On Nov 22, 4:00 am, Paivio Pollari wrote:
> We lost all data from /usr/lib and /usr/bin in our p520 (AIX 5.2). We
> tried to recover them from NetWorker backups but the machine would not
> boot.
>
> Then we tried a Preservation Installation from CD and restored /usr/lib,
> /usr/bin and /etc from tape, but still the machine would not boot.
>
> After we made a preservation Installation and updated the AIX level to the
> one before problems started the machine booted. Then we restored /etc from
> tape, and the machine still booted.
>
> Now the system and applications seem to work fine, but some filesets are
> in 'inconsistent state'. We have a copy of /etc from the time before
> restoring it from tape, should we just copy back the following files in
> /etc/objrepos
>
> history*
> lpp*
> product*
> inventory*
>
> Is this enough?

The command you're looking for is lppchk. It examines the system to
determine
if all filesets are properly installed with prereqs and all that. If
not, it will
tell you something about why not. I'm in the happy position of never
having
needed it so I can't get more specific than that but it should be your
next step.

HTH

Jim Lane

Jim.Lane@cibc.com wrote:
> On Nov 22, 4:00 am, Paivio Pollari wrote:
>> We lost all data from /usr/lib and /usr/bin in our p520 (AIX 5.2). We
>> tried to recover them from NetWorker backups but the machine would not
>> boot.
>>
>> Then we tried a Preservation Installation from CD and restored /usr/lib,
>> /usr/bin and /etc from tape, but still the machine would not boot.
>>
>> After we made a preservation Installation and updated the AIX level to the
>> one before problems started the machine booted. Then we restored /etc from
>> tape, and the machine still booted.
>>
>> Now the system and applications seem to work fine, but some filesets are
>> in 'inconsistent state'. We have a copy of /etc from the time before
>> restoring it from tape, should we just copy back the following files in
>> /etc/objrepos
>>
>> history*
>> lpp*
>> product*
>> inventory*
>>
>> Is this enough?
>
> The command you're looking for is lppchk. It examines the system to
> determine
> if all filesets are properly installed with prereqs and all that. If
> not, it will
> tell you something about why not. I'm in the happy position of never
> having
> needed it so I can't get more specific than that but it should be your
> next step.
>
> HTH
>
> Jim Lane

E.g. for bos.perf.tools we get

lslpp -l bos.perf.tools
Fileset Level State Description

----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Path: /etc/objrepos
bos.perf.tools 5.2.0.75 APPLIED Base Performance Tools

lppchk -v bos.perf.tools
lppchk: The following filesets need to be installed or corrected to bring
the system to a consistent state:

bos.perf.tools 5.2.0.40 (usr: not installed, root:
COMMITTED)
bos.perf.tools 5.2.0.50 (usr: not installed, root:
COMMITTED)
bos.perf.tools 5.2.0.60 (usr: not installed, root:
COMMITTED)
bos.perf.tools 5.2.0.75 (usr: not installed, root:
APPLIED)

and normal reinstallation fails (we haven't tried with force, or first
removing and then reinstalling)