system
March 7, 2011, 2:13am
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(imported topic written by mistervernon91)
I used the *NIX tool to install multiple versions (8,9 and 10) of Solaris simultaneously. It worked flawlessly (after chanignthe defulat installation folder from, Program Files (x86)/…; to simply, Program Files/…). However, I am not familiar with the syntax required in order to add (execute) the files to the Solaris machines. The packaged files are named “BESAgent-8.1.551.0.sparc_sol10.pkg”. They’re located (on the Sol10 machine) at /tmp.
I’d appreciate any assistance that anyone could provide in helping me to finalize this agent deployment. Thx
Noah
March 7, 2011, 2:23am
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system
March 8, 2011, 12:17am
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(imported comment written by mistervernon91)
That didn’t work, … I get,
pkgadd: ERROR: attempt to process datastream failed
bad format in datastream table-of-content
pkgadd: ERROR: could not process datastream from </tmp/BESAgebt-8.1.551.0.sparc>
My gut tells me that the downloaded file extension .pkg is what is causing the issue …? Just a guess …
Noah
March 8, 2011, 12:44am
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(imported comment written by NoahSalzman)
Is this Solaris an x86 box or a SPARC box? We have different install pkg’s for each.
system
March 8, 2011, 12:57am
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(imported comment written by mistervernon91)
Ahhh it is a sparc machine.
I’ll go back and check which packages I downloaded.
Thanks!
system
March 8, 2011, 1:02am
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(imported comment written by mistervernon91)
… I downloaded BESAgent-8.1.551.0.sparc_sol10.pkg …
Actually, the *NIX utility did. So thats right …
Also, I do have SUNWlxml instaled on this machine - so its not that.
…
system
March 8, 2011, 1:09am
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(imported comment written by mistervernon91)
SUNWlibC is there as well (/var/sadm/pkg/SUNWlibC).
system
March 8, 2011, 1:14am
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(imported comment written by mistervernon91)
I’ve got an Solaris 8 and 9 box that recieved the package via the *NIX utility at the same time for their respective versions. I’m going to try to add the packages to my sol9 box an see what happens. Thx
system
March 8, 2011, 1:26am
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(imported comment written by mistervernon91)
Worked like a charm on the sol9 box.
These aren’t my boxes - but I suspect that there is an error in the build of the sol10 box at this point.
I’m going to try the sol8 … I think it has published file requirements that need to be installed first though.
I’ll check.
Thanks for your support!
system
March 8, 2011, 4:45pm
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(imported comment written by mistervernon91)
Okay,… this is it.
Recently, I downloaded three Solaris sparc files from the TEM website using the *NIX tool.
The download to each box worked flawlessly. However, the sol10 package was empty and would not install.
Please inform when a new sol10 is available for download.
Below is the output from looking inside the sol8 and sol10 packages.
Please compare.
Thanks.
root@solesm02:/tmp/ >uname -a
SunOS solesm02 5.8 Generic_117350-62 sun4u sparc SUNW,Sun-Fire-V210
root@solesm02:/tmp/ >file BES*pkg
BESAgent-8.1.551.0.sparc_sol8.pkg: English text
root@solesm02:/tmp/
root@solcde01:/tmp/ >uname -a
SunOS solcde01 5.10 Generic_142909-17 sun4u sparc SUNW,Sun-Fire-480R
root@solcde01:/tmp/ >file BES*pkg
BESAgent-8.1.551.0.sparc_sol10.pkg: empty file
system
March 8, 2011, 5:33pm
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(imported comment written by mistervernon91)
After more research I have discovered that the BigFix support web site (http://support.bigfix.com/install/besclients-nonwindows.html#solaris ), indicates that the Solaris 10 package (SPARC) is the same as the Solaris 9 package (SPARC).
Anyone attempting to use the *NIX tool then should simply be aware of that caveat and make the apporpriate adjustments.
Thanks.