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In a couple of instances, I’ve found bos.rte.* filesets broken during upgrade, perhaps with the root part missing.

It’s always a pain, and I always forget how to fix it.

The problem is that the AIX base media does not include base install images for these. They are S (single) updates instead of I (install) images. This is because, during install, a bff called “bos” is laid down first, and that includes 10-20 core filesets, /usr, /, and all the core stuff. It’s basically a prototype mksysb. Sort of.

Anyway, in rare instances, when there is a known defect, IBM will release a fileset as a patch through support/ztrans to get you fixed. If you don’t have time to wait, or if you are a biz partner, working with a customer who hasn’t yet approved you using their support, then you might have to fix it yourself.

# install_all_Updates -cYd /export/lppsource/AIX_7.1.4.1_TLSP
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
BUILDDATE Verification ...
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
Verifying build dates...
0503-466 installp: The build date requisite check failed for fileset bos.rte.security.
Installed fileset build date is 1415. Selected fileset does not have a build date, but one is required.
installp: Installation failed due to BUILDDATE requisite failure.

install_all_updates: Checking for recommended maintenance level 7100-04.
install_all_updates: Executing /usr/bin/oslevel -rf, Result = 7100-03
install_all_updates: ATTENTION, the system recommended maintenance level
does not correspond to the highest level known to install_all_updates.
For more details, execute /usr/bin/oslevel -rl 7100-04.

install_all_updates: Log file is /var/adm/ras/install_all_updates.log
install_all_updates: Result = FAILURE

# installp -acXYd /export/lppsource/AIX_7.1.4.0_Base/installp/ppc bos.rte.security
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
Pre-installation Verification...
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
Verifying selections...done
Verifying requisites...Verifying requisites...done
Results...

FAILURES
--------
Filesets listed in this section failed pre-installation verification
and will not be installed.

Requisite Failures
------------------
SELECTED FILESETS: The following is a list of filesets that you asked to
install. They cannot be installed until all of their requisite filesets
are also installed. See subsequent lists for details of requisites.

bos.rte.security 7.1.4.0 # Base Security Function

CONFLICTING REQUISITES: The following filesets are required by one or
more of the selected filesets listed above. There are other versions of
these filesets which are already installed (or which were selected to be
installed during this installation session). A base level fileset cannot
be installed automatically as another fileset's requisite when a different
version of the requisite is already installed. You must explicitly select
the base level requisite for installation.

bos.64bit 7.1.4.0 # Base Operating System 64 bit...
bos.acct 7.1.4.0 # Accounting Services
bos.adt.include 7.1.4.0 # Base Application Development...
bos.mp64 7.1.4.0 # Base Operating System 64-bit...
bos.perf.libperfstat 7.1.4.0 # Performance Statistics Libra...
bos.perf.perfstat 7.1.4.0 # Performance Statistics Inter...
bos.perf.proctools 7.1.4.0 # Proc Filesystem Tools
bos.perf.tools 7.1.4.0 # Base Performance Tools
bos.pmapi.pmsvcs 7.1.4.0 # Performance Monitor API Kern...
bos.wpars 7.1.4.0 # AIX Workload Partitions
mcr.rte 7.1.4.0 # Metacluster Checkpoint and R...
perfagent.tools 7.1.4.0 # Local Performance Analysis &...

MISCELLANEOUS FAILING REQUISITES: The following filesets are requisites
of one or more of the selected filesets listed above. Various problems
associated with these requisites are preventing the selected filesets
from installing. See the "Requisite Failure Key" for failure reasons and
possible recovery hints.

< bos.rte.security 7.1.3.30 # Base Security Function

Requisite Failure Key:
"<" superseded fileset that is applied on the "usr" part which must
also be applied on the "root" part for consistency. Select this
fileset explicitly or use the option to automatically include
requisite software (-g flag).

AVAILABLE REQUISITES: The following filesets are requisites of one or
more of the selected filesets listed above. They are available on
the installation media. To install these requisites with the selected
filesets, specify the option to automatically install requisite
software (-g flag).

bos.rte.control 7.1.4.0 # System Control Commands
bos.rte.libc 7.1.4.0 # libc Library

<< End of Failure Section >>

+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
BUILDDATE Verification ...
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
Verifying build dates...done
FILESET STATISTICS
------------------
1 Selected to be installed, of which:
1 FAILED pre-installation verification
----
0 Total to be installed

Pre-installation Failure/Warning Summary
----------------------------------------
Name Level Pre-installation Failure/Warning
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
bos.rte.security 7.1.4.0 Requisite failure

# installp -acXYFd /export/lppsource/AIX_7.1.4.0_Base/installp/ppc bos.rte.security
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
Pre-installation Verification...
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
Verifying selections...

Pre-installation Failure/Warning Summary
----------------------------------------
0503-500 installp: After completion of pre-installation processing,
there were no installable base level filesets found on the
installation media. Note that use of the force install option
(-F flag) will cause installp to consider only base level filesets
(fileset updates will be ignored). No installation has occurred.

