Re: safe way to apply patch

From: 0xbeef (deadbeef_at_devnull.org)
Date: 11/24/05 

Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2005 20:08:54 +0200

BL wrote:
> Hi,
> If I need to apply APAR into the AIX by use smitty update_all,
> I choose "no commit" and "SAVE replaced file".
> Is it the safest way to apply patch? Thanks
>

Yes. You should of course have a mksysb backup as well.

0xbeef

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