AIX 6.1 New SP&TL 6.1.8.0 upgrade failed

UNIX AIX
1

Hello Team,

 Hope all doing well. I have tried to upgrade on of my AIX box too the latest SP and TL, but unfortunately it's got failed\(Details are below\). Need expert help to fix this. 

 Before up-gradation :
root@[/roracle/AIX]# oslevel -s
6100-07-01-1141
root@[/roracle/AIX]# instfix -i | grep ML
    All filesets for 6100-00_AIX_ML were found.
    All filesets for 6100-01_AIX_ML were found.
    All filesets for 6100-02_AIX_ML were found.
    All filesets for 6100-03_AIX_ML were found.
    All filesets for 6100-04_AIX_ML were found.
    All filesets for 6100-05_AIX_ML were found.
    All filesets for 6100-06_AIX_ML were found.
    All filesets for 6100-07_AIX_ML were found.

While doing 'smitty upgrade_all' got failed . After reboot the machine the result's are below.

root@[/home/root]# oslevel -s
6100-07-03-1207
root@[/home/root]# instfix -i | grep ML
    All filesets for 6100-00_AIX_ML were found.
    All filesets for 6100-01_AIX_ML were found.
    All filesets for 6100-02_AIX_ML were found.
    All filesets for 6100-03_AIX_ML were found.
    All filesets for 6100-04_AIX_ML were found.
    All filesets for 6100-05_AIX_ML were found.
    All filesets for 6100-06_AIX_ML were found.
    All filesets for 6100-07_AIX_ML were found.
    All filesets for 6.1.0.0_AIX_ML were found.
    Not all filesets for 6100-08_AIX_ML were found.

root@[/home/root]# instfix -icqk  6100-08_AIX_ML | grep :-:
6100-08_AIX_ML:bos.net.uucp:6.1.8.0:6.1.7.0:-:AIX 6100-08 Update
6100-08_AIX_ML:devices.pciex.151438c1.rte:6.1.7.15:6.1.7.0:-:AIX 6100-08 Update
6100-08_AIX_ML:printers.ibmgb18030_CN.rte:6.1.8.0:6.1.6.0:-:AIX 6100-08 Update
6100-08_AIX_ML:printers.ibmuniversal.rte:6.1.8.0:6.1.6.0:-:AIX 6100-08 Update
root@[/home/root]# lppchk -v
lppchk:  The following filesets need to be installed or corrected to bring
         the system to a consistent state:

  bos.loc.utf.ZH_CN 4.1.3.0              (not installed; requisite fileset)
  bos.loc.utf.ZH_CN 4.1.3.0              (not installed; requisite fileset)
  bos.loc.utf.ZH_CN 4.1.3.0              (not installed; requisite fileset)
  X11.fnt.ucs.ttf_CN 4.2.0.0              (not installed; requisite fileset)
  X11.fnt.ucs.ttf_CN 5.3.0.0              (not installed; requisite fileset)
  bos.loc.com.bidi 4.1.0.0                (not installed; requisite fileset)
  bos.loc.iso.ko_KR 4.3.0.0               (not installed; requisite fileset)
  bos.loc.iso.ko_KR 4.1.0.0               (not installed; requisite fileset)
  bos.loc.iso.zh_TW 4.1.0.0               (not installed; requisite fileset)
  bos.loc.utf.HI_IN 5.0.0.0               (not installed; requisite fileset)
  bos.loc.utf.ZH_CN 5.3.0.0               (not installed; requisite fileset)
  bos.net.uucp 6.1.8.0                    (BROKEN)

In the 'Smitty update_all" output i have seen the below failure error too .

printers.ibmuniversal.rte 6.1.8.0         Requisite failure
printers.ibmgb18030_CN.rt 6.1.8.0         Requisite failure

I have got the below URL(FIX) for "bos.net.uucp 6.1.8.0" but after installing that the result given below. Needed some expert help.

