUNW.sap_ci_v2,sap-ci-res-grp,sap-ci-Ascs-res,sap_ci_svc_start]: [ID 183934 daemon.notice] Waiting for SAP Central Instance main dispatcher to come up.
Jun 4 12:27:01 eccprd01 last message repeated 1 time
Jun 4 12:27:01 eccprd01 SC[SUNW.sap_ci_v2,sap-ci-res-grp,sap-ci-scs-res,sap_ci_svc_start]: [ID 183934 daemon.notice] Waiting for SAP Central Instance main dispatcher to come up.
Jun 4 12:27:04 eccprd01 last message repeated 1 time
Jun 4 12:27:04 eccprd01 SC[SUNW.sap_ci_v2,sap-ci-res-grp,sap-ci-Ascs-res,sap_ci_svc_start]: [ID 183934 daemon.notice] Waiting for SAP Central Instance main dispatcher to come up.
Jun 4 12:27:07 eccprd01 SC[SUNW.sap_ci_v2,sap-ci-res-grp,sap-ci-scs-res,sap_ci_svc_start]: [ID 183934 daemon.notice] Waiting for SAP Central Instance main dispatcher to come up.
Jun 4 12:27:07 eccprd01 SC[SUNW.sap_ci_v2,sap-ci-res-grp,sap-ci-Ascs-res,sap_ci_svc_start]: [ID 183934 daemon.notice] Waiting for SAP Central Instance main dispatcher to come up.
Jun 4 12:27:10 eccprd01 SC[SUNW.sap_ci_v2,sap-ci-res-grp,sap-ci-scs-res,sap_ci_svc_start]: [ID 183934 daemon.notice] Waiting for SAP Central Instance main dispatcher to come up.
Jun 4 12:27:10 eccprd01 SC[SUNW.sap_ci_v2,sap-ci-res-grp,sap-ci-Ascs-res,sap_ci_svc_start]: [ID 183934 daemon.notice] Waiting for SAP Central Instance main dispatcher to come up.
Jun 4 12:27:13 eccprd01 last message repeated 1 time
Jun 4 12:27:13 eccprd01 SC[SUNW.sap_ci_v2,sap-ci-res-grp,sap-ci-scs-res,sap_ci_svc_start]: [ID 183934 daemon.notice] Waiting for SAP Central Instance main dispatcher to come up.
Jun 4 12:27:16 eccprd01 last message repeated 1 time
Jun 4 12:27:16 eccprd01 SC[SUNW.sap_ci_v2,sap-ci-res-grp,sap-ci-Ascs-res,sap_ci_svc_start]: [ID 183934 daemon.notice] Waiting for SAP Central Instance main dispatcher to come up.
Jun 4 12:27:19 eccprd01 SC[SUNW.sap_ci_v2,sap-ci-res-grp,sap-ci-scs-res,sap_ci_svc_start]: [ID 183934 daemon.notice] Waiting for SAP Central Instance main dispatcher to come up.
Jun 4 12:27:19 eccprd01 SC[SUNW.sap_ci_v2,sap-ci-res-grp,sap-ci-Ascs-res,sap_ci_svc_start]: [ID 183934 daemon.notice] Waiting for SAP Central Instance main dispatcher to come up.
Jun 4 12:27:22 eccprd01 last message repeated 1 time
Jun 4 12:27:22 eccprd01 SC[SUNW.sap_ci_v2,sap-ci-res-grp,sap-ci-scs-res,sap_ci_svc_start]: [ID 183934 daemon.notice] Waiting for SAP Central Instance main dispatcher to come up.
Jun 4 12:27:25 eccprd01 last message repeated 1 time
Jun 4 12:27:25 eccprd01 SC[SUNW.sap_ci_v2,sap-ci-res-grp,sap-ci-Ascs-res,sap_ci_svc_start]: [ID 183934 daemon.notice] Waiting for SAP Central Instance main dispatcher to come up.
Jun 4 12:27:28 eccprd01 SC[SUNW.sap_ci_v2,sap-ci-res-grp,sap-ci-scs-res,sap_ci_svc_start]: [ID 183934 daemon.notice] Waiting for SAP Central Instance main dispatcher to come up.
Jun 4 12:27:28 eccprd01 SC[SUNW.sap_ci_v2,sap-ci-res-grp,sap-ci-Ascs-res,sap_ci_svc_start]: [ID 183934 daemon.notice] Waiting for SAP Central Instance main dispatcher to come up.
Jun 4 12:27:31 eccprd01 SC[SUNW.sap_ci_v2,sap-ci-res-grp,sap-ci-scs-res,sap_ci_svc_start]: [ID 183934 daemon.notice] Waiting for SAP Central Instance main dispatcher to come up.
Jun 4 12:27:31 eccprd01 SC[SUNW.sap_ci_v2,sap-ci-res-grp,sap-ci-Ascs-res,sap_ci_svc_start]: [ID 183934 daemon.notice] Waiting for SAP Central Instance main dispatcher to come up.
Jun 4 12:27:34 eccprd01 last message repeated 1 time
Jun 4 12:27:34 eccprd01 SC[SUNW.sap_ci_v2,sap-ci-res-grp,sap-ci-scs-res,sap_ci_svc_start]: [ID 183934 daemon.notice] Waiting for SAP Central Instance main dispatcher to come up.
Jun 4 12:27:37 eccprd01 last message repeated 1 time
Jun 4 12:27:37 eccprd01 SC[SUNW.sap_ci_v2,sap-ci-res-grp,sap-ci-Ascs-res,sap_ci_svc_start]: [ID 183934 daemon.notice] Waiting for SAP Central Instance main dispatcher to come up.
Jun 4 12:27:40 eccprd01 SC[SUNW.sap_ci_v2,sap-ci-res-grp,sap-ci-scs-res,sap_ci_svc_start]: [ID 183934 daemon.notice] Waiting for SAP Central Instance main dispatcher to come up.
Jun 4 12:27:40 eccprd01 SC[SUNW.sap_ci_v2,sap-ci-res-grp,sap-ci-Ascs-res,sap_ci_svc_start]: [ID 183934 daemon.notice] Waiting for SAP Central Instance main dispatcher to come up.
Jun 4 12:27:43 eccprd01 last message repeated 1 time
Jun 4 12:27:43 eccprd01 SC[SUNW.sap_ci_v2,sap-ci-res-grp,sap-ci-scs-res,sap_ci_svc_start]: [ID 183934 daemon.notice] Waiting for SAP Central Instance main dispatcher to come up.
Jun 4 12:27:46 eccprd01 last message repeated 1 time
Jun 4 12:27:46 eccprd01 SC[SUNW.sap_ci_v2,sap-ci-res-grp,sap-ci-Ascs-res,sap_ci_svc_start]: [ID 183934 daemon.notice] Waiting for SAP Central Instance main dis
can anyone one help me if there is any error on configurations or what is the cause of this problem.....thanks in advance
ARSSES

