VIOS 2.1 FP22 and VMLibrary.Last month I applied the latest
fix pack for VIOS 2.1 i.e. FP22, to one of our lab VIOS. I came across the following
error while doing so: Renaming Media Repository Logical Volume: VMLibrary_LV --> VMLibrary umount: error unmounting /dev/VMLibrary_LV:
Device busy Media Repository failed to unmount. We
cannot continue until it can be successfully unmounted.
Please address and retry. update: Failed while executing the ios.cli.rte.post_u script. installp: The installation has FAILED for the "root" part of the following
filesets: ios.cli.rte 6.1.4.1 Despite the error, the ioslevel command reported that the fix pack had been
applied. This was misleading, as a critical fileset had not been updated i.e. ios.cli.rte. $ ioslevel 2.1.2.10-FP-22 To workaround this problem I removed the Virtual
Media Repository on the VIOS. $ rmrep As the ios.cli.rte
fileset had not installed properly, I had to reinstall the base
fileset and then apply the update (fix pack) again.
---- 1
Total to be installed +--- +--- installp: APPLYING software for: ios.cli.rte 6.1.2.0 . . . . . << Copyright notice for
ios.cli >> . . . . . . . Licensed Materials - Property of IBM 5765G3400 Copyright International Business Machines Corp. 2004,
2008. All rights reserved. US Government Users Restricted Rights - Use, duplication or
disclosure restricted by GSA ADP Schedule Contract with IBM Corp. . . . . . << End of copyright notice
for ios.cli >>. . . . 0 * * * * /usr 0 * * * * /usr 0 * * * * /usr root padmin Finished processing all filesets. (Total time: 18 secs). +--- +--- Installation Summary ---- Nam ---- ios. ios. # lslpp -l ios.cli.rte
File
---- Path: /usr/lib/objrepos
ios. Path: /etc/objrepos
ios. Then I recreated the media repository with mkrep. $ mkrep -sp rootvg -size 10G At the time I thought perhaps I had done
something wrong. I forgot all about it, until now. Today (a month after my
experience), IBM updated the VIOS support page with the following information: http Known issues and
limitations File Backed Optical Media Repository: If you use the File Backed Optical Media
Repository, you must unload any media images before you apply Fix Pack 22.1. If
you have any media images loaded, the fix pack installation fails for the ios.cli.rte fileset. The failure may not be apparent, because
the ioslevel will be updated. Refer to this page for information to help you resolve
this problem. And they re-released FP22 as FP22.1. http Fixes in Fix Pack
22.1 (VIOS V2.1.2.10 FP-22.1) include: Fixed
problem with Electronic Service Agent in IVM Fixed
problem in bus device driver for NPIV Fixed
problem in device driver pertaining to reading SSD disks (MPIO fixes) Fixed
problem in xmtopas (install problem) Fixed
packaging problem with the Media Repository Fixed
problem with backupios ? fails to give adequate details on stdout errors |
I ran into this today on one of my test VIOS environments. Doesn't look like IBM tested this out very well. Thanks Chris this was helpful. eddie