Chapter 9
SCRATCH Installation for NUMA-Q Systems

The SCRATCH installation procedure does an initial (full) installation of the base operating system and the layered products that you have selected. It can be done in two ways:


ATTENTION

SequentLINK cannot be installed with the SCRATCH procedure. Use the ROOT procedure to install these products after DYNIX/ptx V4.4.8 has been installed and the system has been rebooted.



Device Name Assignments

The operating system supports two types of devices: local and shareable. Local devices are connected directly to the PCI/SCSI interface. Devices connected to the Fibre Channel Bridge are shareable.

When you perform a scratch installation and then boot the system, the autoconfiguration procedure will automatically assign names to the devices on your system.

By default, the names of disks are assigned in the following order:

This order continues for each remaining Quad.

If you prefer to use another naming scheme for your disks, use the devctl command to change the assigned names. See the DYNIX/ptx System Configuration and Performance Guide for the recommended device naming standard. (Also see devctl(1M).)


Installation Checklist

To perform the installation, complete the following steps:

  1. Take one of the following actions:

    When selecting software to install, be sure to install the latest versions of the Fibre Channel software if they are not already on your system. (Note that the Fibre Channel Switch product should be installed only on systems with switched fabric.) Also install ptx/SPDRIVERS; you will see warnings if this product is not installed before you compile the kernel.


    ATTENTION

    Do not boot the V4.4.8 kernel before you have installed the stand-alone kernel (sak.dat) and the bootstrap program (ptxldr.elf) from the NUMA-Q Console Software CD-ROM.


  2. If you booted from the distribution CD-ROM and set the autoBoot flag to boot the stand-alone kernel before installing a VTOC on the swap disk, reset the flag so that the operating system will boot past the stand-alone kernel:

    # /etc/bootflags autoBoot=1
  3. If you have not done so already, install and flash the console software, including the stand-alone kernel (sak.dat) and the bootstrap program (ptxldr.elf) from the NUMA-Q Console Software CD-ROM. Installation instructions are in the NUMA-Q Console Software Release Notes. You must shut down the operating system before installing this software.


    ATTENTION

    The sak.dat and ptxldr.elf programs must not be installed while the operating system is running. Severe console I/O operation problems will occur if this is attempted.


  4. If necessary, run the sysdef command in the VCS CLI window to define the system. See the NUMA-Q Console Software Release Notes.

  5. Reboot the system.


    ATTENTION

    After a scratch installation, you must boot the system on the V4.4.8 kernel before performing a ROOT installation of other products.


  6. Perform a ROOT installation of any remaining layered products. Review the installation log files to resolve any errors.

  7. Build the kernel and reboot the system. See Chapter 12, "Build a Custom Kernel."

  8. If you installed the Fibre Channel software, download it as described in the DYNIX/ptx V4.4.x Fibre Channel Software Release Notes.

  9. Complete the post-installation steps described in Chapter 13.


Boot From the Distribution CD-ROM

If you are doing a scratch installation on the current root disk or on a system that is not currently running DYNIX/ptx, you must boot the operating system from the distribution CD-ROM. (You do not need to use this procedure if your system is currently running DYNIX/ptx and you want to install on an alternate disk; instead, go to the next section "Install Software With the SCRATCH Procedure.")

If the swap disk you specify does not currently contain a VTOC, you will need to install one as described later in this procedure.


ATTENTION

The default names assigned to devices during bootup may not be the names you expected. We recommend that you explicitly name any devices that will be used as installation targets or primary swap after booting the system from the CD-ROM.


To boot from the CD-ROM, complete the following steps:

  1. If the system is currently running DYNIX/ptx, take it to run-level 0:

    # shutdown -gseconds -y -i0
  2. Install and flash the console software, including the stand-alone kernel (sak.dat) and the bootstrap program (ptxldr.elf) as described in the NUMA-Q Console Software Release Notes. If necessary, run the sysdef command in the VCS CLI window to define the system.


    ATTENTION

    The sak.dat and ptxldr.elf programs must not be installed while the operating system is running. Severe console I/O operation problems will occur if this is attempted.


  3. Insert the distribution CD-ROM into the system CD-ROM drive.

  4. From the CLI window, use the cd command to move to the system_name directory; then move to the boot quad_name directory.

