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  • 1.  Determining Service Pack Level

    Posted Wed August 23, 2006 06:15 PM

    Originally posted by: SystemAdmin


    I am fairly new to AIX and I was wondering if anyone could help me.

    I know that when you run the oslevel -s command you can determine the service pack level. I was wondering if this information can be determined in any other manner?
    maybe by looking at the instfix -ia output?

    any help is appreciated

    Thanks in advance
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  • 2.  Re: Determining Service Pack Level

    Posted Wed August 23, 2006 06:49 PM

    Originally posted by: SystemAdmin


    Determine if a maintenance package is installed:

    # instfix -ik 433-02_AIX_ML
    # instfix -ik 5100-02_AIX_ML
    All filesets for 5100-02_AIX_ML were found
    # instfix -ik 5100-03_AIX_ML
    There was no data for 5100-03_AIX_ML in the fix database.
    $ instfix -ik 5200-01_AIX_ML
    All filesets for 5200-01_AIX_ML were found.
    $ instfix -ik 5200-02_AIX_ML
    Not all filesets for 5200-02_AIX_ML were found.
    Determine which filesets need updating to reach the 4.3.3.0-02 level:

    instfix -ciqk 4330-02_AIX_ML | grep ":-:"
    instfix -ciqk 5100-02_AIX_ML | grep ":-:"
    instfix -ciqk 5200-01_AIX_ML | grep ":-:"
    The command instfix -ciqk 5100-02_AIX_ML lists all the filesets.
    If the fileset has a :=: then the fileset is at the maintenance level

    5100-02_AIX_ML:bos.rte:5.1.0.25:5.1.0.25:=:AIX 5100-02 Update
    If the fileset has a :-: then the fileset is below the
    maintenance level

    5100-02_AIX_ML:bos.rte:5.1.0.0:5.1.0.0:-:AIX 5100-02 Update
    If the fileset has a :+: then the fileset is above the
    maintenance level

    5100-02_AIX_ML:bos.rte.methods:5.1.0.25:5.1.0.26:+:AIX 5

    5100-02_AIX_ML:bos.rte.methods:5.1.0.25:5.1.0.26:+:AIX 5100-02 Update
    You can use the -i flag to see the maintenance levels sometimes

    # instfix -i | grep -i "aix"
    All filesets for 5.0.0.0_AIX_ML were found.
    All filesets for 5.1.0.0_AIX_ML were found.
    All filesets for 5100-01_AIX_ML were found.
    All filesets for 5100-02_AIX_ML were found.


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  • 3.  Re: Determining Service Pack Level

    Posted Wed August 23, 2006 06:59 PM

    Originally posted by: SystemAdmin


    Thank you for that information - but if im not mistaken all that information is in relation to the maintaince level and not the service pack.

    or example when a oslevel -s command is performed lets say I get the following output:

    5200-08-01

    I think that 08 is the maintaince level and 01 is the service pack level, right?

    so how do I determine the service pack level with out the oslevel -s command

    thanks in advance again!
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  • 4.  Re: Determining Service Pack Level

    Posted Thu August 24, 2006 07:55 AM

    Originally posted by: SystemAdmin


    You can also use oslevel -r to check the ML or yes you can use the instfix in the following manner.

    ---> instfix -i | grep ML
    All filesets for 5.3.0.0_AIX_ML were found.
    All filesets for 5300-02_AIX_ML were found.
    All filesets for 5300-01_AIX_ML were found.
    All filesets for 5300-03_AIX_ML were found.
    All filesets for 5300-04_AIX_ML were found.

    This tells you if all the filesets are installed up to the highest ML you have on your system.
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  • 5.  Re: Determining Service Pack Level

    Posted Thu August 24, 2006 12:50 PM

    Originally posted by: SystemAdmin


    > You can also use oslevel -r to check the ML or yes
    > you can use the instfix in the following manner.
    >
    > ---> instfix -i | grep ML
    > All filesets for 5.3.0.0_AIX_ML were found.
    > All filesets for 5300-02_AIX_ML were found.
    > All filesets for 5300-01_AIX_ML were found.
    > All filesets for 5300-03_AIX_ML were found.
    > All filesets for 5300-04_AIX_ML were found.
    >
    > This tells you if all the filesets are installed up
    > to the highest ML you have on your system.

    I really do thank you guys for the help however this information only allows me to obtain the maintaince level of the system and not the service pack level.

    Lets say a performa a oslevel -s and get: 5200-08-CSP
    Is there a way to determine this information from instfix?

    Thanks!
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  • 6.  Re: Determining Service Pack Level

    Posted Sun August 27, 2006 10:30 PM

    Originally posted by: SystemAdmin


    Try,

    $ oslevel -s
    5300-04-01

    $ instfix -i | grep _SP
    All filesets for 5300-04-01_SP were found.
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