IJ50568: VIOS UPGRADE FAILS BETWEEN MAJOR VIOS VERSIONS APPLIES TO AIX 7300-02

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• Failure of the viosupgrade process occurred because of an
  incorrect use of the mkvg -a option during the execution of
  alt_disk_mksysb
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• Failure of the viosupgrade process occurred because of an
  incorrect use of the mkvg -a option during the execution of
  alt_disk_mksysb
  

Problem conclusion

• The viosupgrade process failed due to an incorrect utilization
  of the mkvg -a option while executing alt_disk_mksysb.mkvg -a
  option or crfs logname=OUTLINE was introduced in version 7.3
  and is not available in previous versions.keep oslevel check
  while adding -a option to mkvg and logname=OUTLINE to crfs
  

Temporary fix

Comments

• 7300-02 - use AIX APAR IJ50568
  

APAR Information

• APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:

• APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

  IJ50591 IJ50614 IJ56407

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  AIX V7.3

• Fixed component ID

  5765CD300

Applicable component levels