Tuesday, January 19, 2016

How to deal with Instfix in aix?

How to deal with Instfix in aix?


Check the current technology level
instfix -i | grep ML
Determine the missing filesets
instfix -icqk <ML LEVEL> | grep :-: 
To check particular APAR installed
instfix -ik <fix>
To check more info about particular APAR installed
instfix -aik <fix>
To see a list of fix on a directory
instfix -Td <directory path>
To see a list of filesets included in a APAR
instfix -ivk <fix>
To find out the APAR through filesets
instfix –aiv | grep –p <fileset>:<level>
To install a fix from a directory
instfix -k <fix> -d <directory>
To install a fix using smitty
smitty update_by_fix


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