I encountered an interesting occurrence this morning when I was updating one of our test servers to the 7.5.0.1 patch. Apparently, during the update, the CLT package installed fine but when it came to install the new bp package, the server ran out of space in the mount point. This caused the server to end the update and now it thinks its a client and not a media server.
"install_netbppkg_trace.25978" 81 lines, 2793 characters
========== Unpacking package ==========
x SYMCnetbp.depot, 2494648320 bytes, 4872360 tape blocks
== Checking for pre-existing package ==
# Initializing...
# Contacting target "testserver"...
#
# Target: testserver:/
#
# SYMCnetbp 7.5.0.0 NetBackup and Media Manager
SYMCnetbp.NBfiles 7.5.0.0 NetBackup and Media Manager
==== Removing pre-existing package ====
======= 08/05/13 11:09:46 EDT BEGIN swremove SESSION
(non-interactive) (jobid=testserver-0629)
* Session started for user "root@testserver".
* Beginning Selection
* Target connection succeeded for "testserver:/".
* Software selections:
SYMCnetbp.NBfiles,l=/usr,r=7.5.0.0,a=HP-UX_B.11.31_IA,v=Symantec,fr=7.5.0.0,fa=HP-UX_B.11.31_IA
* Selection succeeded.
* Beginning Analysis
* Session selections have been saved in the file
"/home/root/.sw/sessions/swremove.last".
* "testserver:/": There will be no attempt to mount filesystems
that appear in the filesystem table.
* Analysis succeeded.
* Beginning Execution
* The execution phase succeeded for "testserver:/".
* Execution succeeded.
NOTE: More information may be found in the agent logfile using the
command "swjob -a log testserver-0629 @ testserver:/".
======= 08/05/13 11:09:51 EDT END swremove SESSION (non-interactive)
(jobid=testserver-0629)
========= Installing package ==========
======= 08/05/13 11:09:51 EDT BEGIN swinstall SESSION
(non-interactive) (jobid=testserver-0630)
* Session started for user "root@testserver".
* Beginning Selection
* Target connection succeeded for "testserver:/".
* Source: /tmp/nb_pkg/SYMCnetbp.depot
* Targets: testserver:/
* Software selections:
SYMCnetbp.NBfiles,r=7.5.0.1,a=HP-UX_B.11.31_IA,v=Symantec,fr=7.5.0.1,fa=HP-UX_B.11.31_IA
* Selection succeeded.
* Beginning Analysis and Execution
* Session selections have been saved in the file
"/home/root/.sw/sessions/swinstall.last".
* "testserver:/": There will be no attempt to mount filesystems
that appear in the filesystem table.
ERROR: "testserver:/": This operation will exceed the absolute limit
of disk space on 1 volumes.
* The analysis phase failed for "testserver:/".
"install_netbppkg_trace.25978" 81 lines, 2793 characters
========== Unpacking package ==========
x SYMCnetbp.depot, 2494648320 bytes, 4872360 tape blocks
== Checking for pre-existing package ==
# Initializing...
# Contacting target "testserver"...
#
# Target: testserver:/
#
# SYMCnetbp 7.5.0.0 NetBackup and Media Manager
SYMCnetbp.NBfiles 7.5.0.0 NetBackup and Media Manager
==== Removing pre-existing package ====
======= 08/05/13 11:09:46 EDT BEGIN swremove SESSION
(non-interactive) (jobid=testserver-0629)
* Session started for user "root@testserver".
* Beginning Selection
* Target connection succeeded for "testserver:/".
* Software selections:
SYMCnetbp.NBfiles,l=/usr,r=7.5.0.0,a=HP-UX_B.11.31_IA,v=Symantec,fr=7.5.0.0,fa=HP-UX_B.11.31_IA
* Selection succeeded.
* Beginning Analysis
* Session selections have been saved in the file
"/home/root/.sw/sessions/swremove.last".
* "testserver:/": There will be no attempt to mount filesystems
that appear in the filesystem table.
* Analysis succeeded.
* Beginning Execution
* The execution phase succeeded for "testserver:/".
* Execution succeeded.
NOTE: More information may be found in the agent logfile using the
command "swjob -a log testserver-0629 @ testserver:/".
======= 08/05/13 11:09:51 EDT END swremove SESSION (non-interactive)
(jobid=testserver-0629)
========= Installing package ==========
======= 08/05/13 11:09:51 EDT BEGIN swinstall SESSION
(non-interactive) (jobid=testserver-0630)
* Session started for user "root@testserver".
* Beginning Selection
* Target connection succeeded for "testserver:/".
* Source: /tmp/nb_pkg/SYMCnetbp.depot
* Targets: testserver:/
* Software selections:
SYMCnetbp.NBfiles,r=7.5.0.1,a=HP-UX_B.11.31_IA,v=Symantec,fr=7.5.0.1,fa=HP-UX_B.11.31_IA
* Selection succeeded.
* Beginning Analysis and Execution
* Session selections have been saved in the file
"/home/root/.sw/sessions/swinstall.last".
* "testserver:/": There will be no attempt to mount filesystems
that appear in the filesystem table.
ERROR: "testserver:/": This operation will exceed the absolute limit
of disk space on 1 volumes.
* The analysis phase failed for "testserver:/".
* Analysis and Execution had errors.
ERROR: More information may be found in the agent logfile using the
command "swjob -a log testserver-0630 @ testserver:/".
======= 08/05/13 11:09:53 EDT END swinstall SESSION (non-interactive)
(jobid=testserver-0630)
[testserver:/netbackup] ./NB_update.install
There are 2 packs available in /netbackup:
(* denotes installed pack)
NB_7.5.0.1
NB_CLT_7.5.0.1 *
Enter pack name (or q) [q]: NB_7.5.0.1
ERROR: This is not a NetBackup Server.
Selected pack NB_7.5.0.1 will not be installed.
Just thought I would share this information and to see if anyone else has seen this occur before. My only option at this point seems to be to re-install the entire suite from scatch starting at the base 7.5 install. This time of course, ensuring that disk space is available.
