Came across an issue recently when attempting to update AIX 7.1 TL2 SP4 to the newer level of AIX 7.1 TL3 SP4. I loopmounted the ISO (as it was already on the system) and attempted to do an: smit update_all without any success. Exact error was: 0503-465 installp: The build date requisite check failed for … Read more
This one-liner will list all of the installed perl modules. Comes in handy 🙂 perl -MFile::Find=find -MFile::Spec::Functions -lw -e ‘find { wanted => sub { print canonpath $_ if /\.pm\z/ }, no_chdir => 1 }, @INC’
When upgrading a system (AIX 6.1 TL6 SP6) to TL8 SP2 using the AIX install media (an .iso mounted from the VIOS to a LPAR), I found that after a while the system would just sit and spin. It seemed to have an issue with fileset 449: DirectorCommonAgent Thus, you have two options. Option 1: … Read more