Upgrading a System From a Remote Server in AIX 3.2.4 From Tape

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About this document

This document describes how to upgrade a system or install PTFs from a server with a tape device connected. This is applicable to AIX Version 3.

Procedure to upgrade

In order to upgrade a system or install PTFs from a server with a tape device connected to it, first copy the software to hard disk for future installation on the server, export the NFS filesystem from the server, then NFS mount the filesystem on the client. The following steps describe the procedure to do this.

On the server

1. Create a separate file system by entering the following:

       smitty jfs
   

   • Select Add a Journaled File System.
   • Select rootvg for the volume group name.
   • Enter the size of the user-created file system in 512-byte blocks.

     NOTE: If 200 megabytes of file space are needed, allocate 200x2048=409,600. The number 409600 is what you would enter in the field for the size of the file system.

   • Enter your mount point, for example /usr/sys/inst.images.
   • Press Enter to add a journaled file system.
   
   
2. To mount the user-created file system, enter:
         mount <filesystem>       (e.g. mount /usr/sys/inst.images)
   
   
3. To copy the installation image to hard disk for installation, enter:

       smitty bffcreate
   

   • Enter the name of the file system mounted in the proceeding step (e.g. /usr/sys/inst.images).
   • Select the products, PTFs, etc. that you want to copy to hard disk for installation/upgrade by pressing F4 or leave the default to copy a PTF tape or the whole tape to hard disk.

   NOTE: If you select all, ensure that you have enough file space in your user-created file system (e.g. /usr/sys/inst.images) for the entire tape since the EXTEND file systems if space needed? option does not allocate more file system space if needed. Press Enter to copy the files to hard disk.

4. To add the file system for NFS exporting, enter:

       smitty mknfsexp
   

   • Enter the pathname of the directory to export, for example, /usr/sys/inst.images.
   • Allow the client root access to the file system being exported.
   • Press Enter to export the file system.

On the client(s)

1. Create the directory you will be using to access the software, enter:
        mkdir -p /pathname/directory       (e.g. mkdir -p /usr/sys/inst.images)
2. In order to NFS mount the file system on the client, enter the following:

       smitty mknfsmnt
   

   • Enter the pathname of the mount point, for example, /usr/sys/inst.images.
   • Enter the pathname of the remote directory, for example, /usr/sys/inst.images.
   • Enter the host where the remote directory resides.

   NOTE: Host will be the host name or IP address of the server. Press Enter to NFS mount the file system.

3. In order to install products on the client, your input device in SMIT would now be the directory of the NFS mounted file system (e.g. /usr/sys/inst.images)

[ Doc Ref: 90605212014774     Publish Date: Spt. 24, 1999]