Problem Description ------------------- The following filesets have a VRMF of 5.3.8.0 on the AIX base media for Technology Level 7, Service Pack 1. They should all have a VRMF of 5.3.7.0. This will cause problems when updating to later TL7 service packs. bos.svpkg devices.pci.14101103.rte devices.pci.14106802.rte devices.pci.14108802.rte devices.pci.14108902.rte devices.pci.4f11c800.rte devices.pci.df1000fd.diag This problem only exists for systems that were pre-installed with AIX 5.3 Technology Level 7 with Service Pack 1, or installed or updated from media at the TL7 SP1 level. This problem only affects the base installation media. The Update CD media and the Technology Level obtained from Fix Central do not have this issue. Installation ------------ This directory contains installation images for the above filesets at the correct (5.3.7.0) level. Follow these directions to force overwrite the packages at the correct level. - Determine if your system is at the 5300-07 level using the command: oslevel -r If the output is not 5300-07, your system is not affected. - Determine if your system has the affected levels by running the command: lslpp -L bos.svpkg devices.pci.14101103.rte devices.pci.14106802.rte \ devices.pci.14108802.rte devices.pci.14108902.rte \ devices.pci.4f11c800.rte devices.pci.df1000fd.diag If all of the levels output are at a level of 5.3.7.x, your system is not affected. - Download the IZ18612.tar.Z package in binary format to an empty directory and extract the files using the command: compress -dc IZ18612.tar.Z | tar -xvf- - Use the following command to force overwrite the affected packages: installp -acFXYd . fileset_names The above command assumes that the current working directory is the directory in which the IZ18612.tar.Z image was extracted. substitute the fileset names that were output with the 5.3.8.0 level by the lslpp command above for "fileset_names".