Useful AIX commands
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Useful AIX commands
svmon svmon -P <pid> Further: use can user svmon command to monitor memory usage as follows; (A) #svmon -P -v -t 10 | more (will give top ten processes) (B) #svmon -U -v -t 10 | more ( will give top ten user)
smit install requires "inutoc ." first. It'll autogenerate a .toc for you I believe, but if you later add more .bff's to the same directory, then the inutoc . becomes important. It is of course, a table of contents.
dump -ov /dir/xcoff-file
topas, -P is useful # similar to top
When creating really big filesystems, this is very helpful:
chlv -x 6552 lv08
Word on the net is that this is required for filesystems over 512M.
esmf04m-root> crfs -v jfs -g'ptmpvg' -a size='884998144' -m'/ptmp2'
-A''`locale yesstr | awk -F: '{print $1}'`'' -p'rw' -t''`locale yesstr |
awk -F: '{print $1}'`'' -a frag='4096' -a nbpi='131072' -a ag='64'
Based on the parameters chosen, the new /ptmp2 JFS file system
is limited to a maximum size of 2147483648 (512 byte blocks)
New File System size is 884998144
esmf04m-root>
If you give a bad combination of parameters, the command will list
possibilities. I got something like this from smit, then seasoned
to taste.
If you need files larger than 2 gigabytes in size, this is better.
It should allow files up to 64 gigabytes:
crfs -v jfs -a bf=true -g'ptmpvg' -a size='884998144' -m'/ptmp2' -A''` |
| locale yesstr | awk -F: '{print $1}'`'' -p'rw' -t''`locale yesstr | aw |
| k -F: '{print $1}'`'' -a nbpi='131072' -a ag='64'
Show version of SSP (IBM SP switch) software: lslpp -al ssp.basic
llctl -g reconfig - make loadleveler reread its config files
oslevel (sometimes lies) oslevel -r (seems to do better)
lsdev -Cc adapter
pstat -a looks useful
vmo is for VM tuning
On 1000BaseT, you really want this: chdev -P -l ent2 -a media_speed=Auto_Negotiation
Setting jumbo frames on en2 looks like: ifconfig en2 down detach chdev -l ent2 -a jumbo_frames=yes chdev -l en2 -a mtu=9000 chdev -l en2 -a state=up
Search for the meaning of AIX errors: http://publib16.boulder.ibm.com/pseries/en_US/infocenter/base/eisearch.htm
NFS tuning on AIX, courtesy of Ross Aiken: http://publib16.boulder.ibm.com/doc_link/en_US/a_doc_lib/aixbman/prftungd/nfsperfmontun.htm
nfso -a shows AIX NFS tuning parameters; good to check on if you're getting badcalls in nfsstat. Most people don't bother to tweaks these though.
nfsstat -m shows great info about full set of NFS mount options
Turn on path mtu discovery no -o tcp_pmtu_discover=1 no -o udp_pmtu_discover=1 TCP support is handled by the OS. UDP support requires cooperation between OS and application.
nfsstat -c shows rpc stats
To check for software problems: lppchk -v lppchk -c lppchk -l
List subsystem (my word) status: lssrc -a mkssys rmssys chssys auditpr refresh startsrc stopsrc traceson tracesoff
This starts sendmail: startsrc -s sendmail -a "-bd -q30m"
This makes inetd reread its config file. Not sure if it kills and restarts or just HUP's or what: refresh -s inetd
lsps is used to list the characteristics of paging space.
Turning off ip forwarding: /usr/sbin/no -o ipforwarding=0
Detailed info about a specific error: errpt -a -jE85C5C4C BTW, Rajiv Bendale tells me that errors are stored in NVRAM on AIX, so you don't have to put time into replicating an error as often.
Some or all of these will list more than one number. Trust the first, not the second. lslpp -l ppe.poe ...should list the version of poe installed on the system Check on compiler versions: lslpp -l vac.C lslpp -l vacpp.cmp.core Check on loadleveler version: lslpp -l LoadL.full
If you want to check the bootlist do bootlist -o -m normal if you want to update bootlist do bootlist -m normal hdisk* hdisk* cd* rmt*
prtconf
Run the ssadiag against the drive and the adapter and it will tell you if it fails or not. Then if its a hot plugable it can be replaced online.
You can get patches from: http://www-912.ibm.com/eserver/support/fixes You'll need to click through a bit of red tape before getting to where you actually can list corequisites and start a download. BTW, "Add to my download list" does not work in konqueror, but it does work in mozilla.
Backup to tape: env - /usr/bin/mksysb '-m' '-i' '-X' /dev/rmt0 The "env -" is because some sort of environment variable can confuse mksysb, making it error out instead of doing your backup There's also "smitty mksysb"
You can create an image using the savevg command i.e. savevg -v -n -9 / _rootvg.img rootvg This can be used to build a NIM installable image to recover your systems alternatively, the command line call for a mksysb to tape (to include map and exclude files) is /usr/bin/mksysb '-m' '-e' '-i' /dev/rmt0
Finding which lpp contains a file: lslpp -w /usr/sbin/umount
There exists a "diag CD" for AIX.
/usr/samples/kernel/vmtune
lsattr -El sys0 | grep realmem lsattr -El mem0
See if you AIX system's hardware is CHRP (some sort of PowerPC reference platform spec, I believe) : bootinfo -p chrp
Some really funky hardware-looking problems can be fixed by draining the NVRAM battery for 5 minutes, and then reinstalling the microcode. We used to do this on some IBM RT's in Cincinnati, and a recent poster to AIX-L indicates that it's still useful in some situations.
