Installation instructions

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Before installation

Before you begin the installation of this package, please note the following:

  1. You must be logged in as the root user to install this package.
  2. IBM recommends creating a system backup before starting the installation procedure.
  3. The latest AIX installation hints and tips for your version of AIX are available from the IBM eServer pSeries Subscription Services web site:
    http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/subscriptions/pqvcmjd
    These tips contain important information that should be reviewed before installing this update.
  4. IBM recommends creating a separate file system for /usr/sys/inst.images for the following reasons:
    • Downloaded fix packages require a significant amount of disk space.
    • By creating a separate file system, you prevent the expansion of the /usr file system.

Package installation

Follow these steps to install the update package:

  1. Always run the inutoc command to ensure the installation subsystem will recognize the new fix packages you download. This command creates a new .toc file for the fix package. Run the inutoc command in the same directory where you downloaded the package filesets. For example, if you downloaded the filesets to /usr/sys/inst.images, run the following command:
    inutoc /usr/sys/inst.images
  2. For selected updates
    To install selected updates from this package, use the following command:
    smit update_by_fix
  3. For all updates
    To install all updates from this package that apply to the installed filesets on your system, use the following command:
    smit update_all
    It is highly recommended that you apply all updates from this package.
  4. Reboot the system. A reboot is required for this update to take effect.

After installation

If you install additional operating system software you will want to use this package to bring the additional software up to this maintenance level.

You can create a list of the APARs closed in this package, which you can then view (and search) in an ASCII editor, such as vi or emacs. First, create the .toc file for the package by using the inutoc command described above. Then, run the following command to extract the APAR listings from the .toc file:

grep ^IY .toc > apar.list

Run the following command to eliminate duplicate entries from the apar.list file:

sort -u apar.list -o sorted.apars

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