Compare Installed Software to List of Available Updates menu
The Compare Installed Software to List of Available Updates menu allows you to compare the filesets installed on a system to a downloaded list of available updates from the IBM® System p service Web site.
The following report lists are generated:
- Filesets on the system that are back-level from the latest (lowerthanlatest1.rpt)
- Filesets on the system that are at a later level from the latest maintenance and technology levels (higherthanmaint.rpt)
- Filesets on the system that are back-level from the latest maintenance and technology levels (lowerthanmaint.rpt)
The Compare Installed Software to List of Available Updates option is available using the SMIT instolist_compare fast path or the compare_report command with the following options:
compare_report -s -r ServiceReport {[-l] [-h]} [-t ReportDir -Z | -v]
compare_report -b BaseList -r ServiceReport {[-l] [-h]} [-t ReportDir] -Z | -v]When using the -l (lower) or -h (higher) flags, the compare report only shows that interim fixes are installed. The higher or lower concept is not currently available.