Hi all.
I am having a similar issue with a Sun Cluster 3.2 and SAP 7.0
Scenrio:
Central Instance (not incluster) : Started on one node
Dialog Instance (not in cluster): Started on the other node
When I create the resource for SUNW.sap_as like
clrs create --g sap-rg -t SUNW.sap_as .....etc etc
in the /var/adm/messages I got lots of WAITING FOR DISPACHER TO COME UP....
Then after timeout it gives up.
Any clue? What does is try to connect or waiting for? I hve notest that it's something before the startup script....
TIA

Install newest JRE on Solaris 9 Sparc (64-bit)

Note: This message has also been posted on the JRE forum. This is the second attempt to post it here.
I would like to know the best method to replace the JRE that is installed with a Solaris 9 (SPARC) installation. A clean installation of Solaris 9 comes with JRE 1.4 and I would prefer 1.4.1 (64-bit) or newer. Sun provides self-extracting archive downloads of the latest JREs for Solaris, but I have been unsuccessful in using these. I followed the instructions at:
http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/install-solaris.html
for doing a self-extracting installation, but this does not replace the contents of /usr/j2se with the new JRE. Additionally a pkginfo still points to the old JRE. I also read the instructions at:
http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/install-solaris-64.html
which stated I should install the 32-bit version, and then the 64-bit version. Finally, both set of instructions mention installation from packages, yet I am unable to find the packages to download. What is the best method to remove the JRE from a Solaris installation and install a newer version of the JRE so the pkginfo is updated and the new JRE resides in /usr/j2se? Any assistance is appreciated.