root@[/roracle/AIX/IBM_Print_FIX]# instfix -icqk 6100-08_AIX_ML | grep :-:
6100-08_AIX_ML:bos.net.uucp:6.1.8.0:6.1.7.0:-:AIX 6100-08 Update
6100-08_AIX_ML:printers.ibmgb18030_CN.rte:6.1.8.0:6.1.6.0:-:AIX 6100-08 Update
6100-08_AIX_ML:printers.ibmuniversal.rte:6.1.8.0:6.1.6.0:-:AIX 6100-08 Update
root@[/roracle/AIX/IBM_Print_FIX]#

http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1fileset750555110

Regards,
Gowtham.G

2

A separate approach could be to delete the filesets that are not updating properly. To help decide you could use lslpp -f <filesetName> and look at the files included and determine if there are any you actually need. If not you could delete and the command oslevel -s will give you the level you expect.

I have not downloaded the files myself, so I cannot say if it is for all systems. The separate fix for bos.net.uucp makes it seem like this is a "PTF in Error" - or something like that. Be watching: www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/subscriptions/ijhifoeblist?mode=1&prefsOnOff=null&heading=AIX61&topic=TL08&month=ALL

3

Use "oslevel -qs" (q=query) to see all the oslevels your system knows about. Hopefully, the TL8 is at the top of your list.

hostname:/:$ oslevel -qs
Known Service Packs
-------------------
7100-01-04-1216
7100-01-03-1207
7100-01-02-1150
7100-01-01-1141
7100-01-00-0000
7100-00-05-1207
7100-00-04-1140
7100-00-03-1115
7100-00-02-1041
7100-00-01-1037
hostname:/:$

Then use "oslevel -sl 7100-01-04-1216" (l=lacking) with the version number being the level you are trying to get to and it should tell you which filesets are down leveled. You can then focus your efforts on finding later versions of them and getting them updated.

hostname:/:$ oslevel -sl 7100-01-04-1216
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Hello MichaelFelt/Kah00na,

Thanks for your replies. The issue has been solved.

1) First I've uninstalled the printer language filesets.
2) 2nd I have uninstalled the UUCP fileset(Broken), idendified this fileset was broken due to the UUCP id wasn't present in the server, so I've created that id and installed the UUCP base version(bos.net.uucp 6.1.6.0 ) from the base media and then installed the latest version( bos.net.uucp 6.1.8.0). Now the issue got solved and my AIX got upgrated to TL8 successfully.

Before upgrading : 
bos.net.uucp 6.1.8.0                    (BROKEN)

   After upgrading from the base media : 
  root@[/retail/AIX/uucp]# lslpp -l bos.net.uucp
   
  Name                        Level           Part        Event       Result
  -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  bos.net.uucp                6.1.6.0         USR         APPLY       SUCCESS
  bos.net.uucp                6.1.6.0         ROOT        APPLY       SUCCESS
   
   
   
  After update to the latest one : 
   
  root@[/retail/AIX/uucp]# lslpp -l bos.net.uucp
    Fileset                      Level  State      Description
    ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Path: /usr/lib/objrepos
    bos.net.uucp               6.1.8.0  COMMITTED  Unix to Unix Copy Program
   
  Path: /etc/objrepos
    bos.net.uucp               6.1.8.0  COMMITTED  Unix to Unix Copy Program
  root@[/retail/AIX/uucp]#
  root@[/retail/AIX/uucp]# instfix -i | grep ML
      All filesets for 6100-00_AIX_ML were found.
      All filesets for 6100-01_AIX_ML were found.
      All filesets for 6100-02_AIX_ML were found.
      All filesets for 6100-03_AIX_ML were found.
      All filesets for 6100-04_AIX_ML were found.
      All filesets for 6100-05_AIX_ML were found.
      All filesets for 6100-06_AIX_ML were found.
      All filesets for 6100-07_AIX_ML were found.
      All filesets for 6.1.0.0_AIX_ML were found.
      All filesets for 6100-08_AIX_ML were found.
  root@[/retail/AIX/uucp]# oslevel -s
  6100-08-01-1245
  root@[/retail/AIX/uucp]# lppchk -vm3
  root@[/retail/AIX/uucp]#

Thanks much guys !!!! :slight_smile: