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  • 1.  Concluding Service Pack 5200-09-CSP

    Posted Wed June 06, 2007 04:44 PM

    Originally posted by: Robert_Willcox


    When I applied the CSP for 5.2, oslevel -s yielded something strange:

    #oslevel -s
    5200-10-01-0000

    #oslevel -r
    5200-09

    When I pulled the CSP for 5.3, I got the expected results:
    #oslevel -s
    5300-05-CSP

    Is this a result (or related) of the VRM changes coming in TL 6 for 5.3?
    Anyone seen other results on 5200 or care to comment?
    I have some clients on 5.2 still.

    thank you.
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  • 2.  Re: Concluding Service Pack 5200-09-CSP

    Posted Fri June 08, 2007 09:22 AM

    Originally posted by: niella


    What is the output of the following command?
    instfix -ciqk 5200-10_AIX_ML|grep ":-:"

    (this displays a list of filesets that are below the given ML or TL level). If your system is "aware" of 5200-10, the command will show filesets that are downlevel.

    Regards,
    Niel
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  • 3.  Re: Concluding Service Pack 5200-09-CSP

    Posted Fri June 08, 2007 02:27 PM

    Originally posted by: Robert_Willcox


    Interesting, thank you for prodding me to look at instfix options more closely.
    5200-10_AIX_ML:csm.client:1.6.0.10:1.5.1.3:-:AIX 5200-10 Technology Level
    5200-10_AIX_ML:csm.core:1.6.0.10:1.5.1.4:-:AIX 5200-10 Technology Level
    5200-10_AIX_ML:csm.diagnostics:1.6.0.10:1.5.1.0:-:AIX 5200-10 Technology Level
    5200-10_AIX_ML:csm.dsh:1.6.0.10:1.5.1.6:-:AIX 5200-10 Technology Level
    5200-10_AIX_ML:perl.rte:5.8.0.105:5.8.0.95:-:AIX 5200-10 Technology Level

    It looks like I have 5 filesets that are down level. I thought when I pulled the fixes on Tuesday June 5, that 5200-09-CSP was the latest TL. Either I was wrong, or some of the filesets for 5200-10 were already on the ftp site when I pulled what I thought was 5200-09-CSP. Another look:

    #oslevel -l 5200-10 -r
    Fileset Actual Level Recommended ML
    csm.client 1.5.1.3 1.6.0.10
    csm.core 1.5.1.4 1.6.0.10
    csm.diagnostics 1.5.1.0 1.6.0.10
    csm.dsh 1.5.1.6 1.6.0.10
    perl.rte 5.8.0.95 5.8.0.105

    Do you know of any documentation on fileset dependencies and related AIX fileset selection & maintenance? Only found the redbook on installation & system recovery and the man pages on the commmands to be helpful. Guess it's not rocket science, but often when I pull patches, it seems like an obstacle to overcome getting missing requisites and such. We selectively prune our fileset lists and use mksysb to clone systems for ease of installation by our clients - so this is an area of interest to me.

    Thanks again.
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  • 4.  Re: Concluding Service Pack 5200-09-CSP

    Posted Fri June 15, 2007 04:40 AM

    Originally posted by: niella


    I can only guess that this has something to do with the recent 5200-10 release, maybe the website was still getting updated.

    When you're upgrading (e.g. doing a TL upgrade) of an older system - you must have the complete set of patches up to this level available for dependencies to be resolved by installp.

    Maybe your pruning has something to do with it - Packaging Options page on fixcentral usually resolves all these dependencies automatically.

    Regards,
    Niel
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