oslevel -s on AIX5.3 TL6 Sp4 showing more info 1

[jpor2003]

Hi Guys,

Forgive my ignorance. But I have noticed recently when we have upgraded from tl5-sp6 to tl6-sp4 that when you do an oslevel -s command there is now additional information after the service pack:

5300-06-04-0748

What does the 0748 refer to? Couldn't see anything on the fix pack website.

Thanks.

 

[khalidaaa]

Very interesting Question! i was looking into the internet and i found similar case as yours

http://rootvg.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=217&Itemid=48

But still it doesn't explain why 0748!

Regards,
Khalid

 

[dial8d]

taken from the AIX Service Strategy doc available here

ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/common/ssi/rep_wh/n/PSW03011USEN/PSW03011USEN.PDF

The naming convention for Service Packs will change.

For example,under the old naming convention, the first Service Pack for Technology Level 6 would be “5300-06-01” (53 TL6 SP1).

Under the new naming convention, the month and week of the date the Service Pack is released will be used as part of the name of Service Pack—as a result, Service Pack 1 will be named to 5300-06-01-YYWW (where YY is the 2-digit year and WW is the 2-digit week the SP is available).

 

[jpor2003]

Thanks Guys. Why on earth you need the day and week though is beyond me. Unless it's a back covering exercise by IBM.

 

[khalidaaa]

Thanks dial8d for the info!

Regard,
Khalid

 

[p5wizard]

Why? So you know how old/recent your installed SP is I guess.


HTH,

p5wizard

 

[jpor2003]

Good point p5wizard. Although I thought that's why the IBM Fix website was there for. Or even to make the most of your IBM Support contract ;-)