How
to identify your system's current patch level
Use the which command from TCL in
the DM or SYSPROG account. It will show you information similar
to the following:
:which
System Release Information
==========================
D3 Release Version 7.0.9.RS56
Implementation. . . . . . RS6000
System Serial Number. . . 10111234
System ID Number . . . . 12345678
Release . . . . . . . . . AP/UNIX: RS6000
Unix Information. . . . . AIX;hostname:AIX;1;4;01011234
Boot Monitor. . . . . . . 7.0.9.M11
Boot ABS. . . . . . . . . 7.0.9.A11
Boot ABS Data File. . . . 7.0.9.A11
System Data Files . . . . 7.0.9.D11
Flash Revision. . . . . . 7.0.9.F13
SQL Revision. . . . . . . 7.0.9.s10
ABS
Depending
on your platform, the ABS level, in this case A11, may be higher
than indicated by which if ABS patches have already
been loaded. If ABS patches have already been loaded to the
system, use the verb list-patches to identify the
latest patch loaded. If no patches are loaded, you may see:
:list-patches
[401] no items present.
:
or
:list-patches
[3] The verb 'list-patches' is not defined.
:
If
there are patches loaded, you will see a listing showing the
patch numbers and a brief description. Find the highest number
in the Patch column. Again, depending on your platform,
the patch numbers may be sorted in ascending or descending order.
System
Data Files
The
only way to upgrade your system data files is to install a new
system release. For almost all platforms, the system files are
located on our FTP
site under /ftp/pub/platform/releases, where
platform may be RS, PRO, etc.
Flash
BASIC
This
processor is only available on Unix based systems. Patches are
not required if you are not compiling your programs using Flash
BASIC.
SQL
and ODBC
These
processors are only available for D3 releases 7.0.x
and above. Patches are not required if you are not using these
processors.
