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Operating Systems AIX How do I upgrade AIX 7.1.0.3 to 7.1.3.3 without using NIMserver?? Post 302921785 by gorkhali on Monday 20th of October 2014 10:10:53 AM
Old 10-20-2014
How do I upgrade AIX 7.1.0.3 to 7.1.3.3 without using NIMserver??

Hello Everyone.

I am trying to upgrade one of my servers which is AIX 7.1.0.3 to AIX 7.1.3.3. I have downloaded the fix packs and stored in /tmp/TL3SP3 directory.
I ran inutoc .; bffcreate -ad; inutoc .
then smitty installp
I get an error like this

Code:
Verifying requisites...
                                               COMMAND STATUS

Command: failed        stdout: yes           stderr: no

Before command completion, additional instructions may appear below.

[MORE...736]
    infocenter.man.EN_US.commands 7.1.3.0     # AIX manual commands - U.S. E...
    bos.help.msg.en_US.smit 7.1.3.0           # SMIT Context Helps - U.S. En...

  << End of Warning Section >>

Verifying requisites...done
Results...

FAILURES
--------
  Filesets listed in this section failed pre-installation verification
  and will not be installed.

  Requisite Failures
  ------------------
  SELECTED FILESETS:  The following is a list of filesets that you asked to
  install.  They cannot be installed until all of their requisite filesets
  are also installed.  See subsequent lists for details of requisites.

    bos.loc.com.utf 7.1.3.0                   # Common Locale Support - UTF-8
    bos.loc.utf.EN_US 7.1.3.0                 # Base System Locale UTF Code ...

  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.

    bos.loc.com.utf 7.1.0.0                   # Base Level Fileset
    bos.loc.utf.EN_US 7.1.0.0                 # Base Level Fileset

  << End of Failure Section >>


Code:
#instfix -i|grep AIX
    All filesets for 7.1.0.0_AIX_ML were found.
    All filesets for 7100-00_AIX_ML were found.
    Not all filesets for 7100-01_AIX_ML were found.
    Not all filesets for 7100-02_AIX_ML were found.

Code:
#instfix -vick 7100-02_AIX_ML|grep ":-:"
7100-02_AIX_ML:bos.loc.com.utf:7.1.2.0:6.1.8.0:-:AIX 7100-02 Update
7100-02_AIX_ML:bos.loc.utf.EN_US:7.1.2.0:6.1.7.15:-:AIX 7100-02 Update
7100-02_AIX_ML:printers.hplj-4250.rte:7.1.1.0:6.1.7.0:-:AIX 7100-02 Update
7100-02_AIX_ML:printers.hplj-8060.rte:7.1.1.0:6.1.7.0:-:AIX 7100-02 Update
7100-02_AIX_ML:printers.msg.en_US.rte:7.1.1.0:6.1.4.0:-:AIX 7100-02 Update
root@epictrain:/mnt/IBM7tl02sp03_lpp_source>lslpp -L bos.loc.com.utf
  Fileset                      Level  State  Type  Description (Uninstaller)
  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  bos.loc.com.utf            6.1.8.0    C     F    Common Locale Support - UTF-8
                               yes

State codes:
 A -- Applied.
#---------------------------------------------------------------------
# No filesets on the media could be used to update the currently
# installed software.
#O -- Obsolete.  (partially migrated to newer version)
# Either the software is already at the same level as on the media, or
# the media contains only filesets which are not currently installed.
#---------------------------------------------------------------------
 F -- Installp Fileset
 P -- Product
 C -- Component
 T -- Feature
 R -- RPM Package
E -- Interim Fix

or is there a better or easier way to upgrade a serevr??

Last edited by rbatte1; 10-20-2014 at 12:29 PM.. Reason: Added CODE tags
 

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