So then I installed these, thinking maybe….

  bos.64bit 7.1.4.0                           # Base Operating System 64 bit...
  bos.acct 7.1.4.0                            # Accounting Services
  bos.adt.include 7.1.4.0                     # Base Application Development...
  bos.mp64 7.1.4.0                            # Base Operating System 64-bit...
  bos.perf.libperfstat 7.1.4.0                # Performance Statistics Libra...
  bos.perf.perfstat 7.1.4.0                   # Performance Statistics Inter...
  bos.perf.proctools 7.1.4.0                  # Proc Filesystem Tools
  bos.perf.tools 7.1.4.0                      # Base Performance Tools
  bos.pmapi.pmsvcs 7.1.4.0                    # Performance Monitor API Kern...
  bos.wpars 7.1.4.0                           # AIX Workload Partitions
  mcr.rte 7.1.4.0                             # Metacluster Checkpoint and R...
  perfagent.tools 7.1.4.0                     # Local Performance Analysis &...

bos.rte.control 7.1.4.0 # System Control Commands

But no joy. bos.rte.libc and bos.rte.security depend on eachother, and it still fails with the top errors.

FAILURES
--------
Filesets listed in this section failed pre-installation verification
and will not be installed.

bos.rte.security 7.1.4.0 # Base Security Function

< bos.rte.security 7.1.3.30 # Base Security Function

bos.rte.libc 7.1.4.0 # libc Library

<< End of Failure Section >>

# installp -acXYd /export/lppsource/AIX_7.1.4.0_Base/installp/ppc bos.rte.libc
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
Pre-installation Verification...
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
Verifying selections...done
Verifying requisites...Verifying requisites...done
Results...

FAILURES
--------
Filesets listed in this section failed pre-installation verification
and will not be installed.

bos.rte.libc 7.1.4.0 # libc Library

< bos.rte.security 7.1.3.30 # Base Security Function

bos.rte.security 7.1.4.0 # Base Security Function

<< End of Failure Section >>

# installp -acXYFd /export/lppsource/AIX_7.1.4.0_Base/installp/ppc bos.rte.libc
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
Pre-installation Verification...
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
Verifying selections...

# installp -acXYd /export/lppsource/AIX_7.1.4.0_Base/installp/ppc bos.rte.security bos.rte.libc
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
Pre-installation Verification...
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
Verifying selections...done
Verifying requisites...Verifying requisites...done
Results...

SUCCESSES
---------
Filesets listed in this section passed pre-installation verification
and will be installed.

Selected Filesets
-----------------
bos.rte.libc 7.1.4.0 # libc Library
bos.rte.security 7.1.4.0 # Base Security Function

Requisites
----------
(being installed automatically; required by filesets listed above)
bos.rte.security 7.1.3.30 # Base Security Function

< < End of Success Section >>

+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
BUILDDATE Verification ...
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
Verifying build dates...
0503-466 installp: The build date requisite check failed for fileset bos.rte.security.
Installed fileset build date is 1415. Selected fileset does not have a build date, but one is required.
installp: Installation failed due to BUILDDATE requisite failure.

# installp -C
0503-439 installp: No filesets were found in the Software Vital
Product Database that could be cleaned up.

# installp -c all
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
Pre-commit Verification...
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
Verifying selections...done
Verifying requisites...done
Results...

WARNINGS
--------
Problems described in this section are not likely to be the source of any
immediate or serious failures, but further actions may be necessary or
desired.

Nothing to Commit
-----------------
There is nothing in the APPLIED state that needs to be committed.

< < End of Warning Section >>

# lslpp -h bos.rte.security
Fileset Level Action Status Date Time
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Path: /usr/lib/objrepos
bos.rte.security
7.1.3.0 COMMIT COMPLETE 07/25/14 09:44:45
7.1.3.15 COMMIT COMPLETE 11/20/14 11:25:13
7.1.3.30 COMMIT COMPLETE 12/08/14 02:47:41

Path: /etc/objrepos
bos.rte.security
7.1.3.0 COMMIT COMPLETE 07/25/14 09:44:45
7.1.3.15 COMMIT COMPLETE 11/20/14 11:25:14

# installp -rBXJw bos.rte.security
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
Pre-reject Verification...
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
Verifying selections...done
Verifying requisites...done
Results...

WARNINGS
--------
Problems described in this section are not likely to be the source of any
immediate or serious failures, but further actions may be necessary or
desired.

Not Rejectable
--------------
No software could be found installed on the system that could be rejected
for the following requests:

bos.rte.security

(Possible reasons for failure: 1. the selected software has been
committed, i.e., cannot be rejected, 2. the selected software is not
installed, 3. the pre-reject script failed, or 4. a typographical
error was made.)

< < End of Warning Section >>

FILESET STATISTICS
------------------
1 Selected to be rejected, of which:
1 FAILED pre-reject verification
----
0 Total to be rejected

# lppchk -vm3
lppchk: The following filesets need to be installed or corrected to bring
the system to a consistent state:

bos.rte.security 7.1.3.30 (usr: COMMITTED, root: not installed)

# installp -acXYFd /export/lppsource/AIX_7.1.4.0_Base/installp/ppc bos.rte.security bos.rte.libc
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
Pre-installation Verification...
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
Verifying selections...

The solution was ODM surgery.

First, I took a mksysb and copied it to somewhere safe (another server with NIM installed).

Then, I looked into ODM, and found /etc/objrepos/product was missing the entry for this version.
You might be able to copy from /usr/lib/objrepos, but I copied from a valid clone of this system.

# export ODMDIR=/etc/objrepos
# ssh goodserver odmget -q lpp_name=bos.rte.security product | odmadd

Then, I needed to add the history line, which was identical between root and usr:

# odmget -q name=bos.rte.security lpp

Note the lpp_id above

# ODMDIR=/usr/lib/objrepos odmget -q lpp_id=39 history | ODMDIR=/etc/objrepos odmadd

The “inventory” ODM is accessed with lpp_name also, but that had a long list of files already. I did not mess with any of that.

Now, install_all_updates from my TLSP worked fine.

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