need to install AIX fixes

[varshas]

HI,

need help!!!

I'm trying to install AIX fixes. when I download AIX fixes from IBM site
and try to install them,it gives me error message "Requisite failure".

It needs base level filesets.

1)Where can I get all the base level filesets?

2)How do I know which fixes are necessary for my computer?

This is the error I get :

# installp -aXd /usr/sys/inst.images bos

+--------------------------------------------------------------------
---------+

Pre-installation Verification...

+--------------------------------------------------------------------
---------+

Verifying selections...done

Verifying requisites...done

Results...



FAILURES :Filesets listed in this section failed pre-installation
verification

and will not be installed.

Requisite Failures:SELECTED FILESETS: The following is a list of
filesets that you asked to install. They cannot be installed until all
of their requisite filesets are also installed. See subsequent lists
for details of requisites.

bos.64bit 5.1.0.36 # Base Operating System 64
bit...

bos.mp 5.1.0.40 # Base Operating System
Multip...

MISSING REQUISITES: The following filesets are required by one or more

of the selected filesets listed above. They are not currently installed

and could not be found on the installation media.

bos.64bit 5.1.0.0 # Base Level Fileset

bos.mp 5.1.0.0 # Base Level Fileset

<< End of Failure Section >>

WARNINGS:Problems described in this section are not likely to be the
source of any immediate or serious failures, but further actions may be
necessary or desired.

Already Installed

The number of selected filesets that are either already installed

or effectively installed through superseding filesets is 2. See

the summaries at the end of this installation for details.



NOTE: Base level filesets may be reinstalled using the "Force"

option (-F flag), or they may be removed, using the deinstall or

"Remove Software Products" facility (-u flag), and then reinstalled.

<< End of Warning Section >>

FILESET STATISTICS

------------------

4 Selected to be installed, of which:

2 FAILED pre-installation verification

2 Already installed (directly or via superseding filesets)

Total to be installed

Pre-installation Failure/Warning Summary

----------------------------------------

Name Level Pre-installation
Failure/Warning

---------------------------------------------------------------------
----------

bos.mp 5.1.0.40 Requisite failure

bos.64bit 5.1.0.36 Requisite failure

bos.up 5.1.0.40 Already superseded by 5.1.0.53

bos.perf.perfstat 5.1.0.36 Already superseded by 5.1.0.50


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[Ulrich--nO--(dot)-sPAM--Link]

varshas wrote:

> HI,
>
> need help!!!
>
> I'm trying to install AIX fixes. when I download AIX fixes from IBM site
> and try to install them,it gives me error message "Requisite failure".
>
> It needs base level filesets.
>
> 1)Where can I get all the base level filesets?
>
> 2)How do I know which fixes are necessary for my computer?
>
> This is the error I get :
>
> # installp -aXd /usr/sys/inst.images bos
>
> +--------------------------------------------------------------------
> ---------+
>
> Pre-installation Verification...
>
> +--------------------------------------------------------------------
> ---------+
>
> Verifying selections...done
>
> Verifying requisites...done
>
> Results...
>
>
>
> FAILURES :Filesets listed in this section failed pre-installation
> verification
>
> and will not be installed.
>
> Requisite Failures:SELECTED FILESETS: The following is a list of
> filesets that you asked to install. They cannot be installed until all
> of their requisite filesets are also installed. See subsequent lists
> for details of requisites.
>
> bos.64bit 5.1.0.36 # Base Operating System 64
> bit...
>
> bos.mp 5.1.0.40 # Base Operating System
> Multip...
>
> MISSING REQUISITES: The following filesets are required by one or more
>
> of the selected filesets listed above. They are not currently installed
>
> and could not be found on the installation media.
>
> bos.64bit 5.1.0.0 # Base Level Fileset
>
> bos.mp 5.1.0.0 # Base Level Fileset
>
> << End of Failure Section >>
>
> WARNINGS:Problems described in this section are not likely to be the
> source of any immediate or serious failures, but further actions may be
> necessary or desired.
>
> Already Installed
>
> The number of selected filesets that are either already installed
>
> or effectively installed through superseding filesets is 2. See
>
> the summaries at the end of this installation for details.
>
>
>
> NOTE: Base level filesets may be reinstalled using the "Force"
>
> option (-F flag), or they may be removed, using the deinstall or
>
> "Remove Software Products" facility (-u flag), and then reinstalled.
>
> << End of Warning Section >>
>
> FILESET STATISTICS
>
> ------------------
>
> 4 Selected to be installed, of which:
>
> 2 FAILED pre-installation verification
>
> 2 Already installed (directly or via superseding filesets)
>
> Total to be installed
>
> Pre-installation Failure/Warning Summary
>
> ----------------------------------------
>
> Name Level Pre-installation
> Failure/Warning
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> ----------
>
> bos.mp 5.1.0.40 Requisite failure
>
> bos.64bit 5.1.0.36 Requisite failure
>
> bos.up 5.1.0.40 Already superseded by 5.1.0.53
>
> bos.perf.perfstat 5.1.0.36 Already superseded by 5.1.0.50
>
>
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The baselevel filesets are on the installation cd-rom.
But if you have a single-cpu machine and don't need the 64bit
environment, you can ignore this warning.


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Uli

[Rich]

"varshas" <member38316@dbforums.com> wrote in message
news:3335923.1062784381@dbforums.com...

>
> HI,
>
> need help!!!
>
> I'm trying to install AIX fixes. when I download AIX fixes from IBM site
> and try to install them,it gives me error message "Requisite failure".
>
> It needs base level filesets.
>
> 1)Where can I get all the base level filesets?
>
> 2)How do I know which fixes are necessary for my computer?

The base level filesets are on your installations cd's. How are you
doing the updates? if you use installp be sure to use the g switch which
will automatically install prerequisties. for example

#installp -acgXd /usr/sys/inst.images fileset.name


However, if you don't have the base level fileset installed why do you need
to install the fix?. If you are doing a maintenace level upgrade file this
procedure. get all the updates unzipped into /usr/sys/inst.images. update
the to by using
#inutoc /usr/sys/inst.images

then do smitty update_all. this will update only those filesets necessary.

Also, it seems you are trying to install updates for the 64 bit kernel and
SMP kernel, but have a uniprocessor machine see where it says bos.up
5.1.0.40 Already superseded by 5.1.0.53. make sure you are applying the
correct fixes

Rich