Re: 4.3.3 to 5.1 Migration Upgrade AIX Troubles...

From: Terry Polzin (t_polzin_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 12/05/03 

Date: 5 Dec 2003 11:16:28 -0800

logical_david@yahoo.co.uk (Daniel Kohnan) wrote in message news:<50019a8.0312040852.48d3aed2@posting.google.com>...
> Hi All
>
> We've been trying to upgrade our Unix machine (an IBM RS/6000 F50)
> from AIX 4.3.3 to AIX 5.1. I think the trouble we're having is best
> described in 3 sections, so here goes...
>
> Problem 1
>
> Each time we try and perform the "migration" upgrade to AIX 5.1 we get
> *different* errors. Here is a selection of them:
>
> a) "Cannot find the bos.rte pre-install script bos.rte_pre_i"
> b) "fill_target_stanzas [62] - cannot execute"
>
> The most common error we see repeatedly is this one:
>
> "RPM Error Summary
> The specified device /SPOT is not a valid device or file.
> Basic operating system support could not be installed."
>
> We've tried running fsck on our filesystems, we've allocated plenty of
> space for AIX 5.1 and we've ensured we're using the correct
> bosinst.data and image.data files.
>
> Problem 2
>
> Each time our AIX 5.1 upgrade fails, we restore the machine back to
> normal using an mksysb backup tape we made before we began. Our most
> recent upgrade attempt looked promising and lasted for 3 hours, but
> eventually failed with this error:
>
> "Data Storage Interrupt - PROC1 Creating boot image.
> .ipcdget+000160 lwzx r0,r23,r24
> KDB(0)>"
>
> It seems that ever since we got this particular error, we've not been
> able to restore from the mksysb tape anymore. Restoring our mksysb
> now seems to consistently fail at 83% (when it says " mounting / ").
> The machine totally freezes and the LCD display shows a flashing ?888'
> code (the full sequence is actually 888, 102, 700 then 0C5
> repeatedly).
>
> Problem 3
>
> We performed a fresh clean installation of AIX 4.3.3, and then tried
> to restore the mksysb backup tape from "Problem 2". The restore
> appeared to work successfully, and we were able to log-on. However
> hdisk1 (we have an hdisk0 and an hdisk1 forming a single volume group
> called ?rootvg') now had a PV STATE of "missing" instead of "active".
>
> We performed a fresh clean installation of AIX 5.1. The PV STATE of
> hdisk1 once again was ?active'. We then tried to restore the mksysb
> backup tape from "Problem 2" again. Although the restore finished
> successfully, hdisk1 had a PV STATE of ?missing' again!
>
> At the moment, we're primarily facing "Problem 2" because we can't
> restore our mksysb backup without first doing a fresh clean install of
> 4.3.3 or 5.1 first. If we can solve this, then we'll be facing
> "Problem 3". Ultimately, we're going to need to get round "Problem 1"
> somehow, after we've solved Problems 2 and 3!!
>
> Any help anyone can provide on these three problems would be greatly,
> greatly appreciated. As you can tell, we're certainly in a total
> muddle right now.
>
> Thanks
>
> Daniel

How old are the rootvg hdisks? Sounds like maybe you should replace
them, restore the 4.3.3 mksysb and start over.

By any chance are you a sysback user? There are undocumented issues
with resync of split mirror backups you need to be aware of.

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