From AIX-L: AIX 4.3.2 -> AIX 4.3.3 is the most easiest Upgrade of ALL. Place the AIX 4.3.3 Vol 1 of CD on the CDROM drive and run smitty update_all , this will upgrade the OS
On the subject of running out of paging space, from AIX-L: Look into npswarn, npskill stuff in Performance Management Guide
Changing the boot device order: Boot the server, and hit 1 or F1 (depending if you have an ascii console or a graphics console) when the logos come up to get to sms mode. In the menus select multiboot, select boot devices, select boot order.
You should start tracing for inetd subsystem with traceson -s inetd and then issue: trpt -j you will see the protocols control blocks (PID) you're tracing, and then with: trpt -p <PID> you should see output for telnet communications. But this is not working. Why don't you try using iptrace and ipreport to see the behavior of your telnet sessions ??
Purportedly orks with JFS 1 and 2: To split off a mirrored copy of the /home/xyz file system to a new mount point named /jfsstaticcopy, type the following: chfs -a splitcopy=/jfsstaticcopy /home/xyz You can control which mirrored copy is used as the backup by using the copy attribute. The second mirrored copy is the default if a copy is not specified by the user. For example: chfs -a splitcopy=/jfsstaticcopy -a copy=1 /home/xyz At this point, a read-only copy of the file system is available in /jfsstaticcopy. Any changes made to the original file system after the copy is split off are not reflected in the backup copy.
To reintegrate the JFS split image as a mirrored copy at the /testcopy mount point, use the following command: rmfs /testcopy The rmfs command removes the file system copy from its split-off state and allows it to be reintegrated as a mirrored copy.
Working around a loader domain problem:
esmf04m-strombrg> /usr/local/bin/gribmap
exec(): 0509-036 Cannot load program /usr/local/bin/gribmap because of
the following errors:
0509-030 Insufficient permission to create loader domain
/usr/lib/libiconv.a
0509-026 System error: The file access permissions do not allow
the specified action.
esmf04m-strombrg> LIBPATH=$TMPDIR/gribmap-ld /usr/local/bin/gribmap
gribmap v1.4 for GrADS Version 1.8SL11
Apparently you can also link your application with -L$TMPDIR/loaderdomain
or so, but you'd need a unique one for each set of shared libraries.
This one apparently must be the first -L in the link line.
Please see also:
http://stromberg.dnsalias.org/~dstromberg/AIX-shared-libs.html
/usr/bin/uname -M Gets the machine type?
Anyway, set the timezone variable TZ in /etc/environment like this:
TZ=MST7
...takes effect after everyone logs out and back in. This is just an
example, not something for California.
"svmon" will give u this output which give u the information regarding
ur memory.
size inuse free pin virtual
memory 1310711 1298235 12476 103782 711466
pg space 2097152 585219
work pers clnt lpage
pin 103782 0 0 0
in use 438570 10130 849535 0
acledit
Scott (of IBM, onsite hardware tech) stuff: lsdev -Cc adapter "defined" means at one time the piece of hardware was on system - as opposed to "available". A card which is being newly added should not temporarily pass through "defined" state. Hardware should be in the "available" state. ///// lsslot -c pci p1-i1 is the first slot on the back left ///// diag diadiagnostic routines problem determination sfp: phones home (to IBM) over modem previously reported problem ///// task selection hot plug task pci or scsi identify function will blink light, so you can make sure the hardware and software are on the same page. u1.1 drawer address, bottom left ///// EIA numbers on right and left of rack, goes to lowest of the numbers adjacent to the equipment in question. EG, something in the rack might be 3 EIA numbers high - the software should identify the hardware by the lowest number of the 3. ///// hotplug in os removes voltage from slot, slot light should blink yellow, same as for identify. ///// we have older "hotswap cassettes" - which means lots of screws. Newer ones snap together. It also can take a bit of wrestling to get the card in and out of the old cassettes (shades of Sun's IPX's :) ///// yellow llight continues blinking after card inserted, until software is told to let the slot have voltage again. ///// advanced diagnostics, search for thing to test visually ///// cfgmgr takes awhile to run, checks all devices on machine no output, but then lsdev -Cc adapter again should change afterward ///// ps -ef | grep Worm splstdata -a should not say not_configured use rc.switch to make it configured ps -ef pipe | Worm again, should show up now Eunfence 49 - 49 is 04m ///// spmon -d "d" for diagnostic like front panel leds "host responds" and "switch responds" should say yes for all css adapters ///// errpt (no args) ///// Scott says that sometimes an SP2 system will refuse to acknowledge the new adapter, in which case you have to lie to the ODM to make the system see the card. He suggested that maybe we did not need to do that this time, because we have the latest pssp (ssp.*) software on the system. ///// We also had to Eunfence the node whose card was replaced.
