Re: VIOS upgrade: Where to stick download data?

[Roberto José Etcheverry Romero <yggdrasil.raiker@xxxxxxxxx>]

VIOS' shell is so closed down that i usually end up either using the aix
shell or (when doing vios stuff like a fix) using the padmin home directory
and not moving from there... Would that work for you?

On Tue, Dec 9, 2014 at 1:46 AM, <rob@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I am at VIOS 2.2.3.3.
> I am trying to upgrade to 2.2.3.4
> Signed on as padmin
> Following instructions at:
> http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=hpc1vios20105f35
> Section:  "Applying updates from a local hard disk"
> I am willing to ftp the stuff here but determining an appropriate
> directory is tough. See the following:
>
> /usr: The file access permissions do not allow the specified action.
> $ mkdir /viosupgrade
> mkdir: 0653-357 Cannot access directory /.
> /: The file access permissions do not allow the specified action.
> $ ls
> 53782.082.000.snap.pax.Z  smit.log  tivoli
> config                    smit. script
> ioscli.log                smit. transaction
> $ mkdir viosupgrade
>
> $ cd viosupgrade
> rksh: cd: 0403-019 The operation is not allowed in a restricted shell.
> $ rm viosupgrade
> rm: 0653-603 Cannot remove directory viosupgrade.
>
> $ ioslevel
> 2.2.3.3
>
> Opened a ticket on it and so far they've only casually glanced at what I
> posted and are suggesting that I edit some shell scripts to fix a known
> issue with that.
> I'm trying to explain to them that I'm still in the attempting to load the
> fixes on to a work directory phase and haven't started to run any shell
> scripts yet.
>
> pmr 65743,082,000
>
> Weird.  Let's me create a directory, but not change into it, nor remove
> it.  Sounds like some of the ftp exit points I've written.  :-)
>
>
> Rob Berendt
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