From: Myers, Drew (MyersD@GOALAMO.COM)
Date: Mon Mar 17 2003 - 13:28:51 EST
Fortunately, I APPLIED the changes, so the updates to existing filesets are
still in that state. Easy to rollback. My big problem is, well...the
installp manpage probably explains it best.
"When a base level (fileset) is installed on the system, it is automatically
committed. You can remove a fileset regardless of the state (committed,
broken,
committed with applied updates, committed with committed updates, etc.)."
This adds an extra level of complexity. This is what I'm thinking:
1) remove the APPLIED filesets
2) remove the base filesets that were installed during this little patching
session
theoretically, that should work though I suspect it will introduce
instability in the system. Which leaves me with the least enjoyable, but
probably most stable option...reinstall.
Am I missing anything?
Thanks for your quick replies as well. You are saving my life!
Drew
-----Original Message-----
From: Green, Simon [mailto:Simon.Green@EU.ALTRIA.COM]
Sent: Monday, March 17, 2003 12:53 PM
To: aix-l@Princeton.EDU
Subject: Re: Installation woes
Those might help, but I suspect he meant to do an update_all, so there's a
good chance that simply removing everything installed today would include
filesets he wants. And if one of those desired updates was to something
like bos.net.tcp.server, things could get a bit tricky.
Simon Green
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> From: Bill Verzal [mailto:Bill_Verzal@BCBSIL.COM]
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> Or tun an lslpp -h and look for software installed today,
> then remove it.
> Or check the smit.log.
>
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> You can, in theory, just remove every fileset that you don't
> want. Either
> with the installp command or through smit, (smitty remove).
>
> However, I would much rather re-install. If it's a new system, just
> re-install it. If it's an existing system restore from your
> mksysb tape
> and
> do the upgrade again.
>
> If by some mischance you don't have a suitable mksysb you have my
> condolences.
>
> Simon Green
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Myers, Drew [mailto:MyersD@GOALAMO.COM]
> > Sent: 17 March 2003 16:34
> > To: aix-l@Princeton.EDU
> > Subject: Installation woes
> >
> >
> > Hi all.
> >
> > I have just done something that scares me, and I'm curious
> > (and embarrassed)
> > by it:
> >
> > During a patch install from 4.3.3.0 to 4.3.3.0 ML10, I
> > noticed that "oslevel
> > -r" actually returned 4320, while "oslevel" returned 4.3.3.0.
> > Needless to
> > say, the patch installation failed. I loaded the base
> 4.3.3.0 CD, to
> > install whatever the system was missing (I didn't discover
> > until later the
> > actual fileset).
> >
> > Anyway, long story short, I screwed up and installed every
> > fileset from the
> > base CDs. Not every applicable fileset, but every fileset.
> > (No one ever
> > accused me of being bright).
> >
> > Without setting my system up for major instability, is
> there a way to
> > correct this, short of a fresh install?
>
>
>
>
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