Rajiv tells me that it does not matter which host is Eprimary, as long as one of the nodes is, and there aren't things fenced off that shouldn't be.
mount -v cdrfs -o ro /dev/cd0 /mnt Mount iso9660 filesystem
More on cfgmgr, from aix-l: you can execute cfgmgr on line without trouble normally cfgmgr have 3 steps named phases : phase 1 during boot phase 2 during normal boot (after phase1) phase 3 durinf service boot (after phase1) if you run cfgmgr without flags (-p or -f) cfgmgr executes phase 2 only by default in fact cfgmgr and cfgmgr -p2 are the sames commands flag -v for verbose
AIX 5.2 has builtin CIFS client? mount -v cifs -n winserver/myuser/mypassword /home /mnt Can also "smitty cifs_fs" This is supposed to be included in lpp bos.cifs_fs Apparently this was added in AIX 5.2
please check if your cd device is being used by some process by running: fuser -c /dev/cd0 you can also chack if cdromd is up and running by: lssrc -a | grep cd if cdromd is running, then try with the following commands: cdumount cdeject
here is some commands to manipulate the ODM directly (I don't suggest you do so, at least you know exactly what you are doing). odmget, odmshow, odmchange, odmadd, odmdelete, odmdrop
lsps -a
nmon - free, unsupported download from IBM What's this about chmod'ing kmem to be world readable though?!
esmf04m-dcsew> instfix -i | grep ML
All filesets for 5.1.0.0_AIX_ML were found.
All filesets for 5100-01_AIX_ML were found.
All filesets for 5100-02_AIX_ML were found.
All filesets for 5100-03_AIX_ML were found.
All filesets for 5100-04_AIX_ML were found.
esmf04m-dcsew>
The specifix fixes can be checked using instfix command: #instfix -ivk <APAR no.> e.g #instfix -ivk IY56076
instfix -ciqk 4330-08_AIX_ML | grep ":-:" Lists what filesets need to be installed for instfix to show "All filesets for 4330-08 were found".
instfix -k "IX#####" -d /dev/rmt0.1 Installs the APAR and its prerequisites on the system.
installp -Xagqd /dev/rmt0.1 X11.base.rte Installs Xwindows on the system.
installp -u deletes an AIX lpp
Copious network statistics: entstat -d ent0
Making AIX 5.1 see a change to /etc/inetd.conf and/or /etc/services and/or /etc/rpc is different from most other systems (only verified using one rpc/udp service so far) You can't just kill -HUP inetd's pid What you can do, is "smitty inetd", stop inetd, start inetd, and exit smitty. Alternatively, it -should- work to: stopsrc -s inetd startsrc -s inetd Or better: Edit /etc/inetd.conf and comment out ftp and refresh inetd by issuing "refresh -s inetd"
startsrc -t ftpd -u 022 -l
To truly change the kernel to 64-bit, you need to be at the 5.1 oslevel. The
means to change to a 64-bit kernel are:
From 32-bit to 64-bit:
ln -sf /usr/lib/boot/unix_64 /unix
ln -sf /usr/lib/boot/unix_64 /usr/lib/boot/unix
lslv -m hd5
bosboot -ad /dev/ipldevice
shutdown -Fr
bootinfo -K (should now be 64)
To change the kernel back to 32-bit:
From 64-bit to 32-bit:
ln -sf /usr/lib/boot/unix_mp /unix
ln -sf /usr/lib/boot/unix_mp /usr/lib/boot/unix
lslv -m hd5
bosboot -ad /dev/ipldevice
shutdown -Fr
bootinfo -K (should now be 32)If you are running AIX 5.1
Switching From 32 to 64 Bit Mode
To switch from 32-bit mode to 64-bit mode run the following commands,
in the given order:
1.ln -sf /usr/lib/boot/unix_64 /unix
2.ln -sf /usr/lib/boot/unix_64 /usr/lib/boot/unix
3.bosboot -ad /dev/ipldevice
4.shutdown -Fr
5.bootinfo -K (should now show 64)
Switching From 64 To 32-Bit Mode
To switch from 64-bit mode to 32-bit mode run the following commands,
in the given order:
1.ln -sf /usr/lib/boot/unix_mp /unix
2.ln -sf /usr/lib/boot/unix_mp /usr/lib/boot/unix
3.bosboot -ad /dev/ipldevice
4.shutdown -Fr
5.bootinfo -K (should now show 32)
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Moulay Rachid BOUSSETA
To see if you're running with a 32 bit or 64 bit kernel, run: bootinfo -K ...or... prtconf -k EG: esmf04m-root> PATH=/usr/bin:/usr/sbin prtconf -k Kernel Type: 64-bit esmf04m-root> bootinfo -K 64
bootinfo -s hdiskxxx lspv hdiskXX as well is defined on a Volume Group lsattr -El hdiskXX lscfg -vp -l hdiskXX These should give you the raw disk capacity
Go to: http://www-912.ibm.com/eserver/support/fixes/fcgui.jsp Choose: 1)pSeries family 2)AIX OS,Java, compilers 3)Specifi fix 4)Your OS Press continue.... type in your requisites in the text box. thats it!
