Procedure To Upgrade AIX/Technology Level (AIX 6.1 TL 07 SP 05 o AIX 6.1 TL 0! SP 0"# Version 1.

0 March 21, 2014 This is procedure is compiled to perform TL upgrade from AIX .1 TL ! "#$ to AIX .1 TL % "# 4. &e ha'e different apps(d)s and middle*are+s, installed and running on different L#A-s in our en'ironment. I encourage e'er.one to please read and undestand this document. As/ me 0uestion+s, if .ou ha'e an. dou)ts. #erform the pre*or/ and sa'e all this information safe. 1. 2. 5. 4. $. . !. %. =. 10. 11. 12. 15. 1hec/ to ma/e that the change is appro'ed ). all and its read. to perform. If for some reason 2Pu Server$ %n &a%n enance &ode3 is not *or/ing, inform 4peration that .ou are going to *or/ on scheduled maintenance acti'it.. And .ou ma. also call them follo*ed ). sending email. 1oordinate *ith the concerned team(d)a(application o*ners to )ring do*n their apps(d)s. Log on to the L#A-("er'er. 67plore the options if *e ha'e spare dis/ then *e use the alternate dis/ install method to do the TL upgrade. As I don8t see an. spare dis/ a'aila)le so *ill ma/e the m/s.s) and preser'e in the nim ser'er. 1reate the tar )ac/up of (etc director. and sa'e it in a temporar. location i.e. (tmp and then sa'e it into the 9IM ser'er along*ith the m/s.s) image. &e *ill /eep this preser'ed till the completion of upgrade and then delete this tar )ac/up of (etc director. from 9IM "er'er. -un the conf./sh +stored in delta:(home(ina'd7r* director., script and sa'e the output in a director. *here m/s.s) is sa'ed +i.e. nimser'er,, this can used to compare after the completion of upgrade. 1hec/ and ma/e sure that App(;< "pecialist has stopped the apps(d)s as .ou ma. )e re)ooting ser'er multiple times. 1hec/ to see if there is an. interim fi7 +ifi7, installed on this lpar +using emgr >l,, if so then remo'e the ifi7+es, +using emgr ?r ?L %'%( La)el,. ;etermine if .ou ha'e to re)oot the ser'er after remo'ing the ifi7+es,. 1hec/ the consistenc. of installed filesets +osl'el >s@ instfi7 >i A grep ML@ lppch/ >'@ lppch/ >'m5,. 1ommit all the applied filesets +installp >c >f >g ?X,. 9ote: &e might )e a)le to determine if *e need to do a sanit. re)oot. If performed sanit. re)oot, after re)oot(other*ise go into the TL diretor. > *hich is either nfs> mounted from one of the nim>ser'er or a temporar. director. created and do*nloaded the TL ! SP " codes. &e use smitt. updateBall directl.. Cirst, pre'ie* D see all the errors )efore *e actuall. perform the update for all filesets. Alfternati'el. first, update Eust )o$.r e.%n$ all fileset from the TL director.. And then update all using Install and Update from ALL Available Software thru smit from TL director.. Its good to chec/ the consistenc. of updated filesets ++osl'el >s@ lppch/ >'@ lppch/ >'m5, )efore re)ooting the L#A-(ser'er. If all loo/s good, proceed to re)oot the lpar(ser'er and re>run the consistenc. chec/ to ma/e sure that TL upgraded successfull.. -un the conf./sh script again and compare the output *ith the output *e captured in step !. <e 'er. careful *hile performing the chec/ all mounted files.stems )efore and after upgrade. After successful upgrade of TL, inform all the sta/eholders to start and chec/ their app(d)s *ith the information *ith ne*l. upgraded s.stem. 1lose the change after getting the confirmation from all sta/eholders.

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&e can create a list of the A#A-s closed in this pac/age, *hich *e can then 'ie* +and search, in an A"1II editor, such as 'i or emacs. Cirst, create the . oc file +it should )e alread. created, if not create one, for the pac/age ). using the %nu oc command descri)ed a)o'e. Then, run the follo*ing command to e7tract the A#A- listings from the . oc file: grep *I . oc + apar.l%$ -un the follo*ing command to eliminate duplicate entries from the apar.l%$ file: $or ,u apar.l%$ ,o $or ed.apar$ 9o*, attach the $or ed.apar$ file as attachment in the change tic/et *hile closing the change tic/et. -The TL or SP d%rec ory. -epositor. for AIX .1 TL % "# 4 F

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