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MoshiachNow
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HI,
YOu need to get from IBM the 4.3.3 AIX CD and install it. "Long live king Moshiach !"
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YOu need to get from IBM the 4.3.3 AIX CD and install it. "Long live king Moshiach !"
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AIXSPadmin
MIS
You need to insert the CD and set it to service mode on a stand-alone. Then you will be prompted for 3 different install methods: New/Overwrite, Preservation, and Migration install. I only work on SP complexes now, so I am trying to remember from my stand-alone days, however, I believe you want the Preservation Install. You can go from 4.3.x to 4.3.y with Preservation, however, for 4.2.x to 4.3.x you would need to use Migration Install.
I have had much success going from 4.3.2 to 4.3.3 by simply using `smit update_all` off of the 4.3.3 CDROMs. There are four, so for each CDROM:
Mount the AIX CD, normally /cdrom but anywhere will do.
cd to the dir with the filesets:
#cd /cdrom/usr/sys/inst.images
Run update_all through smit:
#smitty update_all
Use . (a dot) as install location.
Change default options to NOT commit, DO save old versions, DO install prereqs, and particularly DO preview only. If things look good, just hit F3 and set preview only to NO. Setting verbose display (at bottom I think) is also a good idea.
To skip to the end of the smit screen after you get the OK, I believe the key combo is ESC, SHIFT+V. I forget the rest at the moment.
Note that sometimes you must commit certain filesets. Sometimes weird things happen, so always APPLY but do not COMMIT unless you must, and save previous versions if you have the disk space. You might need to reboot more than once, and you will definitely see some wacky things before your reboot.
Now, I did say it was successful but you will probably have to do some individual updates of "weird" filesets that do not come on the base CDs, which can be a lot of work in locating, but uses the same procedure for installation. The `oslevel -l 4.3.3.0` command should report back what is downlevel and you can start your detective work from there. I also like to run the update_all over each CDROM again, just to be sure.
hth IBM Certified -- AIX 4.3 Obfuscation
Mount the AIX CD, normally /cdrom but anywhere will do.
cd to the dir with the filesets:
#cd /cdrom/usr/sys/inst.images
Run update_all through smit:
#smitty update_all
Use . (a dot) as install location.
Change default options to NOT commit, DO save old versions, DO install prereqs, and particularly DO preview only. If things look good, just hit F3 and set preview only to NO. Setting verbose display (at bottom I think) is also a good idea.
To skip to the end of the smit screen after you get the OK, I believe the key combo is ESC, SHIFT+V. I forget the rest at the moment.
Note that sometimes you must commit certain filesets. Sometimes weird things happen, so always APPLY but do not COMMIT unless you must, and save previous versions if you have the disk space. You might need to reboot more than once, and you will definitely see some wacky things before your reboot.
Now, I did say it was successful but you will probably have to do some individual updates of "weird" filesets that do not come on the base CDs, which can be a lot of work in locating, but uses the same procedure for installation. The `oslevel -l 4.3.3.0` command should report back what is downlevel and you can start your detective work from there. I also like to run the update_all over each CDROM again, just to be sure.
hth IBM Certified -- AIX 4.3 Obfuscation
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