I found by issue "mount -v" that our disk slices are
UFS type. So we don't need apply patch 5257399,
right? Please confirm. Thanks!!!For your information, you are asking the user community to confirm, not Oracle. Some (many?) of us are not employed by Oracle.
Therefore, the only answers you can get are from 'friends'. Nothing would be official and Oracle (and Oracle Support) would not be legally responsible.
Your safest bet would be to escalate the request wityh Oracle Support.

Grid installation in solaris 10 (sparc) with Suncluster

While installing grid for cluster, node information table appears as blank.. while clicking "use cluster configuration file" option in that screen it shows that vendor clusterware detected. cluster configuration cannot be modified..
If anyone knows how to resolve this problem, please post ur solution or if you have any procedure to install 11g r2 Grid infrastructure for a cluster in Solaris 10 sparc os with sun cluster 3.2, please send me the document to my email id- [email protected]

I would suggest changing the media you burned it on. That always seems to be the issue with things like this. Search the forums for suggestions on what works.

Messages in the OS logs of Oracle Solaris on SPARC (64-bit)

One of my Customer is getting following messages in the OS logs of the Oracle Solaris on SPARC (64-bit) machine.
Feb 2 01:07:33 ndc-m9k-2-r1 Invalid ioctl opcode = 0x403
Feb 2 03:07:43 ndc-m9k-2-r1 scsi: [ID 243001 kern.warning] WARNING: /pseudo/fcp@0 (fcp0):
Feb 2 03:07:43 ndc-m9k-2-r1 Invalid ioctl opcode = 0x403
Feb 2 04:07:34 ndc-m9k-2-r1 oracle[7332]: [ID 566193 user.error] n2a get_local_info: ioctl (get interface flags): Interrupted system call
Feb 2 05:07:52 ndc-m9k-2-r1 scsi: [ID 243001 kern.warning] WARNING: /pseudo/fcp@0 (fcp0):
Feb 2 05:07:52 ndc-m9k-2-r1 Invalid ioctl opcode = 0x403
Feb 2 07:08:08 ndc-m9k-2-r1 scsi: [ID! 243001 kern.warning] WARNING: /pseudo/fcp@0 (fcp0):
Feb 2 07:08:08 ndc-m9k-2-r1 Invalid ioctl opcode = 0x403
Feb 2 09:08:25 ndc-m9k-2-r1 scsi: [ID 243001 kern.warning] WARNING: /pseudo/fcp@0 (fcp0):
Feb 2 09:08:25 ndc-m9k-2-r1 Invalid ioctl opcode = 0x403
There is a note # 833665.1 on this which states "The issue is caused by the Host Storage metrics collected by the agent" and also a Patch 8477122 has been created for this issue.
However, there is nothing mention in the Note # 833665.1 about the following one message.
Feb 2 04:07:34 ndc-m9k-2-r1 oracle[7332]: [ID 566193 user.error] n2a get_local_info: ioctl (get interface flags): Interrupted system call
Can anyone please tell me
1. whats the significance of the "oracle[7332]: [ID 566193 user.error] n2a get_local_info: ioctl (get interface flags): Interrupted system call" message in the OS log?
2. Does this message get stops on applying of patch # 8477122 ?
Thank you,
Bhavin

There are a number of known issues with the 10g agent on Solaris and patches are available. I assume you are running the 10.2.0.5 agent since you reference patch 8477122. If this is a brand new agent installation i would start with applying the latest PSU update which contains many related fixes. If you are still getting the error after this, open an SR with Oracle Support with your specific error message.

10.2.0.3 on solaris 9(Sparc 64 bit), patch 5257399 needed or not?

