Hajo Ehlers wrote:
> Hm, i was not quite correct.
> So more or less a TL is close to an ML and SP/CSP are more a between
> update
>
> So for your AIX 5.2 update
>
> Get from fixcentral the:
> TL 5200-08
> TL 5200-09
> SP 5200-09-01
>
> Packaging options for AIX operating system 5.2
> For the TL 5200-08 select operating level 5.2.0.0-0

2 questions here:
- I'm currently on 5400-04; shouldn't THAT be the OS level I select to
start from?
- Why get the TL 5200-08? If I ultimately want to get to TL 5200-09,
shouldn't I just start there?

> For the TL 5200-09 select operating level 5.2.0.0-8

- So for each subsequent download, I select as my STARTing OS level the
PRIOR downloaded level? ie; if I just downloaded -08, I select that as
my new 'starting point' to download the next level?

> For the SP 5200-09-01 select operating level 5.2.0.0-9
>
> This way you have all drivers and updates for AIX 5.2
>
> The next question is how to handle the downloaded lpp packages.
> 1) The download fileset names do not show if a fileset is a update or a
> base fileset and some other missing information
> To get nice and human readable filename and to solve other problems as
> well ( update fileset might have the same name as an install fileset )
> we will use gencopy
>
> Lets assume you have downloaded the stuff to
> /tmp/
> ./52TL08
> ./52TL09
> ./52SP0901
>
> and your software repository ( which should be on its own filesystem )
> is at
> /usr/sys/inst.images
>
> First in each download directory you have to create a table of contents
> file called .toc
> example
> $ inutoc /tmp/52TL08
> $ ...
>
> Next we use gencopy to copy the downloaded files to their target
> location
> $ gencopy -d /tmp/52TL08 -t /usr/sys/inst.images/. -b"v" -X all
> $ ...

All 3 go to the same location? SHould there be 3 separate directories
on the /usr/sys/inst.images location?

>
> Just look at /usr/sys/inst.images/installp/ppc to see the difference in
> filename
>
> The last step is to clean up the created lppsource because we might
> have double filesets , update and install fileset at the same level
> a.s.o
> This task will be done by lppmgr
>
> $ /usr/lib/instl/lppmgr -d /usr/sys/inst.images -u -b -r -V
> The -r will remove duplicated fileset and other without asking.
>
> Now you have a nice and clean lpp source
> hth
> Hajo
>
Hajo; thank you again. And again, I apologize for the many questions.
I'm reading through the links you and other respondants have provided,
and perhaps my questions will be answered there.

Let me see if I have the scenario down, and assuming that I want to go
to 5200-08 instead of -09 (another respondant suggested that it would
be the most recent and stable level since it has a CSP):

from fix central:

- Select TL 5200-08; continue on with providing the lslpp -Lc info from
my CURRENT system and CURRENT OS level of 5200-04, and download.
- Select CSP 5200-08-CSP; continue on as above, but this time when
providint eh lslpp -LC, indicate that my current OS level is 5208-08 ?

Then proceed with your other instructions; unutoc, gencopy, and lppmgr
for the above 2 file sets?

Now, a last and possibly most telling about my level of expertise in
AIX; can the actual application of the patches be done LIVE? A cursory
read of some of the above links looks like I can use an
'alt_disk_install' method to install to one of my clones and not impact
the other one until I'm sure it's a good install. Is this advisable if
I only have 2 disks in rootvg, (mirrored)? My plan was to do the
install after hours with no users and the server down or in single
user.

Thanks again...

Joe