updateios command

Purpose

Updates the Virtual I/O Server to latest maintenance level.

Syntax

updateios -dev Media [-f] [ -install ] [ -accept ]

updateios -commit | -reject [ -f ]

updateios -remove { -file RemoveListFile | RemoveList }

Description

The updateios command is used to install fixes, or to update the Virtual I/O Server to the latest maintenance level. Before installing a fix or updating the maintenance level, the updateios command runs a preview installation and displays the results. You are then prompted to continue or exit. If the preview fails for any reason, do not install the update.

Flags

-accept	Specifies that you agree to required software license agreements for software to be installed.
-cleanup	Specify the clean up flag to remove all incomplete pieces of the previous installation. Perform cleanup processing whenever any software product or update is after an interrupted installation or update is in a state of either applying or committing. You can run this flag manually, as needed.
-commit	The -commit flag will commit all uncommitted updates to the Virtual I/O Server.
-dev Media	Specifies the device or directory containing the images to install.
-f	Forces all uncommitted updates to be committed prior to applying the new updates. When combined with the -dev flag, this flag commits all updates prior to applying any new ones. When combined with the -reject flag, this flag rejects all uncommitted updates without prompting you for confirmation.
-file file	Specifies the file containing a list of entries to uninstall.
-install	The -install flag is used to install new and supported file sets onto the Virtual I/O Server. Attention: The log file, install.log in the user's home directory, will be overwritten with a list of all file sets that were installed.
-reject	The -reject flag will reject all uncommitted updates to the Virtual I/O Server. If dependent software is in a committed state for a specific update, then that update cannot be rejected.
-remove	If the -remove flag is specified, the listed file sets will be removed from the system. The file sets to be removed must be listed on the command line or in the RemoveListFile file.

Exit Status

The following exit values are returned:

19	All uncommitted updates must be committed
20	There are no uncommitted updates

Examples

To update the Virtual I/O Server to the latest level, where the updates are located on the mounted file system /home/padmin/update, type the following command:
```
updateios -dev /home/padmin/update
```
To update the Virtual I/O Server to the latest level, when previous levels are not committed, type the following command:
```
updateios -f -dev /home/padmin/update
```
To reject installed updates, type the following command:
```
updateios -reject
```
To cleanup partially installed updates, type the following command:
```
updateios -cleanup
```
To commit the installed updates, type the following command:
```
updateios -commit
```

Related Information

The lssw command, the ioslevel command, the remote_management command, the oem_setup_env command, and the oem_platform_level command.