LPP history: lslpp -h
sar 1 10
bootinfo -b reports last device the system booted from
bootinfo -k reports keyswitch position
1=secure, 2=service, 3=normal
bootinfo -r reports amount of memory (/ by 1024)
bootinfo -s (disk device) reports size of disk drive
bootinfo -T reports type of machine
ie rspc,rs6ksmp,rspc or chrp
bootinfo -y reports your hardware arquitecture (32
bits or 64 bits)
bootinfo -K reports if the kernel in memory is 32
bits or 64 bits
You can submit/check a pSeries PMR via the web at: https://techsupport.services.ibm.com/ssr/ssr.slprob
Force a user to change their password on their next login: pwdadm -f ADMCHG username Note that this works with some sshd's and not others
Identifying hard disk issues: svmon -G vmstat 1 20 iostat -d hdisk0 1 20 ps avg | sort +3r -n | head -25
Maximum number of processes a user can have: lsattr -E -l sys0 -a maxuproc
smitty chgsys Also allows one to change the max number of processes per user, among other things
AIX and SNMP: by Host Resource you mean the AIX SNMP component that monitors system resources ?? if so, then there's a conf file for the daemon aixmibd named /etc/aixmibd.conf where you can configure the thresholds for many monitors. Once you have configure this then you should activate the daemon by issuing: startsrc -s aixmibd Please remember to uncomment the line that starts aixmibd in /etc/rc.tcpip file.
On AIX patches: 1) An APAR (Authorized Program Analysis Report) is a bunch of software patches that solves many problems while a PTF (is the same as Fix and means Program Temporary Fix) is a patch that solves one specific problem. You will download Maintenance Levels (ML) as APARs from IBM Software Web Site. 2) You should install the latest Maintenance Level for the AIX version you have installed (usually a big bunch of software up to 650 MB that needs almost 1GB space to be decompressed and installed). As AIX 5L is new technology from IBM they're patching many problems and generating ML very often. You can download from http://www-1.ibm.com/servers/eserver/support/pseries/aixfixes.html 3) First, you have to know which Fix or PTF to install, then download it from the above web link, then copy to a location in the server (usually PTF's are copied to /usr/sys/inst.images directory as well as there's enough space (what i do is to create a new FS of some 2 GB dize and mount it over /usr/sys/inst.images, after installing the APAR or PTF i just delete the FS without deleting the mount point). Then uncompress or unzip, untar, whatever, and using the fastpath smitty update_all in AIX you can install or preview the installation of any patches. I recommend using preview option before real installation and also recommend installing patches in APPLIED status, that is, both either original or old version and newest version of the software are installed, so you can REJECT the installation of any patch. 4) You can remove any single fileset with the fastpath smitty remove 5) A COMMITed software is installed and the only way to reject it is by uninstalling the software fileset while a APPLIED software is installed and the preview versions of filesets are installed too so if you REJECT the APPLIED software then those older versions will be active again.
Checking on known maintenance levels: esmf04m-strombrg> oslevel -qr Known Recommended Maintenance Levels
5100-04 5100-03 5100-02 5100-01 esmf04m-strombrg> lppchk -v
Dual booting AIX: >Okay you install AIX 5.1 on hdisk0 as example and boot your maschine. th= >an >you clone your rootvg to hdisk1 : >alt_disk_install -C hdisk1 >so you have hdisk0 with old_rootvg >and hdisk1 with alt_*rootvg > >bootlist -m hdisk0 hdisk1 (means you boot from hdisk0 first and hdisk1 >second) > >boot with AIX5.2 CD and install with Migartion Option from prompt on >hdisk0. > >now you have Aix5.2 on hdisk0 and aix5.1 on hdisk1 > >if you want to remove the alternate disk install: >alt_disk_install -X
Installing an IBM maintenance release upgrade: Go to the IBM Support Fix Central site: http://www-912.ibm.com/eserver/support/fixes/fcgui.jsp * Server Select "Pseries family" or the series that your server is. * Product or fix type Select "AIX OS, java, compilers" * Ordering option Select "Mainteneance packages" * OS level Select "AIX 5.1" Select "continue" for next screen Current level Select "5100-04" Desired Level Select "5100-05" Select "go" Download "510405.tar.gz " at the bottom of the page Follow the instructions
Locking an account: The following procedure can be used to lock a user's account; (1) smitty user (2) select, change the characteristics of a user (3) Expiration Date: input the effective date, when this account will be expiring / closing (4) Is this user account locked: false, use tab key to choose true (5) User can login:true, use tab key to change true to false (6) user can login remotely:true, use tab key to change true to false (7) Press enter key and account will be locked (8) for further security also change the password to permit the user to login after 30 days / specfied time revert the above fields to original values.
If an ESMF node mostly falls off the net (strobe shows only about 5 ports open), then: 1) Go down to the ESMF HMC 2) Log in 3) Locate the right window to use 4) Log in to the trouble machine 5) kill and restart srcmstr 6) startsrc -s inetd 7) startsrc -s sshd 8) startsrc -s automountd 9) /etc/nfs.clean 10) /etc/rc.nfs There may be other things that need to be started up as well, but this has been sufficient so far.
Following the documentation if you issue the following command you will activate HMT or Hardware MultiThreading # bosdebug -H on Memory debugger off Memory sizes 0 Network memory sizes 0 Kernel debugger off Real Time Kernel off HMT on ...but only if your hardware -supports- HMT!
Definiing a virtual network interface: ifconfig en# alias xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
Checking if NFS is active: lssrc -a | egrep nfs biod nfs 20752 active nfsd nfs 21426 active rpc.mountd nfs 27888 active rpc.statd nfs 22730 active rpc.lockd nfs 24280 active
nfso -o nfs_use_reserved_ports=1
Find where gzip lives, package-wise: which_fileset gzip
Get the machine model: esmf04m-strombrg> /usr/bin/uname -M IBM,7039-651 esmf04m-strombrg>
lsconf Looks a lot like prtconf?
