You can use the VIOS Deployment Wizard to deploy packages for Fix Packs.
Before you begin
Before you use the wizard to deploy package updates, obtain the updates that you want from the
IBM website by using the download cacher. For more information, see
Using the VIOS download cacher for PowerVM VIOS.
Procedure
From the BigFix console, click Patch Management > OS Vendors > IBM VIOS > VIOS Deployment Wizard.
Click Package.
Figure 1. Package option in the VIOS Deployment
Wizard
Enter the location of the PowerVM VIOS
package that you want to deploy.
Select the check the box if you want
to create a one-time action rather than a reusable Fixlet.
Optional: You can also select the other check
box to create a preview-only action.
This preview runs the pre-installed verification checks. The results of those checks are
available in the PowerVM VIOS Pre-Install
Verification Results analysis.
After you set the necessary parameters, click Finish.
Figure 2. Finishing the configuration for VIOS package
updates
Results
After completion, the generated one-time action or Fixlet displays in the BigFix console. You can
use it to deploy the PowerVM VIOS update to the relevant
computers.
Note: Ensure that you have a sufficient amount of disk
space on the /var partition to accommodate large files. Use the
available tasks to set any size or space limitations. For more
information, see Fix pack download configuration.
What to do next
To view the detailed information about the results of deploying your PowerVM
VIOS package update, activate the
PowerVM VIOS Package Deployment Results -
FP analysis.
Click All Patch Management > Analyses > By Site > Patches for VIOS > VIOS Package Deployment Results -
FP/CSP > Activate.Figure 3. Activating the VIOS Custom Fileset Deployment Results
analysis
