diff --git a/mkAIXsnap b/mkAIXsnap
index d38acf071..0c1f5e278 100755
--- a/mkAIXsnap
+++ b/mkAIXsnap
@@ -113,12 +113,19 @@ if [ $UPLOAD == 1 ]; then
 #while ! rsync -urLv --delete aix-core-snap nott,xcat@web.sourceforge.net:/home/groups/x/xc/xcat/htdocs/aix/devel/
 #do : ; done
 
-  scp *.rpm nott,xcat@web.sourceforge.net:/home/groups/x/xc/xcat/htdocs/aix/devel/core-snap
+# devel snapshot
+scp *.rpm nott,xcat@web.sourceforge.net:/home/groups/x/xc/xcat/htdocs/aix/devel/core-snap
+scp core-aix-snap.tar.gz nott,xcat@web.sourceforge.net:/home/groups/x/xc/xcat/htdocs/aix/devel
 
-  scp core-aix-snap.tar.gz nott,xcat@web.sourceforge.net:/home/groups/x/xc/xcat/htdocs/aix/devel
+# release snapshot
+
+scp *.rpm nott,xcat@web.sourceforge.net:/home/groups/x/xc/xcat/htdocs/aix/2.3/core-snap
+scp core-aix-snap.tar.gz nott,xcat@web.sourceforge.net:/home/groups/x/xc/xcat/htdocs/aix/2.3
+
+
+# new release
+scp core-aix-2.3.tar.gz nott,xcat@web.sourceforge.net:/home/frs/project/x/xc/xcat/xcat/2.3.x_AIX/
 
-# scp *.rpm nott,xcat@web.sourceforge.net:/home/groups/x/xc/xcat/htdocs/aix/devel/xcat-core
-#scp core-aix-2.3.tar.gz nott,xcat@web.sourceforge.net:/home/groups/x/xc/xcat/htdocs/aix/devel
 
 # for dep-aix & mysql etc.
 #scp ./dep-aix-2.3-200909241259.tar.gz nott,xcat@web.sourceforge.net:/home/frs/project/x/xc/xcat/xcat-dep/2.x_AIX/
diff --git a/perl-xCAT/xCAT/InstUtils.pm b/perl-xCAT/xCAT/InstUtils.pm
index 5540865c1..be89224fb 100644
--- a/perl-xCAT/xCAT/InstUtils.pm
+++ b/perl-xCAT/xCAT/InstUtils.pm
@@ -327,7 +327,7 @@ sub xcmd
                                    {
                                     command => [$xdcmd],
                                     node    => \@snodes,
-                                    arg     => ["-v", $cmd]
+                                    arg     => ["-s", $cmd]
                                    },
                                    $sub_req,
                                    $exitcode,
@@ -346,7 +346,7 @@ sub xcmd
                                {
                                 command => [$xdcmd],
                                 node    => \@snodes,
-                                arg     => ["-v", $cmd]
+                                arg     => ["-s", $cmd]
                                },
                                $sub_req,
                                $exitcode,
diff --git a/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/updatenode.pm b/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/updatenode.pm
index b83f34ac7..ec3e1f231 100644
--- a/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/updatenode.pm
+++ b/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/updatenode.pm
@@ -1412,7 +1412,14 @@ sub updateAIXsoftware
                         $pkg_string .= " /mnt/RPMS/ppc/$pkg";
                     }
 
-                    my $rcmd = qq~rpm $flags $pkg_string~;
+					my $rcmd;
+					if ($pkg_string =~ /xCAT/) {
+						# add temporary hack to handle problem installing
+						#  xCAT rpms that start the xcatd daemon.
+						$rcmd = qq~rpm $flags $pkg_string; /opt/xcat/sbin/xcatstart -r~;
+					} else {
+						$rcmd = qq~rpm $flags $pkg_string~;
+ 					}
 
                     if ($::VERBOSE)
                     {