AIX

Removing ODM information of a logical Volume

Raghavan.navarathna — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 08:54:59 GMT

Removing ODM information of a logical volume Sometimes situations occur where a logical volume is deleted, but the ODM is not up to date. E.g. when lsvg doesn't show you the logical volume, but the lslv command can still show information about the logical volume. To resolve this issue, first try: synclvodm -v [volume group name]. If this doesn't work, try this: (in the example below logical volume hd7 is used) Save the ODM information of the logical volume: odmget -q name=hd7 ...

AIX Error logging

Nicki — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 08:27:46 GMT

To display a complete summary report, enter: errpt To display a complete detailed report, enter: errpt -a To display a detailed report of all errors logged for the error identifier E19E094F, enter: errpt -a -j E19E094F To list error-record templates for which logging is turned off for any error-log entries, enter: errpt -t -F log=0 To view all entries from the alternate error-log file /var/adm/ras/errlog.alternate, enter: errpt -i /var/adm/ras/errlog.alternate To ...

AIX and p5 Redbooks

Nicki — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 06:56:38 GMT

For the current 2 main certifications you should have a look into: IBM Certification Study Guide eServer p5 and pSeries Administration and Support for AIX 5L Version 5.3 http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/redbooks/pdfs/sg247199.pdf IBM eServer Certification Study Guide eServer p5 and pSeries Enterprise Technical Support AIX 5L V5.3 http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/redbooks/pdfs/sg247197.pdf But just to get more used to AIX and learn about these might be more useful in the beginning: IBM ...

LPAR cribsheet

Nicki — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 08:16:06 GMT

show managed frames attached to a hmc � show lssyscfg -r sys -F name:type_model:serial_num show managed lpars attached to a frame � show lssyscfg -m -r lpar -F name show profiles from a specific lpar � show lssyscfg -r prof -m --filter "lpar_names=" shutdown lpar chsysstate -m -r lpar -n -o shutdown �immed To perform a partition shutdown using ...

how to install relocatable packages on AIX

Nicki — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 08:14:19 GMT

1. create Volumegroup, filesystem and directory 2. create relocation path (the path that should be used instead of the ./) This can be any valid path that is not "/" and has a size no greater than 512 characters mkusil -R 3. check if location is properly created lsusil -R ALL 4. copy packages to be installed into any folder on the box and perform inutoc_r 5. install required packages using installp_r -R installp_r -R ...

Backing up HMC Data

Nicki — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 08:10:32 GMT

Backing up critical HMC data - Using the Command Line Interface Use the command : bkconsdata -r dvd Backing up partition profile data - Using the Command Line Interface Use the command:- bkprofdata -m -f dvd where is the machine type and serial number of the managed system. Backing up critical HMC data - Using the GUI (WebSM) Interface Describes how to back up important console information to DVD, a remote system mounted ...