Unable to Install Storage Foundation 6.0PR1 in Solaris 11

[Choon_Kiat]

Hi,

Does anybody know how i can install Storage Foundation 6.0PR1 in Solaris 11?

During my attempt to install the software via the installer script, there was an error:

CPI Error V-9-20-1273 Unable to contact configured publishers

I understand Solaris 11 is no longer using pkgadd to install new software. It is using Image Packaging System instead. How can i go about packaging the Storage Foundation 6.0 software?

[TonyGriffiths]

Hi

Solaris 11 appears to set a default publisher (solaris). If the publisher is not accessible, then some of the pkg install commands will fail.

Is the publisher contactable from your system, or is it on a private network etc ?

"pkg publisher" should display the publishers

If not contactable, you may have to unset the publisher for the installation to succeed

cheers

[Choon_Kiat]

Hi Tony,

Thanks for the suggestion. The server is on a private network and it has no access to where the default publisher is pointing to. The default publisher (solaris) is pointing to http://pkg.oracle.com/solaris/release/.

Will unsetting the publisher break anything in the operating system?

Regards,

Choon Kiat

[AJV]

I had the same problem. I unset the package publisher with the command "pkg unset-publisher
solaris", re-ran the installer, and this time it installed successfully.

I guess the majority of installations will be on systems with no internet connectivity, so this is likely to affect many people. Perhaps a technote on this would help?

Regards, Alistair.

[TonyGriffiths · Accepted solution]

With the assistance of Engineering and support, we have published the following knowledge article

http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH190730

thanks again

tony