Originally posted by: rakeshsinnya

Hi to all. I tried to update the TL level of aix 5.3 from TL4 to TL 12 but it is getting failed with some pre requisite. Do i need to update in in sequence like first to TL5 then TL6 then TL7 and so on or is there anything missing while jumping to TL12.

Thanks in advance
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Originally posted by: tony.evans

You can move from TL4 to TL12, as long as the TL12 Service Pack you're moving to is later in time than the TL4 Service Pack you're on.

Anyway, make sure you're doing an update_all and not an install.

Also, you need to check before you start to ensure all filesets are consistent and you don't have any outstanding issues.

Most of the time this is caused by people doing an install, rather than an update_all.
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Originally posted by: rakeshsinnya

Yes TL12 is newar than the TL4 service pack.

Yes i tried it with update_all.

How to check for the cosistency, if "instfix -i|grep ML" is the command the i've already checked with it and found everything ok till TL4. I've also uploaded output of lslpp -Lc file to IBM fixcentral and it suggestem me huge no of files which is around 6 GB + ( Shall i download it and install these before moving to TL12?

And i'm sure i've used update_all though i tried with install at first.
for your reference if lslpp -Lc output is required then i've attached it with this response. and my oslevel -s is 5300-4-CSP
Thank you
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Originally posted by: unixgrl

What is the pre-requisite failure you are getting?
How did you download TL12? You mentioned FixCentral recommended 6G worth of files and that could be correct since your system is so down-level.
Most likely there are some base level filesets you need since those have been updated since TL4 or there are other installed programs on your system that need updates that are not included in your download. For instance, RSCT filesets are not usually included in service packs, only the new base TL and by separate download.
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Originally posted by: rakeshsinnya

Following are the prerequisite failure:
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.
(Selected filesets which depend upon these requisites are referenced in
parentheses.)

devices.vdevice.IBM.v-scsi-host.rte 5.3.11.0 # Base Level Fileset
(dep #s: 1-14, 18-19, 21-36, 38-77, 79-85, 87-88, 90-92, 95, 97
-102, 104, 106-113, 117-122, 124-129, 131, 133-134, 136-144, 147
-151, 153-154, 156, 158, 160-161, 164, 166, 170, 172, 174
-178, 180-181, 183, 186-187, 190-197, 199-204, 206, 212, 214, 217
-218, 220-222, 228-229, 231-235, 239-242, 245-249, 252-253, 256
-326, 328, 330-332, 334-339, 341-346, 353, 374, 376)

GROUP REQUISITES: The dependencies of one or more of the selected filesets
listed above are defined by a group requisite. A group requisite must pass
a specified number of requisite tests. The following describe group
requisite failures for filesets that you selected. (See the "Requisite Failure Key" below for details of group member failures.)

#1 needs:
At least 1 of the following:
| At least 2 of the following:
| | * xlC.aix61.rte 9.0.0.1
| | * bos.rte 6.1.0.0
| At least 2 of the following:
| | ~ xlC.aix50.rte 10.1.0.3

Requisite Failure Key:
"*" fileset is not installed and not available on the current
installation media.
"~" fileset is available on the installation media but is not currently
installed. This fileset is failing to install because the requirements
of the group requisite, of which the fileset is a member, cannot be
met or because the fileset has requisites of its own which are causing
problems. Request this fileset for installation by itself to determine the actual reason. (Use the "Preview" option (-p flag) to prevent
the installation from actually occurring.)

AVAILABLE REQUISITES: You specified that requisite software should be
automatically installed. The following filesets are requisites of one
or more of the selected filesets listed above. These requisites would
have been installed automatically had the selected filesets passed all
requisite checks.
(Selected filesets which depend upon these requisites are referenced in
parentheses.)

Java5.sdk 5.0.0.1 # Java SDK 32-bit

(dep #s: 374)

bos.iocp.rte 5.3.11.0 # I/O Completion Ports API
(dep #s: 1-14, 18-19, 21-36, 38-77, 79-85, 87-88, 90-92, 95, 97
-102, 104, 106-113, 117-122, 124-129, 131, 133-134, 136-144, 147
-151, 153-154, 156, 158, 160-161, 164, 166, 170, 172, 174 -178, 180-181, 183, 186-187, 190-197, 199-204, 206, 212, 214, 217
-218, 220-222, 228-229, 231-235, 239-242, 245-249, 252-253, 256
-326, 328, 330-332, 334-339, 341-346, 353, 374, 376)

bos.iocp.rte 5.3.12.0 # I/O Completion Ports API
(dep #s: 1-14, 18-19, 21-36, 38-77, 79-85, 87-88, 90-92, 95, 97
-102, 104, 106-113, 117-122, 124-129, 131, 133-134, 136-144, 147
-151, 153-154, 156, 158, 160-161, 164, 166, 170, 172, 174
-178, 180-181, 183, 186-187, 190-197, 199-204, 206, 212, 214, 217
-218, 220-222, 228-229, 231-235, 239-242, 245-249, 252-253, 256
-326, 328, 330-332, 334-339, 341-346, 353, 374, 376)

ifor_ls.html.en_US.base.cli 5.3.7.0 # LUM HTML Guides - U.S. English
(dep #s: 347)

lwi.runtime 5.3.8.0 # Lightweight Infrastructure R...
(dep #s: 374)
lwi.runtime 5.3.12.0 # Lightweight Infrastructure R...
(dep #s: 374)

<< End of Failure Section >>

And I've downloaded TL12 from IBM Site using download directore.
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Originally posted by: rakeshsinnya

After putting prerequisite fileset I was able to jump from TL 4 to TL12 but when i checked the oslevel -s i found it in TL10

1. oslevel -s

5300-10-03-1013

Then i checked instfix -i | grep ML

1. instfix -i | grep ML

All filesets for 5.3.0.0_AIX_ML were found.
All filesets for 5300-01_AIX_ML were found.
All filesets for 5300-02_AIX_ML were found.
All filesets for 5300-03_AIX_ML were found.
All filesets for 5300-04_AIX_ML were found.
All filesets for 5300-05_AIX_ML were found.
All filesets for 5300-06_AIX_ML were found.
All filesets for 5300-07_AIX_ML were found.
Not all filesets for 5300-08_AIX_ML were found.
All filesets for 5300-09_AIX_ML were found.
All filesets for 5300-10_AIX_ML were found.
Not all filesets for 5300-11_AIX_ML were found.
Not all filesets for 5300-12_AIX_ML were found.

Please suggest me what to do now.
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Originally posted by: SystemAdmin

An old question, I know, but I thought it might be useful to add my experience. I had exactly the same issue. It turns out that there were filesets which bffcreate wanted to rename to the same filename (when I ran bffcreate -c). Not running bffcreate after copying the TL12 files to the system and re-running the smitty update_all meant that I found myself successfully at TL12.
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Originally posted by: unixgrl

Now you have to figure out specifically which filesets are not up to TL12.
My favorite command for doing this is 'instfix -ciqk 5300-12_AIX_ML | grep ":-:"'

Any fileset with a "-" is not up to date.
You can also use with oslevel command.
"oslevel -qr" will give you a list of levels
"oslevel -r -l <yourlevel>" should show you what is missing.
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Originally posted by: Harvey.Singh

Nice writing, Thanks for your instruction! It helps me out of the problem.
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