The AIX Download Cacher now requires the complete fix ID

Usage and Config Patch
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The AIX Download Cacher tool was recently updated to utilize the Electronic Customer Care (ECC) services. In this update, the tool’s APIs were modified to allow seamless synchronization with IBM Fix Central.

The fix ID that you specify in the AIX Download Cacher tool must now contain the build date.
The acceptable format is as follows:

< OS Ver >-< TL >-< SP >-< BUILD DATE >

Additional resources:
For more information about the update, see https://ibm.biz/BdHmvK.
For tips on where to find the build date, see https://ibm.biz/BdHmvV.

Hope you find this information useful.

Application Engineering Team
IBM BigFix

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I’m trying to run the following test:

AIXDownloadCacher.exe --dir "C:\aix" --logdir "C:\aix\logs" --fixid 6100-06-07-1207

But it fails with the following error:

[Fri Dec  4 15:58:49 2015] Valid Update Pack: 6100-06-07-1207
[Fri Dec  4 15:58:49 2015] No Proxy Server Defined
[Fri Dec  4 15:58:49 2015] Using Base Technology Level: 6100-06
[Fri Dec  4 15:58:49 2015] ==> Start working on 6100-06-07-1207
[Fri Dec  4 15:59:34 2015] [Fri Dec 04 15:58:50 2015] Searching for updates...
[Fri Dec 04 15:58:50 2015] Product: ibm/aix
[Fri Dec 04 15:58:50 2015] Fix ID:  sp/6100-06-07-1207
[Fri Dec 04 15:59:34 2015] Order failed!

[Fri Dec  4 15:59:34 2015] Failed to download 6100-06-07-1207 because of errors building fileset lists: CRITICAL ERROR: Unable to open file ecc/AIXECCQuery_Results.dat for write: No such file or directory at AIXDownloadCacher.pl line 1726.

[Fri Dec  4 15:59:34 2015] Encountered a fatal error: CRITICAL ERROR: Failed to download 6100-06-07-1207 because of errors building fileset lists: CRITICAL ERROR: Unable to open file ecc/AIXECCQuery_Results.dat for write: No such file or directory at AIXDownloadCacher.pl line 1726.

What is wrong?

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Hi,

The error means failure in retrieving the fix list from IBM eCC server. Please retry when you have internet connection and outbound traffic is allow for AIX download cacher. If it’s still not working, please feel free to open a PMR and we are able to help you look into the issue.

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