Remove filesets

[Nagamani_1]

Hi,
While updating patches, the installation analysis gives errors that certail filesets in a patch is a "sparse" or
"patch" fileset which may only be installed upon a previously
installed base fileset OR Another fileset or filesets which supersedes
this fileset is also being installed and hence the fileset will be excluded. Now, since each patch consists of many filesets, how do i remove only the filesets which are not needed as per the log.

Since its anyway excluded, can i continue with patch update with these errors.?

regds,
Nag

[Alexander M. Ermes]

Hi there.
No, you should not continue.
If you persist in continuing the swinstall will break off with errors.
Rgds
Alexander M. Ermes

[Michael Tully]

Hi,

When installing patches there are two
things which are of great use and they
are the 'manage patch selection' and
'match what target has'. These can be
quite effective tools to assist you in
what patches are to be loaded. It
should also be reminded when *especially*
loading kernel related patches.

Before loading any patch make sure that
you have an up to date 'make_tape_recovery'
tape.

PS: Did your previous posting get solved ?

HTH
-Michael

[Piotr Zajaczkowski]

Hi Nagamani,

It looks like you have some small problem with dependencies or not fully required filesets are installed.

Youd you pls. attach /var/adm/sw/swinstall.log
./swagent.log and ./swagentd.log as well as output of command
`swlist -l fileset -x one_liner="name version state"` so I could see if all filesets are configured.
Of course I agree about patch_match_target and manage patch selectio options and of course do not continue that swinstall session.

With regards,
Piotr

[Wim Rombauts]

The message you get is very normal, depending on the reason you get it for.

If you install a kernel patch, you will certainly see this because a kernel patch almost allways has a 32bit part and a 64bit part. If you have a 32bit kernel, swinstall will issue a warning that the 64bit fileset of the patch cannot be installed because it needs an installed 64bit kernel.

So, sure you can continue with the installation. The excluded patches and patch filesets are excluded, the rest will install fine. If nothing passed the install check, you won't be able to install anything anyway.
But read the message and the reason why swinstall refuses to install a patch carefully, because it *could* point to a real problem.

[Santosh Nair_1 · Accepted solution]

As Wim mentioned above, these are fairly normal errors. The sparse errors means that the patch contains 32-bit and 64-bit patches and will only install the appropriate one. The error regarding the base fileset means that you're trying to install a patch for a product that's not on the system. And finally, the last errors just says that a superseding patch is in the same patchset and so this patch will not be installed. If these are the only errors you have then it should be safe to apply the patches.

If you want to be really cautious, then create a make_recovery tape before installing these patches. That way, you have a way to restore the machine to a state before the patch installation.

Hope this helps.

-Santosh

[Nagamani_1]

Hi,
I continued the patch updation with the errors, since these errors were caused due to presence of few patches (one patch superseded the other). And the better one was being installed and not the previous patch. I had included all these patches in one depot after going through the dependecies for each patch and
the kernel rebuild and sytem boot is done wthout any problems.

Thanks,
Nag