AIX Advanced Deployment Wizard overview

Use this wizard to configure advanced deployment options for the Fixlets on the Patches for AIX site.

Using the AIX Advanced Deployment Wizard, you can complete alternate disk operations, as well as multibos operations for patching the endpoints with a technology level and service pack update.
Alternate Disk operations
  • Create a new clone of the current running system to an alternate disk and deploy the technology level and service pack updates to the newly-created clone.
  • Deploy technology level and service pack updates to an existing rootvg clone.
  • Update the rootvg boot device to identify where the boot device of the current running system is located in the list of boot devices.
  • Remove alternate disk volume groups.
Multibos operations
  • Create a new standby BOS and deploy the technology level and service pack updates to the newly-created BOS.
  • Deploy technology level and service pack updates to an existing standby BOS.
  • Update the rootvg boot device to identify where the boot device of the current running system is located in the list of boot devices.
  • Remove a standby BOS.
The wizard also provides the following advanced options:
  • Preview the installation of the technology level or service pack patches for a selected fix pack.
  • Reject filesets that are in the applied state.
  • Manage the technology level and service pack fix packs on NFS repositories. This includes features such as pre-caching downloads of the fix packs, verifying, and deleting of downloaded fix packs on registered NFS repositories.