Managing existing installp image source
The lppmgr command is used to manage an existing installp image source.
The lppmgr command performs the following functions on an existing
installp image source (also known as an
lpp_source resource in the NIM environment):
- Remove duplicate updates (-u flag).
- Remove duplicate base levels (-b flag).
- Eliminate update images that are the same level as base images of the same fileset. Such update images can create conflicts that lead to installation failure (-u flag).
- Remove message and locale filesets other than the language you specify (-k flag).
- Remove superseded filesets (-x flag).
- Remove non-system images from a NIM lpp_source resource (-X flag).
By default, lppmgr lists all images filtered by the preceding routines. The -r flag can be used to remove the filtered images and the -m flag can be used to move the images to another location.
The lppmgr command does not replace the bffcreate command, perform installations, or work with installed filesets. Before using the -X flag, it is recommended that you have a good understanding of NIM, system images (known as SIMAGES in NIM), and the workings of a NIM lpp_source resource.
To list all duplicate and conflicting updates in the /myimages image
source directory, type:
# lppmgr -d /myimages -u To remove all duplicate and conflicting updates in the /myimages image
source directory, type:
# lppmgr -d /myimages -u -r