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  • 1.  VIOS 4.1.1.0.0 fails

    Posted Wed December 11, 2024 10:46 AM

    We attempted to upgrade our VIOS 4.1.0.21 servers to 4.1.1.0.0 but it failed miserably. The servers got stuck at code : 0554

    There were a lot of MISSING REQUISITES as well and when it went to reboot, there was an issue with /etc/shutdown :

    Unmounting the file systems...

    /etc/shutdown[1376]: echo: write to 1 failed [I/O error]

    /etc/shutdown[1387]: echo: write to 1 failed [I/O error]


    Our command run as padmin :  ioscli updateios -f -accept -install -dev /mnt/$UPDATE

    (we're not concerned with the languages, but the ones in bold look concerning)

      MISSING REQUISITES:  The following filesets are required by one or more

      of the selected filesets listed above.  They are not currently installed

      and could not be found on the installation media.

        bos.alt_disk_install.rte 7.3.3.0          # Base Level Fileset

        bos.diag.rte 7.3.3.0                      # Base Level Fileset

        bos.iconv.Zh_TW 7.3.0.0                   # Base Level Fileset

        bos.iconv.ja_JP 7.3.0.0                   # Base Level Fileset

        bos.iconv.ko_KR 7.3.0.0                   # Base Level Fileset

        bos.iconv.ucs.Zh_CN 7.3.0.0               # Base Level Fileset

        bos.iconv.zh_CN 7.3.0.0                   # Base Level Fileset

        bos.iconv.zh_TW 7.3.0.0                   # Base Level Fileset

        bos.loc.com.CN 7.3.0.0                    # Base Level Fileset

        bos.loc.iso.Zh_CN 7.3.0.0                 # Base Level Fileset

        bos.loc.iso.Zh_TW 7.3.0.0                 # Base Level Fileset

        bos.loc.iso.ca_ES 7.3.0.0                 # Base Level Fileset

        bos.loc.iso.cs_CZ 7.3.0.0                 # Base Level Fileset

        bos.loc.iso.es_ES 7.3.0.0                 # Base Level Fileset

        bos.loc.iso.fr_FR 7.3.0.0                 # Base Level Fileset

        bos.loc.iso.it_IT 7.3.0.0                 # Base Level Fileset

        bos.loc.iso.ja_JP 7.3.0.0                 # Base Level Fileset

        bos.loc.iso.ko_KR 7.3.0.0                 # Base Level Fileset

        bos.loc.iso.pl_PL 7.3.0.0                 # Base Level Fileset

        bos.loc.iso.pt_BR 7.3.0.0                 # Base Level Fileset

        bos.loc.iso.ru_RU 7.3.0.0                 # Base Level Fileset

        bos.loc.iso.sk_SK 7.3.0.0                 # Base Level Fileset

        bos.loc.iso.zh_CN 7.3.0.0                 # Base Level Fileset

        bos.loc.iso.zh_TW 7.3.0.0                 # Base Level Fileset

        bos.loc.pc.Ja_JP 7.3.0.0                  # Base Level Fileset

        bos.mls.rte 7.3.0.0                       # Base Level Fileset

        bos.mls.rte 6.1.1.0                       # Base Level Fileset

        bos.mp64 7.3.3.0                          # Base Level Fileset

        bos.net.ipsec.rte 7.3.3.0                 # Base Level Fileset

        bos.net.tcp.client_core 7.3.3.0           # Base Level Fileset

        bos.net.tcp.rcmd 7.3.0.0                  # Base Level Fileset

        bos.net.tcp.rcmd_server 7.3.0.0           # Base Level Fileset

        bos.rte 7.3.3.0                           # Base Level Fileset

        bos.svprint.rte 7.3.0.0                   # Base Level Fileset

        dsm.core 7.3.0.0                          # Base Level Fileset

        ios.cli.man.es_ES 7.3.0.0                 # Base Level Fileset

        ios.cli.man.fr_FR 7.3.0.0                 # Base Level Fileset

        ios.cli.man.it_IT 7.3.0.0                 # Base Level Fileset

        ios.cli.man.ja_JP 7.3.0.0                 # Base Level Fileset

        ios.cli.man.pt_BR 7.3.0.0                 # Base Level Fileset

    Let us know if there's something we need to do on our side, but, it looks like a bad package.

    Thanks,



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    Scott Gruber
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  • 2.  RE: VIOS 4.1.1.0.0 fails

    Posted Wed December 11, 2024 04:38 PM

    Scott,

    you are too fast :-) The official GA day afair is tomorrow to make the last Friday 13th the most remarkable day of the year for each AIX/VIOS administrator in the world.

    I tested the update on two of my VIOSes without LPAR clients and the update worked as expected. I've got some requisite problems but nothing crucial:

    dsm.core                  7.3.3.0         Requisite failure
bos.suma                  7.3.3.0         Requisite failure
bos.net.tcp.rcmd_server   7.3.3.0         Requisite failure
bos.net.tcp.rcmd          7.3.3.0         Requisite failure
bos.msg.pt_BR.svprint     7.3.3.0         Requisite failure
bos.msg.pt_BR.mls.rte     7.3.3.0         Requisite failure
bos.msg.it_IT.svprint     7.3.3.0         Requisite failure
bos.msg.it_IT.mls.rte     7.3.3.0         Requisite failure
bos.msg.fr_FR.svprint     7.3.3.0         Requisite failure
bos.msg.fr_FR.mls.rte     7.3.3.0         Requisite failure
bos.msg.es_ES.svprint     7.3.3.0         Requisite failure
bos.msg.es_ES.mls.rte     7.3.3.0         Requisite failure
bos.msg.en_US.mls.rte     7.3.3.0         Requisite failure
bos.msg.de_DE.svprint     7.3.3.0         Requisite failure
bos.msg.de_DE.mls.rte     7.3.3.0         Requisite failure
bos.msg.ca_ES.svprint     7.3.3.0         Requisite failure
bos.msg.ca_ES.mls.rte     7.3.3.0         Requisite failure
bos.esagent               7.3.3.0         Requisite failure
bos.ecc_client.rte        7.3.3.0         Requisite failure
X11.apps.msmit            7.3.3.0         Requisite failure

    They are booted and show me 4.1.1.00

    $ ioslevel
4.1.1.00

    You may need to re-download your update from the IBM FixCentral one more time.



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    Andrey Klyachkin

    https://www.power-devops.com
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  • 3.  RE: VIOS 4.1.1.0.0 fails

    Posted Thu December 12, 2024 02:26 AM

    Hi Scott,

    While updating to 4.1.1.0, there will be certain Requisite Failures which can be ignored. Detailed list is mentioned in the release notes at  https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7178052?mhsrc=ibmsearch_a&mhq=vios%204%26period%3B1%26period%3B1

    You may try downloading the update images one more time.

    - Rupesh



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    RUPESH THOTA
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  • 4.  RE: VIOS 4.1.1.0.0 fails

    Posted Thu December 12, 2024 11:42 AM
    Edited by Scott Gruber Thu December 12, 2024 11:41 AM

    Thanks all, I ended up re-downloading the iso and mounting it on our admin LPAR and copied over - updated 2 VIO servers and alls good 



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    Scott Gruber
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