Rejecting applied filesets

You can use the AIX Advanced Deployment Wizard to create tasks to reject filesets that are in the applied state and restore the previous version of the update. You can reject individual filesets or all the filesets for a specific fix pack. You can run a preview of the action to ensure that it completes successfully without rejecting any filesets. You can also specify whether you want to reject filesets that have dependencies and do not meet the rejection checks.

Before you begin

Before you can reject any fileset, you must activate the AIX Fileset Inventory Result (ID #80) analysis.

Procedure

  1. From the BigFix console, click Patch Management > OS Vendors > IBM AIX > AIX Advanced Deployment Wizard.
  2. Click Reject Filesets.
  3. Click Refresh Filesets Inventory to run the AIX: Generate Fileset Inventory Report task (ID #81) and retrieve the history of installed filesets and current fileset inventory.
    The information that is retrieved from the endpoints is stored in the following directories:
    • /var/opt/BESClient/_BESData/_AIXInvetory/FilsetHistory.inv
    • /var/opt/BESClient/_BESData/_AIXInvetory/CurrentFileset.inv
    The AIX Fileset Inventory Result analysis uses these files to display the filesets that can be rejected.
  4. Use any of the following methods to reject applied filesets:
    • Rejecting individual applied filesets
      1. Click Reject Individual Applied Filesets. The wizard displays a list of endpoints with information about when they were last updated and the number of filesets that can be rejected.
      2. Select one or more endpoints that contain the applied fileset that you want to reject. The applied filesets for the selected endpoints are listed with the corresponding version number.
      3. To filter the fileset list according to the installation date, specify the dates in the provided fields.
      4. Select one or more applied filesets for rejection.
    • Rejecting applied filesets by fix pack
      1. Click Reject Applied Filesets by Fix Pack. The wizard displays a list of endpoints with information about when they were last updated and the number of fix packs that can be rejected.
      2. Select one or more endpoints to view the fix packs that you are allowed to reject.
      3. Select a fix pack that contains all the filesets that you want to reject.
  5. Optional: Click Create a preview rejection task to flag this task as a preview task.
    Use this option to create a task that runs a preview of the rejection action for the selected filesets or fix packs. With this option, you can check for potential issues with dependencies and other factors that prevent the rejection of filesets.
  6. Optional: Click Reject filesets even if they do not pass the pre-rejection checks.
    Use this option to continue with the rejection action even if the selected filesets or fix packs do not comply with the rejection requirements.
    Note: If you do not select this option, the default behavior of the task is to stop when an issue is encountered. By selecting the option Reject filesets even if they do not pass the pre-rejection checks, the action continues even when the selected filesets have dependencies.
  7. Click Create Action.
  8. Deploy the action.

What to do next

To verify that the filesets were rejected successfully, you can use the AIX Preview Reject Filesets Result analysis (ID #82) or the AIX Deployment Health Check Dashboard.