You can check microcode version by issuing the following command lsmcode if this does not work, then lscfg -vp | grep -i alterable You can download Fixes and microcodes not only for your Server nut for any peripheral devices from techsupport.services.ibm.com
1. Type no -o tcp_keepinit=3750 The initial timeout for TCP/IP will change from 75 seconds to 31.25 minutes. The time (3750) is in 1/2 seconds. 2. Type no -o tcp_keepidle=86400 The connection will be kept alive for 12 hours. The above two items will not be active once a reboot is done. If this solves your problem you can add the statements to your /etc/rc.tcpip file.
filemon Command Monitors the performance of the file system, and reports the I/O activity on behalf of logical files, virtual memory segments, logical volumes, and physical volumes.
lsfs ...can be used to check what kind of filesystem a filesystem is
portmir Apparently can be used to snoop on a tty/pty on AIX? A bit like screen or VNC, but without the forethought requirement.
Restoring from a mksysb tape: You can either boot from your mksysb Medium (band Streamer or cdrom) and restore. change your bootlist: if you have a Band Streamer, so you can boot from AIX Installation Medium and choose point 3 (Maintenance mode) and restore from media.
Determing what needs to be upgraded to advance to a higher os level: you can do an "instfix -i | grep ML" to list which maintenance level is incomplete and then show what filesets are required i.e. if AIX 5.2 ML02 is incomplete do "instfix -ivk 5200-01_AIX_ML | grep ":" | grep not"
Nice page with AIX OpenSSH bff's, a script for creating bff's, a script for setting up LBX for use with ssh, and more. http://www.zip.com.au/~dtucker/openssh/
An example mksysb backup: # mksysb /dev/rmt0 Creating tape boot image ... Creating list of files to back up . Backing up 68614 files.............................. 17379 of 68614 files backed up (25%).............................. 25331 of 68614 files backed up (36%).............................. 25341 of 68614 files backed up (36%).............................. 55359 of 68614 files backed up (80%)................. 68614 of 68614 files backed up (100%) 0512-038 mksysb: Backup Completed Successfully. # echo $PATH /usr/ucb:/bin:/usr/bin:/etc:/usr/lpp/ssp/bin:/usr/lib/instl:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/bin # Note the PATH! The backup failed when I had a larger PATH.
IBM's document describing AIX to Solaris admins: http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/sg246584.html?Open
Changing the boot device: Boot from aix cd's into maint shell and run the bosboot -ad /dev/hdisk0 command. Or if the hd5 boot device is mirrored on hdisk0 and hdisk1 all you need to do is boot into sms menu and ensure both disks are selected in the boot order. To access sms hit 1 before it does a speaker test. ///// You can boot it up into what used to be called SMS mode .. i.e. hit F1 at the 'keyboard' prompt ... You can change the boot device from there and then make sure that you rerun your bosboot once you have booted up. Couldn't be simpler
manctsr/ >lsvg rootvg -p rootvg: PV=5FNAME PV STATE TOTAL PPs FREE PPs FREE DISTRIBUTION hdisk0 active 542 245 28..00..00..108..109 hdisk1 active 542 245 28..00..00..108..109 manctsr/ >lsvg rootvg -l rootvg: LV NAME TYPE LPs PPs PVs LV STATE MOUNT POINT hd5 boot 1 2 2 closed/syncd N/A hd6 paging 64 128 2 open/syncd N/A hd8 jfslog 1 2 2 open/syncd N/A hd4 jfs 1 2 2 open/syncd / hd2 jfs 27 54 2 open/syncd /usr hd9var jfs 3 6 2 open/syncd /var hd3 jfs 5 10 2 open/syncd /tmp hd1 jfs 1 2 2 open/syncd /home apachelv jfs 5 10 2 open/syncd /apache cv4=5Fhome jfs 172 344 2 open/syncd /export/cv4=5Fhome cv4=5Fdec jfs 15 30 2 open/syncd /export/cv4=5Fd= ec lv00 jfs 2 4 2 open/syncd /mn/script
# lsvg rootvg -l rootvg: LV NAME TYPE LPs PPs PVs LV STATE MOUNT POINT hd5 boot 1 2 2 closed/syncd N/A hd6 paging 40 80 2 open/syncd N/A hd8 jfslog 1 2 2 open/syncd N/A hd4 jfs 1 2 2 open/syncd / hd2 jfs 71 142 2 open/syncd /usr hd9var jfs 1 2 2 open/syncd /var hd3 jfs 2 4 2 open/syncd /tmp hd1 jfs 4 8 2 open/syncd /home hd10opt jfs 2 4 2 open/syncd /opt log1 jfslog 1 2 2 closed/syncd N/A paging01 paging 9 18 2 open/syncd N/A hd14 jfs 4 8 2 closed/syncd N/A
PSSP has it's own 5 CD set (PSSP-3.5) and has to be ordered. Thanks
Don't panic! DISK_ERR4 (in errpt) is just a bad block relocation and is a somewhat "normal" occurrence. You only need to be concerned about these errors if you notice them increasing in number on the same disk. So - you need to track it but not necessarily replace it.
What kernel level (lslpp -l 'bos.[um]p*')
The hardware must be CHRP (Common Hardware Reference Platform) in order for 5.2 or greater to be supported. You can determine that by issuing "bootinfo -p".
