AIX TL UPGRADE

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
DOWNLOAD FIX VERIFY THE SYSTEM INSTALL SOFTWARE TL UPGRADE BEST PRACTICES IN A CLUSTERED ENV REFERENCES

1)

DOWNLOAD FIX
To download fix and service pack go to IBM fix central site

http://www-933.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/ Follow the screen shot

Select the required service pack and its prerequisite And Download them, if download fails check for your latest java version on your desktop

1) VERIFY THE SYSTEM

Check for any installed emergency fix Checking for installed ifixes # emgr l Removing an ifix if it is installed # emgr r L <ifix Label>

Verify that the system installed file sets are consistent # lppchk v #lppchk m3 Check all the file sets have same TL/ML level available # instfix -i|grep ML All All All All filesets filesets filesets filesets for for for for 6100-00_AIX_ML 6100-01_AIX_ML 6100-02_AIX_ML 6100-03_AIX_ML were were were were found. found. found. found.

Commit all applied file set # installp -c -f -g X

3) INSTALL SOFTWARE
Now go to the download directory Run Smitty update_all

Update Installed Software to Latest Level (Update All) Type or select a value for the entry field. Press Enter AFTER making all desired changes. [Entry Fields] * INPUT device / directory for software Just Type . and Press enter [.]

Update Installed Software to Latest Level (Update All) Type or select values in entry fields. Press Enter AFTER making all desired changes. [Entry Fields] * INPUT device / directory for software . * SOFTWARE to update _update_all PREVIEW only? (update operation will NOT occur) no COMMIT software updates? Yes SAVE replaced files? No AUTOMATICALLY install requisite software? Yes EXTEND file systems if space needed? Yes VERIFY install and check file sizes? No DETAILED output? No Process multiple volumes? Yes ACCEPT new license agreements? Yes Preview new LICENSE agreements? No WPAR Management Perform Operation in Global Environment yes Perform Operation on Detached WPARs no Detached WPAR Names [_all_wpars] Remount Installation Device in WPARs yes Alternate WPAR Installation Device [] VERIFY THE UPDATE OF NEW TL BY Oslevel s

4) TL UPGRADE BEST PRACTICES

Try the above steps on a test scenario first

If the root vg is mirrored, it is better to unmirrorvg and then apply TL Create an alt_disk_copy on the second disk, and apply TL at the same time alt_disk_copy -d "<hdisk to install on >" -b update_all -l /<location of TL>

5) IN A CLUSTERED ENV
BRING THE CLUSTER NODE DOWN a) Perform a round of cluster verification& sync from primary b) Perform VG sync c) Wait for cluster to be stable d) Stop cluster service on inactive node ie-NodeB e) Perform ML upgrade on NodeB & reboot f) Start cluster service on NodeB g) Perform cluster failover (From NodeA to NodeB) - (Stop with takeover is the best method) h) Make sure cluster service is down on NodeA i) Perform ML upgrade on NodeA& reboot j) Start cluster service k) Perform cluster verification from NodeB l) Perform cluster failover (from NodeB to NodeA) - (Stop with takeover is the best method) m) Start cluster service on NodeB