# How to create offline repository for AIX 7.1

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**Category:** AIX\
**Created:** [February 18, 2024, 2:55pm UTC](https://community.unix.com/t/how-to-create-offline-repository-for-aix-7-1/393292 "2024-02-18T14:55:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![gebo](https://community.unix.com/letter_avatar/gebo/32/6_22734026db12803ebb3e059622ac3534.png) [@gebo](https://community.unix.com/u/gebo)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2024, 2:55pm UTC](https://community.unix.com/t/how-to-create-offline-repository-for-aix-7-1/393292/1 "2024-02-18T14:55:42Z")

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Hello everyone, Im relatively new to AIX systems. I currently have two power servers in isolated network.  
I managed to setup AIX 7.1, however i was presented with two AIX DVD-01 and DVD-02, i thought they were both required for installing AIX. However i found that AIX was installed using only DVD-01. DVD-02 was never been able to be burned on USB using rufus.  
Now im having the following difficulties:  
1- I found that many packages arent installed by default like openSSH, Bash Shell  
2- I cant find a way to use the installation ISO file as a local repository as in linux distributions.

I saw that there are something called expansion pack but don't know how to get it, im not sure in it is the DVD-02 ?

I need help to build the local repository for AIX.  
Thnaks in advance.

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**Author:** ![kduffin](https://community.unix.com/user_avatar/community.unix.com/kduffin/32/105_2.png) [@kduffin](https://community.unix.com/u/kduffin)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2024, 8:50pm UTC](https://community.unix.com/t/how-to-create-offline-repository-for-aix-7-1/393292/4 "2024-02-18T20:50:35Z")

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Hi gebo. Thanks for your question and welcome to the forums. A reminder that there is no need to post a question in multiple forums. The release notes for 7.1 contain a lot of the information you're looking for [IBM Documentation](https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/aix/7.1?topic=notes-aix-710-expansion-pack-release) including installation of OpenSSH. Hope this helps. Cheers, Keith

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**Author:** ![trifo75](https://community.unix.com/letter_avatar/trifo75/32/6_22734026db12803ebb3e059622ac3534.png) [@trifo75](https://community.unix.com/u/trifo75)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2024, 11:51am UTC](https://community.unix.com/t/how-to-create-offline-repository-for-aix-7-1/393292/5 "2024-08-28T11:51:05Z")

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You can have things like offline repository, but it is not really like the ones in Linux distros. You can copy the contents of the DVD to a local FS using **gencopy** command like this:

`gencopy -d /mnt/dvd_mounted_here -t /location/for/packages -bv all`

You can use the same target location for all the DVDs. And then use this location as source in SMIT install.

There is a way fancier method: you can set up a NIM server - even locally - and use that as lpp\_source. But having only 2 servers it might be an overkill.