Nice article on AIX backups: http://www.ahinc.com/aix/backup.htm
A fix for some kinds of tape backup problems: please post the output of the following command lsattr -El rmt0 we are looking for the value "ret error", if this is set to true then i'd recommend changing it to false by issuing a smitty devices->Tape devices->Change Tape Devices
How to create mksysb to a remote tape drive. . **** Note mksysb will not be bootable *** . Lets say tape drive is on systemA and you need to create mksysb of system You should be able to do rsh from systemB to systemA Create the script remote_mksysb on systemB with following lines. . #!/usr/bin/ksh rm -f /tmp/pipe mknod /tmp/pipe p mksysb /tmp/pipe & dd if=/tmp/pipe | rsh systemA "dd of=/dev/rmt0 bs=1024 conv=sync" rm /tmp/pipe
Generating a list of system calls known to the kernel: dd if=/proc/$$/sysent of=/tmp/out (check the end)
Reading a tape mksysb tctl rewind tctl fsf 3 restore -Tqvf /dev/rmt0.1|pg Savevg tctl rewind tctl fsf 5 restore -Tqvf /dev/rmt0.1|pg
I think that all these following commands mean the same thing : # bootinfo -y 32 # prtconf -c CPU Type: 32-bit # bootinfo -K 32
On alt_disk_install: We use it mainly to reduce downtime while upgrading the systems and also to have a quick back out path. You can have the new built image install on the alt disks. Switch boot device to the new partition and your newly upgraded system up and running. If your system has any problems you cannot fix with adjustments, you can switch back to the old partition and bring out the old software. Outage time is little over a reboot worth of time.
First, try to start the switch adapter daemon (worm) with rc.switch. Now refer to the docs at: http://aixdoc.urz.uni-heidelberg.de/doc_link/en_US/local/PSSP.3.1.1/html/diag/spd2mst21.html Good luck - these SP switch problems are notoriously hard to fix.
Enabling quotas on a JFS filesystem (and perhaps others) : Edit /etc/filesystems and edit in quota=userquota on the relevant filesystem. esmf04m-root> chfs -a "quota = userquota" /home esmf04m-root> quotaon /home esmf04m-root> quotacheck /home
If a program proves too large to compile with the default options due to a toc overflow, please try adding: -Wl,-b -Wl,bigtoc ...to your $CC or $LDFLAGS
bash-2.05b$ lsattr -El ent0 alt_addr 0x000000000000 Alternate ethernet address True busintr 553 Bus interrupt level False busmem 0xf8080000 Bus memory address False chksum_offload yes Enable hardware transmit and receive checksum True compat_mode no Gigabit Backward compatability True copy_bytes 2048 Copy packet if this many or less bytes True flow_ctrl yes Enable Transmit and Receive Flow Control True intr_priority 3 Interrupt priority False intr_rate 10000 Interrupt events processed per interrupt True jumbo_frames no Transmit jumbo frames True large_send yes Enable hardware TX TCP resegmentation True media_speed Auto_Negotiation Media speed True rom_mem 0xf8040000 ROM memory address False rx_hog 1000 RX buffers processed per RX interrupt True rxbuf_pool_sz 2048 Rcv buffer pool, make 2X rxdesc_que_sz True rxdesc_que_sz 1024 RX descriptor queue size True slih_hog 10 Max Interrupt events processed per interrupt True tx_que_sz 8192 Software transmit queue size True txdesc_que_sz 1024 TX descriptor queue size True use_alt_addr no Enable alternate ethernet address True
# lsslot -c pci # Slot Description Device(s) U0.1-P1-I1 PCI-X capable, 64 bit, 133MHz slot Empty U0.1-P1-I2 PCI-X capable, 32 bit, 66MHz slot Empty U0.1-P1-I3 PCI-X capable, 32 bit, 66MHz slot pci9 lai0 U0.1-P1-I4 PCI-X capable, 64 bit, 133MHz slot Empty U0.1-P1-I5 PCI-X capable, 64 bit, 133MHz slot Empty U0.1-P1-I6 PCI-X capable, 64 bit, 133MHz slot Empty
Operating System and Devices Split a Mirrored Disk from a Volume Group Beginning with AIX 5.2, snapshot support helps you protect the consistency of your mirrored volume groups from potential disk failure. Using the snapshot feature, you can split off a mirrored disk or disks to use as a reliable (from the standpoint of the LVM metadata) point-in-time backup of a volume group, and, when needed, reliably reintegrate the split disks into the volume group. In the following procedure, you first split off a mirrored disk from a volume group and then you merge the split-off disk into the original volume group. To further ensure the reliability of your snapshot, file systems must be unmounted and applications that use raw logical volumes must be in a known state (a state from which the application can recover if you need to use the backup). A volume group cannot be split if any one of the following is true: A disk is already missing. The last non-stale partition would be on the split-off volume group. Any stale partitions exist in the volume group, unless you use the force flag (-f) with the splitvg command. Furthermore, the snapshot feature (specifically, the splitvg command) cannot be used in enhanced or classic concurrent mode. The split-off volume group cannot be made concurrent or enhanced concurrent and there are limitations to the changes allowed for both the split-off and the original volume group. For details, read the chvg command description in AIX 5L Version 5.2 Commands Reference. Ensure that the volume group is fully mirrored and that the mirror exists on a disk or set of disks that contains only this set of mirrors. To enable snapshot support, split off the original volume group (origVG) to another disk or set of disks, using the following command: splitvg origVG At this point, you now have a reliable point-in-time backup of the original volume group. Be aware, however, that you cannot change the allocation on the split-off volume group. Reactivate the split-off disk and merge it into the original volume group using the following command: joinvg origVG At this point, the split-off volume group is now reintegrated with the original volume group.
