List of Installed patches for AIX from given set of patches
I need to find out list of installed patches from given list of patches.
I have tried using instfix -f <File containing list of patches> -i -c
But I was not able to understand the output of this command. It was like below.
It did returned result with respect to given file but how do I know which one is installed and which one is not from this output? Or is there any other way to find this?
Create a list of all installed filesets using the lslpp command. Since you intend to analyse it by a script i suggest you use the "-c" switch, which gives a colon-separated one-line-per-fileset output ideally suited to using it in scripts.
Then use a grep -f <your.list.file> <fileset.list> of some sorts to find the filesets on your lists which are installed - misses will be not installed at all.
Depending on the exact format of your list you will have to tweak this general sketch into a script, but the idea should be obvious.
Just by-the-by.....regarding instfix and it's usefulness.
Post upgrade/installation I usually do a:
Looking for the ":-:" shows you the filesets that are "known" to the system, but not at the known (higher) ML/TL.
This is useful when you have installed an oslevel, but
is not showing you what you believe to be an accurate post-installation oslevel.
This is normally down to a handful of filesets not in your install or lpp_source.
An example, host installed with TL12 Concluding Service Pack (5) for 5.3, updated from TL8, but reporting TL11!
So I need to grab that fileset and update it.
Off topic a bit but a useful thing to be aware of the ":-:" meaning in instfix output
An example, host installed with TL12 Concluding Service Pack (5) for 5.3, updated from TL8, but reporting TL11!
That's right. "oslevel" and similar tools always report the "lowest common denominator" - the fileset with the lowest patch level. If you have the whole system at TL12 and one fileset at TL11, then TL11 is reported. See also the pinned thread at the top of our board, where this is explained in detail.
Does anyone know of a command that would show the list of patches installed and the date it was installed? My understanding is that "showrev -p" would show patches but not the date they were installed. I'm looking for this on a Solaris 10 server. Thanks. (2 Replies)
Hi Folks,
I am getting the following error when trying to see installed patches on my Solaris 9 system :wall:
# patchadd -p
No patches installed
#
Any help will be much appreciated
Thanks in advance (1 Reply)
Hi Admins,
Basically i am HPUX guy.HP will release patch bundles every three months and the same we are applying on servers as proactive steps. Please let me know how it happens with AIX.
My servers are AIX 5.3 with TL 10 and some are TL 7.
These servers are installed 2 years back and... (1 Reply)
Hi
One of the file set is not getting installed in aix.
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cbspsap01:/ # lppchk -v
lppchk: The following filesets need to be installed or corrected to bring
the system to a consistent state:... (1 Reply)
Hello everyone:
I've installed an OS patch into AIX 6.1 by running the following command:
instfix -d /tmp/6100-02-03 -k "IZ41855"
however it seem not installed
instfix -i -k "IZ41855"
There was no data for IZ41855 in the fix database.
what am I doing wrong? (8 Replies)
Hi Unix Experts,
I'm told to install WebSphere MQ on Sun 5.9 box. Before I install it, my task is to find out what OS patches have already installed on the box.
I tried pkginfo -i command but it gives all of the packages installed.
I want to find out a specific patch has been installed or... (1 Reply)
Hi all
I am using HPUX11.00
i want to know how to see all installed PATCHES ..and also to see any perticular patch has been installed or not
solaris showrev -p does not work in HPUX
please suggest any command
thanks
praful (1 Reply)