patches for AIX 4.3 2

[barefootdn]

Hello,
I have just installed AIX 4.3 (Full Maint. Level is 4.3.2.0). I would like to install the patches (security and system) on the machine. Can someone please tell me what is the procedure to do the update? Also, is there 1 cumulative patch that I can install or do I have to install individual patches?
Thanks in advance.

barefootdn

 

[MendotaGuy]

Go to

http://techsupport.services.ibm.com/rs6000/fixes

. From there you can download the latest maintenence level of AIX code. You will be able to install this maint. level with one smit command. Instructions should come with the download.

Another option available at that same site under "Tools" is the AIX FixDist package. It's a motif program that will download fixes without going through a web browser. Take a look and see if it works for you.

 

[aixqueen]

generally yournew software comes with an update cd? which you should put on?

you can do a smitty update_all with the update cd in the drive... Metadotaguy
is right on for the sites...You can get the recommended maintenance levels there
or just security patches.... Or if you have an IBM software support contact, you
can call IBM up and have them send you the latest and greatest for your level.

Congrats on upgrading...make sure you do the post migrations checks...
and lastly check your maintenance level with the instfix -i | grep ML
to see what maintenance level is loaded..
Post-Migration Checks
After the migration, you should make some basic checks to ensure that the
install occurred correctly (these checks cannot be complete, but they provide
a good starting point).

Make sure the installed Licensed Program Products are consistent:

#lppchk -v

You should get no output from the preceding command. Any output is error
output and should be corrected.

Make sure the oslevel command shows the proper VRMF information (the fix
information should always be zero):

#oslevel

For systems that are being migrated to 4.2.1, it is necessary to run an
update_all on the second volume of 4.2.1 BOS CDs in order for the oslevel
command to return 4.2.1.0. This may be true of other levels that are installed
with multi-volume CDs, unless the system prompted you for other volumes of
the CD during the install (by default, the prompting for other volumes is turned
off so the system will migrate unhindered).

Make sure you don't have any previous level filesets committed:

#lslpp -l|grep [previous_version.previous_release]|grep
COMMITTED

For example, if you had migrated from 4.2.1 to 4.3.0, run:

#lslpp -l|grep 4.2|grep COMMITTED

Any AIX filesets that are in the committed state should be removed (this may
not apply to any third party software you have installed; you should verify with
the third party vendor about what should be done with their software). If you
run lslpp -l output without the pipes and greps, you may see obsolete filesets.
These should not be removed unless you are sure that none of your software
still needs these previous level filesets.

Make sure none of you filesets have been broken:

#lslpp -l|grep BROKEN

Broken base filesets are corrected by forcing the install of the base fileset.
Broken PTFs are corrected by reinstalling the PTF in the committed state.

Make sure that your fix database contains information for the level you have
just migrated to:

#instfix -ik [V.R.M.F]_AIX_ML

You should get a message like:

All filesets for [V.R.M.F]_AIX_ML were found.

The final checks are to ensure that your system's applications are running
normally.

If you find any problems after the migration, please save off your /var/adm/ras
directory for analysis.

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AIX 4.3.2:
IY00411 RECOMMENDED Maintenance Level (4.3.2-02)
IY03149 August 99


Most patches require a still system with no one one it. You must be in
multiuser mode, but without users. Also, most patches require a reboot of the
system after they are applied.
You can run the instfix command to see what level of aix you are at:
instfix -i |grep ML
or
instfix -ik 4320-01_AIX_ML
instfix -ik 4320-02_AIX_ML
If it says not all installed, you are missing filesets that need to be updated
# instfix -ivk 4320-02_AIX_ML|grep not | grep ':'
Good Luck.

 

[barefootdn]

Thanks to MendotaGuy and AIXqueen for your helps. I was able to install FixDist and download the db.

barefootdn