The driver is not installed during the AIP Linux installation

Symptoms

The installation media lacks the target kernel driver, which might prompt the following message during installation:

- Mount driver is not installed.

- Snapshot/Tracking driver is not installed.

- Patches for system startup/shutdown scripts are not applied.

Cause

– Not connected to the internet
– Installed the latest kernel
– Upgrade to the latest kernel

Workaround

1) If you're using the mentioned products, download the attached file and replace the existing one.
If you're using a different version, proceed to the next step.

– AIP Linux 4.5.2.2370
– AIP Linux 2016 4.6.1.2905

Unzip the file and copy it to /opt/Actiphy.
Set the permission to the file.

# chmod ug+x /opt/Actiphy/aipmodupd

2) Please download the following driver:
* Each zip file contains the cumulative driver.

Mount Driver
aipmount.zip

Snapshot Driver
aipsnap.zip

Patch
aippatch.zip

3) Create a folder.

# mkdir /tmp/driver

4) Copy the ZIP files to a folder.

5) Set the environment variable.

# export AIPMODPATH=/tmp/driver

6) Apply the driver.

# /opt/Actiphy/aipmodupd –all

If you encounter the following message, please send the result of [uname -r] to support. 

caution: filename not matched:  aipmount/aipcommon.xxxxxxxxxxxxx.ko
aipcommon.ko driver package not found for this system.

caution: filename not matched:  aipmount/aipmount.xxxxxxxxxxxxx.ko
aipmount.ko driver package not found for this system.

caution: filename not matched:  aipsnap/aipsnap.xxxxxxxxxxxxx.ko
aipsnap.ko driver package not found for this system.

caution: filename not matched:  aippatch/rc.sysinit-initscripts-xxxxxxxxxxxxx.patch
caution: filename not matched:  aippatch/halt-initscripts-xxxxxxxxxxxxx.patch
Patch files not found for this system.

7) Delete the environment variable.

# export -n AIPMODPATH

Target Product

-AIP Linux 4.5.x
-AIP Linux 2016

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Attachments

• aipmodupd.zip (3,462 bytes)

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