cp_bos_updates Command

Purpose

Restores the root files from the bos.rte* software updates to the system.

Syntax

cp_bos_updates -d <device>

Description

The cp_bos_updates command creates and populates directories for the bos.rte* software updates root part files (inst_root paths). The directories are created and populated only for the updates at the same version.release.modification.fix (VRMF) level as that of the software during the time of the original operating system installation. During installation of the AIX® Version 6 with the 7100-02 Technology Level or AIX Version 6 with the 6100-08 Technology Level, the command is called and the directories are created automatically. A log file containing the cp_bos_updates output from the operating system installation is saved in the /var/adm/ras/cp_bos_updates.log file. If the system is base installed before this support and then upgraded to a level that supports the cp_bos_updates command, the command can be run manually to create and populate these directories for the user. The resultant directories are only needed if you are upgrading a WPAR that is copied or restored (by using the restwpar command) from a different system that has a different level of the base operating system.

Flag

Files

Examples

1. If the operating system was originally installed at AIX 6 with the 6100-06 Technology Level ( run lslpp –ah bos.rte.install to get the original VRMF, which in this case will be 6.1.6.0), insert the Base Media from that level of AIX into the DVD drive, /dev/cd0, and type the following command:

   cp_bos_updates –d /dev/cd0

2. If the operating system is originally installed from a NIM lpp_source that was created from the AIX 6 with 6100-06 base media, and had no additional service packs added to the lpp_source, then mount that lpp_source onto the system at /mnt/6100_06, and type the following command:

   cp_bos_updates –d /mnt/6100_06

   Note: If a NIM lpp_source is created from the AIX 6 with 6100-06 base media and had subsequent service packs added to the lpp_source, and the lppmgr command is run against the lpp_source to eliminate unnecessary software images, some of the required updates at the base level VRMF are removed. You must either must find the AIX 6 with 6100-06 base media, or download the AIX Version 6 with 6100-06 Technology Level, for using the cp_bos_updates command.