Planning for the Live Update operation

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The AIX® Live Update operation is an alternative method to apply an update.

To use the Live Update function, consider the following additional configuration steps:

  1. Verify that the environment meets the requirements for the Live Update operation. For more information about the Live Update limitations, see LPAR requirements for Live Update.
  2. Create the lvupdate.data file. For more information about this file, see Configuring resources for Live Update.
  3. Perform a Live Update operation either through Network Installation Manager (NIM) or by using the geninstall command. For more information about these procedures, see Performing the Live Update operation by using NIM and Performing the Live Update operation by using the geninstall command.