Configuring ntp
1) Stop the xntpd daemon
The xntpd daemon is managed by the System Resource Controller (SRC).
To verify that the xntpd daemon is active : lssrc -s xntpd : status
should be "active"
To stop the xntpd subsystem : stopsrc -s xntpd
Note : xntpd is automatically started in /etc/rc.tcpip. To verify this :
cat /etc/rc.tcpip | grep xntpd.
2) Modify the /etc/ntp.conf file
Put the following lines in the /etc/ntp.conf file :
server <IP address or FQDN of timeserver> prefer
driftfile /etc/ntp.drift
tracefile /etc/ntp.trace
3) Restart the xntp daemon
To restart the xntpd daemon :
startsrc -s xntpd
4) Check status of time synchronization
To check the status of the time synchronisation, use the ntpq utility.
ntpq -i : start ntpq interactively
ntpq> peer
remote refid st t when poll reach
delay offset disp
========================================================================
======
* .PPS. 1 u 863 1024 377 0.92 0.160 0.47
The "offset" field displays the difference (in milliseconds) between the
system time and the reference time.
Type "quit" to exit the ntpq utility.
Kind of like ldd: dump -X32 -Tv /bin/ls
Getting security notices from IBM: https://techsupport.services.ibm.com/server/pseries.subscriptionSvcs?mode=2
Changing prngd to listen on a socket, using chsys:
esmfcws-root> chssys -s prngd -a '-f /dev/egd-pool -m 666 tcp/localhost:708'
0513-077 Subsystem has been changed.
esmfcws-root> ps -ef | grep prng
root 303186 1015878 0 19:19:43 pts/2 0:00 grep prng
root 1007836 262212 0 19:04:42 - 0:01
/opt/freeware/sbin/prngd -f /dev/egd-pool -m 666
esmfcws-root> stopsrc -s prngd
0513-044 The prngd Subsystem was requested to stop.
esmfcws-root> startsrc -s prngd
0513-059 The prngd Subsystem has been started. Subsystem PID is 852062.
esmfcws-root> ps -ef | grep prng
root 852062 262212 0 19:20:42 - 0:01
/opt/freeware/sbin/prngd -f /dev/egd-pool -m 666 tcp/localhost:708
root 1007846 1015878 0 19:20:54 pts/2 0:00 grep prng
esmfcws-root> /usr/lo
local lost+found
esmfcws-root> /usr/local/sbin/gen-pas
Not bad, using prngd for entropy
cf4b01142c33d9bd06f1e50d6968f4da
esmfcws-root>
Or if prngd isn't already partially set up:
esmf04m-root> mkssys -s prngd -p /opt/freeware/sbin/prngd -u root -a
'-f /dev/egd-pool -m 666 tcp/localhost:708'
0513-071 The prngd Subsystem has been added.
esmf04m-root> lssrc -s prngd
Subsystem Group PID Status
prngd inoperative
esmf04m-root>
esmf04m-root> for i in 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8; do ssh esmf0${i}m "mkssys -s
prngd -p /opt/freeware/sbin/prngd -u root -a '-f /dev/egd-pool -m 666
tcp/localhost:708'"; done
0513-071 The prngd Subsystem has been added.
0513-071 The prngd Subsystem has been added.
0513-071 The prngd Subsystem has been added.
0513-075 The new subsystem name is already on file.
0513-071 The prngd Subsystem has been added.
0513-071 The prngd Subsystem has been added.
0513-071 The prngd Subsystem has been added.
0513-071 The prngd Subsystem has been added.
esmf04m-root> for i in 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8;
do ssh esmf0${i}m "stopsrc -s prngd"; done
0513-004 The Subsystem or Group, prngd, is currently inoperative.
0513-004 The Subsystem or Group, prngd, is currently inoperative.
0513-004 The Subsystem or Group, prngd, is currently inoperative.
0513-044 The prngd Subsystem was requested to stop.
0513-004 The Subsystem or Group, prngd, is currently inoperative.
0513-004 The Subsystem or Group, prngd, is currently inoperative.
0513-004 The Subsystem or Group, prngd, is currently inoperative.
0513-004 The Subsystem or Group, prngd, is currently inoperative.
esmf04m-root> for i in 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8; do ssh esmf0${i}m "startsrc
-s prngd"; done
0513-059 The prngd Subsystem has been started. Subsystem PID is 25880.
0513-059 The prngd Subsystem has been started. Subsystem PID is 34508.
0513-059 The prngd Subsystem has been started. Subsystem PID is 30670.
0513-029 The prngd Subsystem is already active.
Multiple instances are not supported.
0513-059 The prngd Subsystem has been started. Subsystem PID is 37450.
0513-059 The prngd Subsystem has been started. Subsystem PID is 21266.
0513-059 The prngd Subsystem has been started. Subsystem PID is 27662.
