An HP-UX node displays the error Inventory failed. The pciinfo module requires manual update on remote target

Solution: Use the following instructions to resolve the error:

  1. Close all tasks and back up important data on the node server.

  2. Log in to the node server with root privileges.

  3. Transfer the file pciinfo.depot, located in the HP SUM directory /ia64/ to the node server.

  4. Run swinstall -x autoreboot=true -s ‘pwd’ ./pciinfo.depot PCCIINFO.

  5. After the update finishes, you can re-run HP SUM on a remote host to continue with additional updates.