  5. From the CLI window, set the bootpath to point to the CD-ROM device. In the following example, the CD-ROM device is at SCSI ID 4 on the PCI controller. Primary swap is on partition 1 of the disk at SCSI ID 1. The example is shown on two lines for readability.

    -> bootflags bootpath "2 quad(0)pci(0)scsi(4)disk(0)sci_unix 
    -s quad(0)pci(0)scsi(1)disk(1) -I -L"

    In the command, the location of the CD-ROM device and the primary swap partition (the -s option) must be indicated with physical path specifiers because the naming database is not available on the CD-ROM. The -I option creates a naming database. The -L option labels the primary swap partition and is needed only if this partition has not been previously used for swap. (For more information, see Appendix A.)

  6. If there is currently a VTOC on the swap disk, click the Boot button on the PTX Console window to boot the operating system and then go to step 8.


    ATTENTION

    During the boot, you may see messages that the system cannot read or write to certain files. These messages can be ignored.


  7. If there is not a VTOC on the swap disk, complete the following procedure to install the VTOC and boot the system:

    1. From the CLI window, set the autoBoot flag to 0 to boot to the stand-alone kernel.

      -> bootflags autoboot "0"
    2. Click the Boot button to boot to the stand-alone kernel shell.

    3. Run the devctl -S command to flush the in-memory copy of the device naming database to the device naming database file.

      [standalone]# devctl -S
    4. When you booted to the stand-alone kernel, the swap disk was assigned a temporary name. Use the following command to determine the temporary name. You must specify the physical path to the swap disk. The physical path must be enclosed in double quotation marks. (For information about the syntax, see "Physical Path Specifiers" in Appendix A.)

      [standalone]# /etc/dumpconf -r "physical_path"
    5. Assign a permanent name to the swap disk:

      [standalone]# /etc/devctl -n +tmpname permanent_name
    6. Install a default VTOC on the swap disk, specifying the permanent name and the appropriate disk type. If the operating system will also be installed on the swap disk, we recommend that you install the default root VTOC for your disk type. The names of default root VTOCs have the form <disk_type>.scan.

      [standalone]# /etc/mkvtoc disk_name disk_type.scan 

      If you are unsure of the disk type, run the command /etc/infodev permanent_name. This command will return the model number of the device. You can then search the /etc/vtoc directory for a VTOC containing a similar name.

    7. Boot the operating system from the stand-alone kernel:

      [standalone]# /stand/sci/standload -b 

      ATTENTION

      During the boot, you may see messages that the system cannot read or write to certain files. These messages can be ignored.


  8. Rename the installation root disk (and the swap disk if it is a different disk) if necessary.

    When the operating system is booted, only the root device (the CD-ROM device in this case) and the swap device will have permanent names in the naming database. The CD-ROM device will be named cd0 and the swap device will be named sd0 (unless you assigned a different name in step 6). All other devices will have temporary names. During the software installation, the devctl -N command will be run automatically to give the devices default permanent names and add them to the naming database. (For details about the naming database, refer to the DYNIX/ptx System Configuration and Performance Guide.)


    ATTENTION

    The default names assigned to devices during bootup and by devctl -N may not be the names you expected. We recommend that you explicitly name any devices that will be used as installation targets or primary swap before beginning the installation.

    If you know the physical path to the disk, use the following command to rename it. (For information about physical paths, see "Physical Path Specifiers" in Appendix A.)


    # /sbin/ptxinstall/create_dev physical_path new_name

    You can also run the /etc/dumpconf command to determine the current name of the device and then use the following devctl command to rename it:

    # /etc/devctl -n old_name new_name

    Device names must consist of a string of alpha characters followed by a string of numeric characters. The maximum length is 15 characters.

  9. Go to "Install Software With the SCRATCH Procedure" later in this chapter.


    ATTENTION

    If you will be installing the root filesystem on a disk other than the disk used for swap, you must have ptx/INSTALL place a new VTOC on the root disk.



Install Software With the SCRATCH Procedure

To install software packages, use the following procedure. You must be root to perform the installation.