We are going to install oracle 10.2.0.3 on a Solaris 9 (Sparc 64 bit) box. According to Note 406472.1, Mandatory Patch 5752399 is needed for 10.2.0.3 on Solaris 64-bit and Filesystems Managed By Veritas or Solstice Disk Suite software. Our system is not on SAN, only local disks, so I'm sure we don't use veritas file system. But I'm not sure if we still use Solstice Disk Suite software. Sun said that in Solaris 9, Solstice Disk Suite is renamed to Solaris volume manager and it is bundled in Solaris 9. Does this mean Solaris 9 is using Solstice Disk Suite by default and we have to apply patch 5752399?
How can I verify which file manager we are using? (Our sys adm is not quite sure).
If we apply the patch no matter we really need it or not, what impact to the system?
Please advise. Thanks!

I found by issue "mount -v" that our disk slices are
UFS type. So we don't need apply patch 5257399,
right? Please confirm. Thanks!!!For your information, you are asking the user community to confirm, not Oracle. Some (many?) of us are not employed by Oracle.
Therefore, the only answers you can get are from 'friends'. Nothing would be official and Oracle (and Oracle Support) would not be legally responsible.
Your safest bet would be to escalate the request wityh Oracle Support.

Solaris 9 Sparc

Has anyone downloaded the zipped ISO's for Solaris 9 Sparc? I completed all three downloads and created the CD's from the ISO's. The install disk works fine. I'm having trouble with disk 1, it seems to be corrupt. In fact the ISO claims to to be 564 Mb but the CD only reports 262 Mb. I also used ISO Buster and used the extract utility. It too is reporting 262 Mb.
I tried the Sun Download Manager thinking that I may have an issue with IE or my WinZip programs.
I've burnt two disks using EZ CD Creator 5 and one disk using Nero.
Anyone have any Ideas? I think the file is corrupt.
I hope this is the right place to post this. Thanks

There definitely seems to be something wrong with these zip files...
I downloaded install, v1, v2 onto a solaris 8 system, "unzip install" works;
"unzip v1" claims that end-of-central-directory signature not found. I've downloaded
this file a number of times
I downloaded v1 on a XP system w Sun DownLoad Manager, which unzips automagically
after the download. Using Nero to try to burn the iso, hangs the Nero application.
Sun does not seem to care about desktops any longer... After getting the 5th canned response
from [email protected] resulting from my downloads; I replied with a summary of
my troubles... Someone claiming to be a "Customer Service Specialist" send a somewhat
insulting reply , caliming no technical help was available there & that I should consult
the hardware compatibilty list. ie presumably my Ultra 5 with Solaris 8 is unable to unzip
a sun generated zip file.

Solaris 10 Sparc T2000/T1000 slow scp/sftp between hosts

We have 4 x t2000 and 2 x t1000 sun servers all running solaris 10 sparc edition and when uploading an agent to all these servers I was unable to maintain a connection faster than 6MB. All our OEL 6.3 hosts on the same vlans/network/swithes are able to copy the same files around at 85MB/s.
Our entire network is GB and have been trouble shooting along the way and have got down to two sun hosts on the same switch and vlan to rule out firewalling and other factors.
The switchports on the cisco show no errors and no errors are seen on the solaris servers and training up at the GB speed as configured.
So I'm faily certain there is something on the solaris hosts OS wise that is affecting perfomance that is causing some of our backup jobs to be quite long but I'm not sure at what to do now.
I've seen some online articles relating to tuning and adjusting certain tcp options but unsure as to what would be best.
Has anyone else experienced issues such a this and if so what was done to resolve it, thanks.

Hi,
this is just a guess, but the T1000 and T2000 are really slow when doing single-thread cpu stuff. When you do scp, a single thread or process on each machine has to do all the encryption and this is most likely what is slowing you down. To analyze this further, look at the output of prstat (or top). If I am right, you will see one scp/ssh process using all cpu time of one of your cores/threads. In a T2000 with 8 cores, 32threads, this will be shown in prstat as 6.7% utilization.
Bjoern

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