Originally posted by: SystemAdmin

Hi!

I’m trying to upgrade from AIX 5-3 TL8 SP6 to AIX 5.3 TL9, but the upgrade won’t go through due to build date conflicts.
Seems that AIX is more concerned about build date of filesets than the version. Build date for the installed filesets is more resent than
the build date for filesets for the ‘newer’ TL9.

Anyone who has seen and solved this one ?

prod23:/sysback/AIX/AIX53TL9> oslevel -s
5300-08-06-0918
prod23:/sysback/AIX/AIX53TL9>
prod23:/sysback/AIX/AIX53TL9>
prod23:/sysback/AIX/AIX53TL9> /usr/lib/instl/sm_inst installp_cmd -a -d '.' -f '_update_all' '-p' '-g' '-X' '-Y'
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BUILDDATE Verification ...
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Verifying build dates...
installp: The build date requisite check failed for fileset perfagent.tools.
Installed fileset build date of 0918 is more recent than the selected fileset build date of 0847.
installp: The build date requisite check failed for fileset devices.pciex.b3154a63.rte.
Installed fileset build date of 0918 is more recent than the selected fileset build date of 0847.
installp: The build date requisite check failed for fileset devices.pci.b315445a.rte.
Installed fileset build date of 0918 is more recent than the selected fileset build date of 0847.
installp: The build date requisite check failed for fileset devices.common.IBM.sissas.rte.
Installed fileset build date of 0918 is more recent than the selected fileset build date of 0847.
installp: The build date requisite check failed for fileset devices.sas.rte.
Installed fileset build date of 0918 is more recent than the selected fileset build date of 0847.
installp: The build date requisite check failed for fileset devices.fcp.disk.array.rte.
Installed fileset build date of 0918 is more recent than the selected fileset build date of 0847.
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• Kyrre

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Originally posted by: unixgrl

applying TL9 when you are at TL8 SP6 is not an upgrade. that's why it isn't working.
The builddate is there to make it clear which set of patches is newer.
Look at the chart on FixCentral for AIX 5.3 service packs. TL9 SP3 and TL8 SP6 were released
at the same time and functionality between the two would be almost equivalent. Since
TL9 SP3 and TL8 SP6 have equal build dates, you should be able to upgrade to TL9 SP3.
Read the service strategy guide at the following link:
http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/sas/f/best/home.html
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