  1. If you have not done so already, insert the distribution CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive.

  2. Issue the menu command to start ptx/ADMIN; then go to the Software Management Menu.

    Use System Administration -> Software Management

    c1admapp       Software Management
    _______________________________________________________
    A Install Software Package   F View/Edit Preview Log
     
    B Remove Software Package    G Update Man Page Databases
           
    C List Software Packages     H Change Installation Disk
      
    D Check Package Consistency  I Alternate Disk Compare
       
    E List Software Packages Available
      on Installation Distribution   
    

    ATTENTION

    To use ptx/ADMIN, your TERM variable must be set correctly. For the console on SCI-based systems, it must be set to vu320. If the menu system does not display properly, suspend or leave the menu system and type the following command: stty -tabs


  3. Select the Install Software Package option.

  4. Specify the installation source, which can be either CD-ROM, nfs, or directory.

                  Installation Source Type

    Enter installation source type ___________
  5. Specify the location of the installation source on the screen that appears next:

  6. On the Installation Type window, select the SCRATCH installation type. (The ROOT and INIT ALT DISK DELTA options will not appear if you booted from CD-ROM.)

     
                                Installation Type 
    Installation Type    Description
    ________________________________________________________________________
    ROOT                 Install on current root, /usr partitions          #
    ALT DISK DELTA       Install on mounted alternate root partition
    INIT ALT DISK DELTA  Make copies of current partitions and install on it
    SCRATCH              Initial install on alternate disk                 #  
     
                  
    

  7. Specify information about the installation disk on the Disk Locations form.

                    Disk Locations
     
    Enter alternate root disk and partition     ______
     
    Enter filesystem type                       ____
    Warning: efs requires ptx/EFS,
    a licensed product, be installed or
    selected for installation on new root
     
    Should the filesystems support ACLs?        _
    (Y/N)  
    Install standard vtoc on disk? (Y/N)        _
    (Answer N only if vtoc already exists
     on device)
     
    Enter alternate primary swap disk and       ______
    partition              
    

    If you booted from CD-ROM, the Install Disk Confirmation form will display the physical path to the installation disk that you specified. Because disks might not be assigned the names you expected when the system is booted from CD-ROM, be sure to verify that the installation disk is correct.


    ATTENTION

    If the disk-confirmation field is blank instead of displaying a physical path, the installation disk specified on the Disk Locations form may be a shared device attached to the Fibre Channel. The installation disk cannot be a shared device; it must be local. Use the dumpconf command to check the location of the disk. If the disk is a shared device, return to the Disk Locations form and enter the name of a local disk.


               Install Disk Confirmation
     
    The disk you entered is located at          ___
    physical path
    quad(0)pci(0,0)scsi(1,0)disk(0,0,0)
     
    Enter 'Y' to confirm disk selection
    and continue with installation.
    Enter 'N' to reenter disk selection.
    

    If you chose to have a VTOC installed on the installation disk, ptx/INSTALL will attempt to determine the disk type for that disk. If it is unable to locate this information, you will be asked to specify the disk type on the following form. Use SELECT to see a list of valid disk types.

                         Disk Type
     
    Enter type of disk                     ________ 
    

    The installation procedure now obtains product information from the TOC file on the distribution medium.

  8. Select the software packages to be installed from the window that appears next. Following is an example.

         Select one or more software packages to install/update 
           Part Number   Name       Description                   Version 
    ________________________________________________________________
      1003-xxxxx-xx base       DYNIX/ptx(R) Base             v4.4.8 #
      1003-xxxxx-xx public     DYNIX/ptx(R) Public Software  V4.4.8  
      1003-xxxxx-xx encryption DYNIX/ptx(R) Encryption       V4.4.8 
    N 1003-xxxxx-xx nfs        ptx/NFS                       v4.6.2
    


    ATTENTION

    Do not install the CSM, SSM, or QCIC software. This software is used only on Symmetry systems.



    ATTENTION

    If your system is not running the latest versions of the Fibre Channel software, install them from the CD-ROM. Note that the Fibre Channel Switch software should be installed only on systems with switched fabric.

    ptx/SPDRIVERS must be installed on NUMA-Q systems. It provides the ffutil utility, which is used to download the FC Host Adapter firmware, and a Fibre Channel diagnostic utility used by Customer Support. You will see warnings if this product is not installed before you build the kernel.


    Certain software packages require that you enter a license key into the system nodelock file before the package can be installed. The letter N appears before these products.


    ATTENTION

    If you selected several products that require licenses, it might take a few minutes for the next installation screen to appear.


