Originally posted by: SystemAdmin

For the previous Maintenance Level package, it came with a large .tar.gz file.

For the currently listed service pack or technology level packages, they come with a list of filesets, instead of a .tar.gz file.

In my environment, i am not allowed to install the SP/TL with the AIX tools, so I need to get the .tar.gz file instead.

Does any one know how to obtain the .tar.gz files for the latest service pack or tech. level packages if they exist?

Thanks in advance.

-Dawson
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Originally posted by: MarkTaylor

erm ... are you sure you have thought that one through ?, or am I missing something ?

download them to a directory, run "inutoc ." then "tar -cvf my_mllevel.tar *bff .toc" then gzip the tarball ..

Rgds
Mark Taylor
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Originally posted by: SystemAdmin

If you have 1000 AIX boxes, and all of them go to IBM to download that several hundred filesets. I am pretty sure your local network will suffer noticably.
So I want to cache a zip version of all filesets locally. In my environment, to cache a file is more than putting a file at some folder. It requires more manually process. Without a .tar.gz, I need to do it several hundred times, which is tedious and time-consuming thing to do.

Thanks for replying.

-Dawson
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Originally posted by: MarkTaylor

Hi Dawson, I am still at a loss as to why you cannot download the filesets to just 1 of your systems and create the gzipped tarball .. this will give you exactly what you had before ... the other option is to do it all via NIM, then you only have to update the lpp_source on the NIM master and you can dsh out commands to update your 1000 nodes as you see fit .. its not rocket science and its how most admins work who deal with many number of nodes.

HTH
Mark Taylor
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Originally posted by: SystemAdmin

Sorry for the confusion. I am just trying to make it easier for AixSysAdmins when they are using our patch management system.
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