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Regarding AIX TL10 SP2

I upgraded one of my AIX 5.3 server from AIX TL9SP2 to TL10 SP2, now when i am seeing it is still showing TL8, i confirmed that time that it was upgraded to TL10 SP2, when i do instfix :
instfix -i|grep ML
All filesets for 5.3.0.0_AIX_ML were found.
All filesets for 5300-01_AIX_ML were found.
All filesets for 5300-02_AIX_ML were found.
All filesets for 5300-03_AIX_ML were found.
All filesets for 5300-04_AIX_ML were found.
All filesets for 5300-05_AIX_ML were found.
All filesets for 5300-06_AIX_ML were found.
All filesets for 5300-07_AIX_ML were found.
All filesets for 5300-08_AIX_ML were found.
Not all filesets for 5300-09_AIX_ML were found.
Not all filesets for 5300-10_AIX_ML were found.

getting above output, also oslevel -rl giving following :-

# oslevel -rl 5300-09
Fileset Actual Level Recommended ML
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
xlsmp.rte 1.7.0.0 1.8.0.0

oslevel -rl 5300-10
Fileset Actual Level Recommended ML
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
xlsmp.rte 1.7.0.0 1.8.0.0

what is this package about & if i install this, does this require a reboot, already database is runing on this. kindly help in this regard.

Thanks
PG

woolmilkporc

Hi,

just install xlsmp.rte.1.8.0.0, which belongs to the C++ runtime environment.
No reboot required.

This fileset is part of fixpack 5300-09 (TL). Strange that it should not have been installed along with the other TL9 filesets. There are no prerequisites except for bos.rte!

wmp

pankajgadhari

ASKER

Hi,

But , now the database is up & running on this system. If i install this fileset, whether it will create any problem for database which is running as i thought that it might be using the C++ runtime environment, correct me if i am wrong.

Thanks
PG

woolmilkporc

xlsmp.rte doesn't contain any library, neither shared nor static, only message catalogs and the OMP headers. The "real" thing is in xlsmp.aix5x.rte, which seems to be installed on your system.

wmp

pankajgadhari

ASKER

Ok, following xlsmp filesets are installed :-
xlsmp.aix52.rte 1.7.0.0 COMMITTED SMP Runtime Libraries for AIX
xlsmp.msg.en_US.rte 1.7.0.0 COMMITTED XL SMP Runtime Messages - U.S.
xlsmp.rte 1.7.0.0 COMMITTED SMP Runtime Library

but while doing a preview install of xlsmp.rte.1.8.0.0, i got the error saying that base fileset xlsmp.aix53.rte.1.8.0.0 is required, when i copied both these filesets & done a preview installation, it is showing the installation will be successful, i just done preview check for installation. Actually, on my system xlsmp.aix52.rte is installed, but now i want to install following 2 packages to bring the system to TL10 :-

xlsmp.aix53.rte.1.8.0.0.I
xlsmp.rte.1.8.0.0.I

so, i am little bit confused, as this will install the base xlsmp rte from 5.2 to 5.3, thats why i want to know whether reboot is required as i think this is the base fileset.

Thnaks
PG

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pankajgadhari

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yes, the database is oracle. Is there a way to find out whether the package requires reboot or not before installing it.

Actually this system was updated 2 months back & at that time i had seen that it was updated to TL10 & nw suddenly i dont know how it is showing TL8, & when i do lppchk, nothing comes but when i do oslevel -rl aix_level, it shows that this package is required in the output as pasted above. so if i knows that whether the package required reboot or not, then i can install it instead of just taking a downtime for the reboot.

Thnks
PG

woolmilkporc

No reboot required!

I had to check an old install log, because there is no easy way to determine whether installation of a particular fileset requires a reboot.

pankajgadhari

ASKER

can u let me know which log file you want, so that i can forward it to you if you have time to see please.

Thanks
Pg

woolmilkporc

No, that's a misunderstanding!
I already checked one of our archived logs here to find out that a reboot is not required.

shajithchandran

You can use lslpp -f fileset_name to see all the files belonging to that fileset. That will give you some idea of what the fileset means.

lslpp -f xlsmp.rte

Looking at the files.. it doesnt look like it would need a reboot.

pankajgadhari

ASKER

Hi wmp,

I was just going through some search & found that :

"To see whether a reboot is mandatory you can look into the .toc and check the fileset line for "b" (bosboot) or "N) (no bosboot). Example for a fileset that requieres bosboot:"

View Original: http://www.unix.com/aix/105843-fileset-dependency-tree-rebooting.html#ixzz0leXHrrdR

so is it like if it is "b" then reboot is required & if it is "N" reboot is not required. I have seen the .toc file in my case & it shows "N" for both the filesets. So, is it that it doesnt requires reboot.

Thanks
PG