  9. If you have selected a software package that requires a license password, a window listing the name of the product will be displayed. Type i to enter the license for that product or d to deselect the product.

    If you chose to enter the license password, the following form will be displayed. You must enter the license password, the expiration date, and the license checksum. The other values will be filled in for you. (The license information for the products you have purchased is located in the license folder shipped with your software.) The license entries you specify are added to the system nodelock file, /var/netls/nodelock.

                 Add Installation License
     
    Enter the product name               ________
     
    Enter the product version            ________
     
    Enter the node ID                    ________
     
    Enter the vendor ID                  ________
     
    Enter the license password           ________
     
    Enter the expiration date            ________
     
    Enter the license checksum           ________      
    

  10. When a product requires that another product be installed, ptx/INSTALL verifies that the required product has been selected for installation. If required products have not been selected, the following form will appear. You can either reselect products or exit the installation.

                      Compatibility Error
     
    View compatibility errors? (Y/N)          _
     
    Enter 'Y' to display the product
    incompatibilities identified.  You can
    then  reselect products to install
    and continue the installation.
    Answer 'N' to abort installation
    

    ptx/INSTALL will now create the temporary directories needed for the installation.

  11. ptx/INSTALL requires additional information to install certain layered products. At this point, you will be asked for that information. For example, a product might include optional components; you will need to specify whether you want to install those components. Most of these screens are self-explanatory.

    If you are installing ptx/LICENSE, refer to the ptx/LICENSE Release Notes for a description of the installation and configuration screens that appear. In particular, do not configure ptx/LICENSE if ptx/TCP/IP is not already configured for networking on your system.

  12. ptx/INSTALL now verifies that there is adequate filesystem space to install the selected products. If there is not enough space, ptx/INSTALL interrupts the installation and displays the following form. Enter Y at the prompt to review the problems found.

                      Disk Space Error
     
    View info on disk space insufficiencies?         ___
    Enter 'Y' to display products whose disk
    space requirements will not be met.
    Enter 'N' to abort the installation.
     
    You may restart the installation once
    the disk space requirements for all
    selected products have been resolved.
    

    When adequate disk space is available, you can resume the installation by selecting the Install Software Package option from the Software Management menu.

  13. The installation procedure now determines whether the kernel needs to be recompiled after the installation is complete. You can override the value specified on the form.

    We recommend that you answer Y on the form. ptx/INSTALL will then build a default kernel that includes the layered products you have installed. This kernel is needed to boot the operating system properly.

     Configure and compile a kernel with default parameters
      
     Configure and compile a default kernel      ____
     following installation? (Y/N)
    

    If you chose to have ptx/INSTALL compile the default kernel, the following form appears. The name you specify at the first prompt cannot be std, mfg, or mod.

          Configure a kernel with default parameters
     
    Enter a unique name to associate with       default
    this kernel and all its associated
    configuration files
     
    Choose a kernel environment type            ___
           T for TIMESHARE
           P for PARALLEL
           C for COMMERCIAL
     
    Configure for audit? (Y/N)                  ___
     
    Enter a short description of this kernel    _______
       
    The starting machine type                   _______
     
    The starting architecture type              _______
     
    The starting configuration type             _______
    

  14. If the following situation applies to your installation, the Crosstools Source Type form shown next will appear: you are currently running a version of DYNIX/ptx other than V4.4.8, you are installing the base operating system on an alternate disk, and your distribution media does not include the crosstools source needed to build the kernel.

                     Crosstools Source Type
     
    Enter crosstools source type                      ______
    Supported types: CD-ROM, nfs, directory, or NONE
    (crosstools source only)       
    

    Because the tools needed to compile the V4.4.8 kernel are not available, the form allows you to specify an alternate source for the tools. If you have another CD-ROM drive, insert the CD-ROM containing DYNIX/ptx V4.4.8 into that drive and enter CD-ROM as the crosstools source type on the form. You will then be asked to specify the name of the CD-ROM device, such as cd1.

    If you do not have another CD-ROM drive, use Cancel to exit the installation; then start the installation again. The "Configure and compile a kernel with default parameters" form will be displayed. Enter N at the prompt and compile the default kernel manually when the installation is complete.

