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  • 1.  bind.rte in AIX 7300-01-01

    Posted Fri December 30, 2022 11:32 AM
    I see in the AIX 7.3.1 Release Notes that the old bind filesets are being replaced:

    BIND version 9.16 is included in the bind.rte fileset in AIX 7.3, Technology Level 1, base media package. The bind.rte fileset is not installed by default. During migration from the previous AIX version to AIX 7.3, Technology Level 1, the bos.net.tcp.bind and bos.net.tcp.bind_utils filesets that are installed on the previous AIX versions are removed, and the bind.rte BIND fileset is installed. During the update operation, the bind.rte fileset must be explicitly selected for installation. Otherwise, the bos.net.tcp.bind and bos.net.tcp.bind_utils BIND filesets remain in the updated system.

    So I've updated one of my servers to 7300-01-01, but I did not see this until now and my server still has the hold bos.net.tcp.bind* filesets. Is there a way to switch to the new bind.rte now that I'm already at 7300-01-01?


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    Robert Wood
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  • 2.  RE: bind.rte in AIX 7300-01-01

    Posted Mon January 02, 2023 04:31 AM

    Hi Robert,

    The BIND version 9.16 is included in the bind.rte fileset in AIX 7.3, Technology Level 1 in the base media but it is not getting installed by default.

    As mentioned in the release note "During the update operation, the bind.rte fileset must be explicitly selected for installation. Otherwise, the bos.net.tcp.bind and bos.net.tcp.bind_utils BIND filesets remain in the updated system", Please select the 
    BIND version 9.16 fileset bind.rte explicitly during update otherwise you will still have old BIND filesets and there will be issues. Please follow the instruction mentioned in the release note and let me know if you still sees any issue. 

    Thanks!



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  • 3.  RE: bind.rte in AIX 7300-01-01

    Posted Mon January 02, 2023 11:47 AM
    I'm not sure what "Please select the BIND version 9.16 fileset bind.rte explicitly during update" means. Could you be more specific?

    I've been doing updates, migrations, etc. on AIX since 4.3.2. Normally this kind of thing is handled during the migration upgrade, but I've already migrated these from 7.2 to 7.3 earlier last year, then recently did an update_all operation to make the TL jump from 7300-00-02 to 7300-01-01. So what kind of operation should I be doing now?

    Thanks,
    Rob


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  • 4.  RE: bind.rte in AIX 7300-01-01

    Posted Tue January 03, 2023 08:14 AM
    Hi Robert,

    As you already did the update_all operation to make the TL jump from 7300-00-02 to 7300-01-01, now you just need to install the the BIND version 9.16 fileset bind.rte from AIX 7.3, Technology Level 1 base media. Installing the new BIND version 9.16 will also automatically remove the old bind filesets bos.net.tcp.bind and bos.net.tcp.bind_utils.

    Please let me know if you have any further question. 

    Thanks!


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  • 5.  RE: bind.rte in AIX 7300-01-01

    Posted Tue January 03, 2023 09:55 AM
    That worked, thank you!

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    Robert Wood
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  • 6.  RE: bind.rte in AIX 7300-01-01

    Posted Wed January 04, 2023 08:58 AM
    Hi Dimpu,

    Thanks for the info.

    I installed bind.rte (7.1.916.2600), which as expected, automatically removed the old bind filesets bos.net.tcp.bind and bos.net.tcp.bind_utils.

    When running lppchk -v, I get:

    lppchk: The following filesets need to be installed or corrected to bring
    the system to a consistent state:

    bos.net.tcp.bind_utils 7.2.0.0 (not installed; requisite fileset)

    This is unexpected, as installing bind.rte, removes that fileset.

    Any suggestions?  Thanks.

    John

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    John Kartsonakis
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  • 7.  RE: bind.rte in AIX 7300-01-01

    Posted Wed January 04, 2023 10:37 AM
    John, I had the same issue. What filesets depend on bos.net.tcp.bind_utils on your server? I was able to look at them by doing "lppchk -vm3". The ones that showed up were older, obsolete (at least I hope) filesets that I was able to remove.


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  • 8.  RE: bind.rte in AIX 7300-01-01

    Posted Wed January 04, 2023 11:18 PM
    Thanks Robert.

    I had one dependant fileset: bos.net.tcp.client, Removing this should be safe, as it is replaced by newer filesets.

    John

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  • 9.  RE: bind.rte in AIX 7300-01-01

    Posted Thu January 12, 2023 01:39 PM
    Hi John,

    We will look into this and get back to you soon. Thanks!



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