Steps to upgrade kernel patch in AIX cluster environment

Hello All,
We are going to perform kernel upgrade in AIX cluster environment.
Please let me know the other locations to copy the new kernel files ,
default location
CI+DB server
APP1
Regards
Subbu

Hi Subbu
Refer the SAP link
Executing the saproot.sh Script - Java Support Package Manager (OBSOLETE) - SAP Library
1. Extract the downloaded files to a new location using SAPCAR -xvf <file_name> as sidadm.
2. copy the extracted files to sapmnt/<SID>/exe
3. Start the DB & Application.
Regards
Sriram

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