  15. You will now be asked whether you want to build the man pages database and reboot the operating system on the installation disk after the software installation is complete.

    Answer N to the "Rebuild manpages after installation" prompt. (This option does not work for a scratch installation.) You can build the man pages at a later time using one of the methods described in the ptx/INSTALL Software Installation Guide.


    ATTENTION

    Do not have ptx/INSTALL reboot the kernel if you have new versions of the stand-alone kernel (sak.dat) or the bootstrap program (ptxldr.elf) that you have not yet installed. This software must be installed before the system is rebooted.


                  Installation Options
      
     Rebuild manpages following installation?(Y/N)    __
      
     Reboot on installation disk after                __
     installation? (Y/N)
      
     This is the last screen for installation
     Entering "Run" from this screen will
     start the installation of files for all
     selected products.
    

    ptx/INSTALL will now perform the software installation.


    ATTENTION

    The installation procedure sets both the permanent and the temporary bootpaths to point to the root disk. If you installed software on an alternate disk, the ptx/ADMIN Set Boot Strings and Flags menu option will not report the updated permanent bootpath until after the system is rebooted.


    When the installation is complete, return to the "Installation Checklist" earlier in this chapter.


Set FC Topology Parameter on Systems With FC-AL Hub

In DYNIX/ptx V4.4.8, the default FC topology specified by the ff_topology kernel parameter is Switch. If your system uses arbitrated loop fabric (FC-AL Hub), you will need to change this parameter to match your system. To do this, go to the /etc/conf/uts/io/ff directory and locate the following line in ff_space.c:

int ff_topology = FC_TOPOLOGY_FABRIC;

Change the value of the parameter as follows:

int ff_topology = FC_TOPOLOGY_AL;

You must compile the kernel for the change to take effect.


Removing the CD-ROM

If you remove the CD-ROM from the drive before booting the system, you must run the devdestroy command on the CD-ROM device. This step enables the system to shut down cleanly when you reboot. The following example is for the cd0 device:

# /etc/devdestroy /dev/rdsk/cd0

If you do not run this command, the system will not shut down properly during the reboot and error messages such as the following will appear:

vtoc: unable to access diagnostic device /dev/diag/rdsk/cd0

The system will boot properly if the CD-ROM is left in the drive during the boot operation.


Problems on the Initial Boot


Not Enough Swap Space

When you boot the kernel, you may see a message stating that there is not enough local swap space available to save crash dumps. If this situation occurs, the system will not boot to multiuser mode.

To correct this problem, use ptx ADMIN to create additional swap partitions. (Use System Administration -> Swap Space Management -> Add a Swap Device.) When you add swap partitions with ptx/ADMIN, they will be maintained across system boots. If you use swap -a to create swap partitions, the swap designation will be lost when the system is rebooted.

The swap partitions must be on local disks, which are indicated by an L in the "Flags" column of the /etc/dumpconf output. (If you are planning to rename the disks that will contain swap partitions, perform the devctl renaming operation before you create the swap partitions.)

When you have completed the installation, be sure to reconfigure your dump and secondary swap devices. Dump devices should be on dedicated local partitions, as described in the DYNIX/ptx System Recovery and Troubleshooting Guide. Secondary swap partitions should be on disks attached to the Fibre Channel.


ptx/SVM Configuration Error

If ptx/SVM is installed, you may see the following message when you boot the kernel:

vxvm:vxprint: ERROR: IPC failure: Configuration daemon is not accessible

This message is normal and indicates that the SVM daemon is not currently running. You will not see this message after ptx/SVM has been configured.


Automatic Reboot Fails Because the Root Filesystem Is Mounted

If you requested that ptx/INSTALL do an automatic reboot, the reboot will fail if the system was not able to unmount the root filesystem, which is mounted at /installmnt. To correct this problem, exit ptx/ADMIN, unmount the filesystem, and then reboot manually:

# umount /installmnt
# init 6

Device Names

If the system booted to multiuser mode, it will have assigned permanent names to all devices that had temporary names.

If the system booted to single-user mode, devices (other than the root and swap disk) that have not been explicitly named will have temporary names. If you are planning to keep the system in single-user mode and install additional layered products, you must assign permanent names to any devices that you will need to access. For example, you will need to assign a permanent name to the CD-ROM device:

# devctl -n +cd0 cd0