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bomahony

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Jul 28, 2009, 8:08:45 AM7/28/09
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Im having an issue with ML / TL's on AIX 5.3. I dont do very much
updating of the AIX OS, and it is slightly confusing to me.

Anyway, I was installing Websphere 7.0 and it told me i needed AIX
5300-07-01-0748 (TL7 SP1) and told me i had 5.3.0,0 installed.

Thing is it should have been 5.3 ML4.

Anyways, i installed the TL7 and also downloaded the SP1 for it.
Everything updated fine (about 450 items i think). however i currently
cantt update to SP1 as it says there is nothing in the folder to
update. I am using smit to do the updates.


Here is the various oslevel outputs:


bash-3.00# oslevel
5.3.0.0
bash-3.00# oslevel -r
5300-04
bash-3.00# oslevel -g
Fileset Actual Level
Maintenance Level
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
bos.rte 5.3.7.0 5.3.0.0
bash-3.00# oslevel -s
5300-04-CSP-0000

F. Michael Orr

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Jul 28, 2009, 9:37:17 AM7/28/09
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Run 'oslevel -qs' to ensure the system knows about all the SPs. If
5300-07-01-0748 shows up, then run 'oslevel -l 5300-07-01-0748'. There
is probably some fileset holding you back that wasn't included in your
download. Update that fileset, and the oslevel should come up.

bomahony

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Jul 28, 2009, 10:42:06 AM7/28/09
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bash-3.00# oslevel -qs
Known Service Packs
-------------------
5300-07-01-0748
5300-06-03-0732
5300-06-02-0727
5300-06-01-0722
5300-05-CSP-0000
5300-05-06-0000
5300-05-05-0000
5300-05-04-0000
5300-05-03-0000
5300-05-02-0000
5300-05-01-0000
5300-04-CSP-0000
5300-04-03-0000
5300-04-02-0000
5300-04-01-0000
5300-04-00-0000
5300-03-CSP-0000
bash-3.00# oslevel -l 5300-07-01-0748
Error: Maintenance level 5300-07-01-0748 is invalid or unknown.
bash-3.00#


F. Michael Orr

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Jul 29, 2009, 9:53:53 AM7/29/09
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The man page can be your friend. The correct syntax (derived from the
man page) is 'oslevel -s -l 5300-07-01-0748'.

bomahony

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Jul 29, 2009, 10:51:56 AM7/29/09
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Thanks michael - i generally work on Solaris so the AIX patching
system is a bit weird too me.

However when i run:

bash-3.00# oslevel -s -l 5300-07-01-0748
bash-3.00#

So that is telling me there are no packages of an earlier level
correct?

F. Michael Orr

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Jul 30, 2009, 9:59:15 AM7/30/09
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That is correct. I would recommend 'smitty suma', "Download Updates Now
(Easy)", Download ML or TL, and F4 (or ESC-4) to pick the correct TL.
That may fix it.

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