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- From: jenkinsonjp@rcwusr.bp.com
- Newsgroups: comp.unix.aix
- Subject: PTFs on installation servers
- Message-ID: <1992Nov18.123530.39@rcwusr>
- Date: 18 Nov 92 12:35:30 -0600
- Organization: BP Research, Cleveland, OH (USA)
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- i had gotten into the habit of rolling the various and insundry PTF tapes to
- a common directory on a machine we had setup as an installation server. once
- done i'd then go the various RS/6000s and install all patches with commit,etc.
- my theory was that any PTFs that i had loaded previously would be overwritten
- and the installp would take care of the prerequisite strings. this worked fine
- until they started to recend PTFs. just recently we got a tape with a BUNCH
- of fixes for the 220 and GT1 (bloody thing just didn't work). in doing the
- enmass PTF apply, i ended up with a pile of garbage. reloading the machine and
- applying the PTFs from tape, one tape at a time, the machine works fine.
- how do others apply PTFs to a large population of machines??
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