11-03-2003
As Optimus_P already said upgrading AIX is always done following way:
1. Make system backup (smitty mksysb)
2. Make optional backup of other volume groups (smitty savevg)
3. Read carefully through AIX Release notes to determinate right upgrade path. (e.g. from AIX4.3.3 to AIX5.1 you have to use migration upgrade, from AIX4.3.2 to AIX4.3.3 smitty update_all was enough).
4. Add "latest" fixes to system (when this was written they could be found from:
IBM eServer pSeries support site)
5. After upgrade check what non-os-related bffs (e.g. HACMP, TSM Client, ..) need to upgrade with command "lppchk -v -m3" and upgrade them.
6. Upgrade all other software that might need upgrading.
For more information about AIX upgrade please refer to
AIX Version 4.3 to 5L Migration Guide.
And yes, IBM is dropping support for AIX4.3.3 end of 2003 so you should upgrade your AIX boxes directly to AIX5L.
---Tommy
Last edited by tommy; 11-03-2003 at 11:09 AM..
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hitchhiker(1) 2012-06-15 hitchhiker(1)
NAME
hitchhiker - Access locations using Bazaar transports
SYNOPSIS
hitchhiker [URL] [COMMAND] [ARGS]
OPTIONS
None.
DESCRIPTION
A client to access bzr transports, namely the Bazaar version control repositories. This utility can be used to log into the remote host and
manipulate Bazaar repositoy content like it were a FTP, SFTP client. Command include cp, mv, rmtree etc. Use Case: command 'bzr upgrade
<URL> <repository format options>' is run and after the process is over the backup.bzr needs to be removed. With this tool the task is
easy.
If no COMMAND is supplied, interactive mode is launched. If no URL is supplied, in interactive mode, the "open" command should be used to
connect to a location.
EXAMPLES
COMMAND LINE USE
To run command, like help non-interactively, use URL, e.g. current directory:
hitchhiker . help
Without options, the command line client starts in interactive mode:
hitchhiker
(Cmd) <cursor here>
Try command help for list of possibilities
(Cmd) help
at
cd
connect-and-wait
edit
exit
get
help
info
ls
lsl
mirror
mkdir
open
put
rename
rm
rmtree
Further help is provided for each command:
(Cmd) help open
Usage: open LOCATION
Open a new location.
The location may be any URL supported by Bazaar.
(Cmd) exit
USE CASES
Upgrade a remote Bazaar baranch at http://launchpad.net Bazaar and remove the backup
bzr upgrade lp:~user/+brach/name --2a
hitchhiker lp:~user/+brach/name rmtree backup.bzr
ENVIRONMENT
None.
FILES
None.
SEE ALSO
bzr(1) sftp(1)
AUTHORS
Program was written by Aaron Bentley <aaron.bentley@canonical.com>.
This manual page was written by Jari Aalto <jari.aalto@cante.net>, for the Debian GNU system (but may be used by others). Updated by Jari
Aalto <jari.aalto@cante.net>. Released under license GNU GPL v2 or (at your option) any later version. For more information about license,
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