11g r2 3 additional patches on AIX 5 and 3 addition on AIX 6

I was trying to 11gr2 on AIX 5 (64bit) and found that we need to apply 3 additional patches for the installation.

This is how can we check if the 11gr2 required patches on AIX.
/usr/sbin/instfix -i -k "IZ42940 IZ49516 IZ52331 "


If not installed you will get an output like this.


11g/app/product/11.1.0/db_1>/usr/sbin/instfix -i -k "IZ42940 IZ49516 IZ52331 "
There was no data for IZ42940 in the fix database.
There was no data for IZ49516 in the fix database.
There was no data for IZ52331 in the fix database.




The install guide talks about this.

AIX


http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E11882_01/install.112/e10854/pre_install.htm#BABFDGHJ

Authorized Problem Analysis Reports (APARs) for AIX 5L:
IZ42940
IZ49516
IZ52331

Authorized Problem Analysis Reports (APARs) for AIX 6L:
IZ41855
IZ51456
IZ52319

In order to apply these patches you can download from
http://www-933.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/


Additional information if you are trying to install  Oracle Database on AIX.

[abc:$]/archive>/usr/sbin/lsattr -E -l sys0 -a realmem

realmem 8388608 Amount of usable physical memory in Kbytes False
[abc:$]/archive>
[abc:$]/archive>/usr/sbin/lsps -a
Page Space Physical Volume Volume Group Size %Used Active Auto Type
hd6 hdisk0 rootvg 4096MB 51 yes yes lv
[abc:$]/archive>
[abc:$]/archive>/usr/bin/getconf HARDWARE_BITMODE
64
[abc:$]/archive>
[abc:$]/archive>oslevel
5.3.0.0
[abc:$]/archive>oslevel -s
5300-09-02-0849
[abc:$]/archive>
[abc:$]/archive>lslpp -l bos.adt.base bos.adt.lib bos.adt.libm bos.perf.perfstat \
> bos.perf.libperfstat bos.perf.proctools
Fileset Level State Description
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Path: /usr/lib/objrepos
bos.adt.base 5.3.9.0 COMMITTED Base Application Development
Toolkit
bos.adt.lib 5.3.9.0 COMMITTED Base Application Development
Libraries
bos.adt.libm 5.3.9.0 COMMITTED Base Application Development
Math Library
bos.perf.libperfstat 5.3.9.0 COMMITTED Performance Statistics Library
Interface
bos.perf.perfstat 5.3.9.0 COMMITTED Performance Statistics
Interface
bos.perf.proctools 5.3.9.0 COMMITTED Proc Filesystem Tools
Path: /etc/objrepos
bos.perf.libperfstat 5.3.0.0 COMMITTED Performance Statistics Library
Interface
bos.perf.perfstat 5.3.9.0 COMMITTED Performance Statistics
Interface
abc:$]/archive>
[abc:$]/archive>getconf KERNEL_BITMODE
64
[abc:$]/archive>
[abc:$]/archive>/usr/sbin/instfix -i -k ""IY89080 IY92037 IY94343 Iz01060 Iz03260""
All filesets for IY89080 were found.
[abc:$]/archive>
SOLARIS
Then in thought it will be interested to check for SOLARIS and HP-UX also.
We need to check for the following in SOLARIS
# pkginfo -i SUNWarc SUNWbtool SUNWhea SUNWlibC SUNWlibms SUNWsprot \
SUNWtoo SUNWi1of SUNWi1cs SUNWi15cs SUNWxwfnt

Another intersting this:  Database Smart Flash Cache (An Enterprise Edition only feature.) The following patches are required if you are using the flash cache feature: (SOLARIS)

125555-03

140796-01
140899-01
141016-01
139555-08
141414-10
141736-05

to know more about Smart Flash Cache read my previous article :http://oracleinout.blogspot.com/2010/04/flash-cache-11g-new-feature.html


To determine whether an operating system patch is installed in SOLARIS , enter a command similar to the following:

# /usr/sbin/patchadd -p
grep patch_number(without version number)
If an operating system patch is not installed, then download it from the following Web site and install it:

http://sunsolve.sun.com/
HP-UX

To determine whether a patch is installed, enter a command similar to the following:

/usr/sbin/swlist -l patch  grep

If a required patch is not installed, then download it from the following Web site and install it:

http://itresourcecenter.hp.com/


A fanstatic document in available on metalink. Its awesome:

Oracle Database on Unix AIX,HP-UX,Linux,Mac OS X,Solaris,Tru64 Unix Operating Systems Installation and Configuration Requirements Quick Reference (8.0.5 to 11.2) [ID 169706.1]
Central source for all the primary installation settings for the various mainstream unix platforms, e.g. IBM AIX, HP-UX, Sun Solaris, Tru64, and Linux