7.1.0.xx.save files in /usr

[MrTulley]

I am running EEE V7.2 FP4 on AIX. I have noticed many 7.1.0.xx.save
files in /usr. Below is a small sample. Does anybody know what these
files are designed to do and if they can safely be deleted? Tis the
season for some spring cleaning and I just happened across these
sizeable files. Thanks.

...
usr/lpp/db2_07_01.client/db2_07_01.client/7.1.0.28.save
usr/lpp/db2_07_01.client/db2_07_01.client/7.1.0.41.save
usr/lpp/db2_07_01.client/db2_07_01.client/7.1.0.51.save
usr/lpp/db2_07_01.jdbc/db2_07_01.jdbc/7.1.0.28.save
usr/lpp/db2_07_01.jdbc/db2_07_01.jdbc/7.1.0.41.save
usr/lpp/db2_07_01.jdbc/db2_07_01.jdbc/7.1.0.51.save
usr/lpp/db2_07_01.cj/db2_07_01.cj/7.1.0.28.save
usr/lpp/db2_07_01.cj/db2_07_01.cj/7.1.0.41.save
usr/lpp/db2_07_01.cj/db2_07_01.cj/7.1.0.51.save
...

Scott

[Fan Ruo Xin]

Hi, MrTulley,
When you apply the fixpak for db2 on AIX, during the installation of
fixpak, there is an option you can select whether commit or not your
upgrade. I guess maybe you selected "not commit", so leave
...7.1.o.xx.save there. But I am not sure.
Regards,
Fan RX

[MrTulley]

Thanks for your reply.

I notice that these files exist whether or not the software is
committed or applied. Also, I was careful to select 'Save Replaced
files - No' when installing in SMITTY. We did a whole slew of UDB
Fixpak upgrades and some of the installs did not create these '.save'
files.

I can't imagine I would ever need them to restore to a previous code
level and it would be nice to free up this space in rootvg. But I
suppose I can leave them unless I hear it is safe to do otherwise.

Scott

Fan Ruo Xin <fan...@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:<3C8D8C0B...@yahoo.com>...

[Fan Ruo Xin]

Hi, Scott,
If so, then I have no idea.
I think maybe through some AIX commands, you can find which fileset make those files, then
maybe it will be a little easy to figure out.