0513-059 The prngd Subsystem has been started. Subsystem PID is 42666.
esmf04m-root>
Don't forget /etc/prngd.conf
Only JFS file systems can be large-file-enabled. If you use JFS2, they handle files greater than 2GB out of the box. Mike Badar
Checking on whether the "Trusted Computing Base" is configured: tcbck
please issue the following commands: fuser -c /mnt and check for any PID that maybe locking your CD device. If you have any, you can kill them all bye issuing fuser -ck /mnt and try to eject the CDROM. If this doesn't work at all, then check for the cdromd daemon (new feature ported for Solaris into AIX) with the following command: lssrc -a | grep cdrom if cdromd is running, then you should umount the cdrom device: cdmount cdumount /cdrom/cdXX cdeject
Linux, by default, requires any NFS mount to use a reserved port below 1024. AIX, by default, uses ports above 1024. Use the following command to restrict AIX to the reserved port range: # /usr/sbin/nfso -o nfs_use_reserved_ports=1
Creating a subsystem: mkssys -s smbd -p /opt/freeware/sbin/smbd -u 0 -a "-D" -d -q -S -n 15 -f 9 -G tcpip But it's useless since smbd make fork. Sincerely, Lev
AIX system firmware upgrade (pSeries?) : Sysplanar is something like motherboard in Intel domain, i.e. it is hardware. It is possible to upgrade firmware when in maintenance mode - when there is E1F1 on the LCD display right on the machine press key 1 (not on the numeric keyboard) if you have ASCII terminal. If you have graphical console press functional key 'F1' you will be directed to standalone diagnostics menu the firmware you can find here together with description: http://techsupport.services.ibm.com/server/mdownload2/download.html if you cannot boot and have the shell prompt you can do it according the paragraph 'Updating with the Diagnostic Service Aid Method' - see the description from the link mentioned above. in the diagnostics menu you can find 'current firmware as well (there is something like 'Display config' there')
Diagnostics can be ran against a single device while online use the diag -d devicename
bindprocessor -q ( will give you the number of proc. ) lscfg -v ( will give your system info. ) lsmcode -A ( will give you the proc. firmware + others )
chuser maxage=0 username
Some good stuff on OpenMP and AIX (among other things): http://www.rz.rwth-aachen.de/ewomp03/OMPtools.html
Someone on AIX-L indicated that this was a good vmtune for a database system: /usr/samples/kernel/vmtune -p 5 -P 20 ( to set the max perm and min perm values)
Getting an AIX machine's serial number: esmf04m-root> uname -m 0020D3FA4C00
LoadLeveler upgrade PMR# 70374-227 - website only showing linux downloads of loadleveler, no AIX downloads
From a post on AIX-L: IBM recommends the following formula to calculate the amount of paging space you need... For memories larger than 256 MB, the following is recommended: total paging space = 512 MB + (memory size - 256 MB) * 1.25 For 1024MB RAM = 1600MB Paging Space 1 LP = 64 MB = add 17 LP's to = 1600MB This is what we use while running AIX 5L.
Changing a forgotten root password on AIX: 1. Insert the product media for the same version and level as the current installation into the appropriate drive. 2. Power on the machine. 3. When the screen of icons appears, or when you hear a double beep, press the F1 key repeatedly until the System Management Services menu appears. 4. Select Multiboot. 5. Select Install From. 6. Select the device that holds the product media and then select Install. 7. Select the AIX version icon. 8. Define your current system as the system console by pressing the F1 key and then press Enter. 9. Select the number of your preferred language and press Enter. 10. Choose Start Maintenance Mode for System Recovery by typing 3 and press Enter. 11. Select Access a Root Volume Group. A message displays explaining that you will not be able to return to the Installation menus without rebooting if you change the root volume group at this point. 12. Type 0 and press Enter. 13. Type the number of the appropriate volume group from the list and press Enter. 14. Select Access this Volume Group and start a shell by typing 1 and press Enter. 15. At the # (number sign) prompt, type the passwd command at the command line prompt to reset the root password. For example: 16. # passwd 17. Changing password for "root" 18. root's New password: Enter the new password again: 19. To write everything from the buffer to the hard disk and reboot the system, type the following: sync;sync;sync;reboot
turning off diagnostic lights: /usr/lpp/diagnostics/bin/usysfault -s normal
AIX filesystems and quotas: http://unix.derkeiler.com/Newsgroups/comp.unix.aix/2003-11/0744.html /\/\/\/\/\ bluesky's /home is JFS, not JFS2, according to the mount command on /home's NFS server. I also called IBM support to verify what we've been seeing on the web. The tech I reached indicated that: 1) JFS2 does not support quotas in AIX 5.1 or AIX 5.2 2) Many customers have been requesting quotas for JFS2 3) He has not heard of any plans to add quota support to JFS2 for AIX 5.3 4) He would not be surprised if quotas for JFS2 are added to the IBM AIX roadmap sometime soon, given the high demand /\/\/\/\/\ We now have reason to want to move from 5.1 to 5.3 (we want quotas on /ptmp, and we want /ptmp to be a bit under 2 terrabytes; JFS in AIX 5.1 does quotas, but not 1T+ filesystems, and JFS 2 on AIX 5.1 does 1T+ filesystems, but not quotas; I understand that 5.3's JFS2 does large filesystems as well as quotas). /\/\/\/\/\ The new piece of news is, that if we were to gateway lustre to AIX over SMB/CIFS, we -wouldn't- have to resort to "sharity", which was a product that IBM was unlikely to be able to support. It turns out that AIX 5.2 and up, include an SMB/CIFS client. So we could upgrade to AIX 5.3 (and we want to anyway, to get quotas in JFS2), and use IBM's implementation of an SMB/CIFS client, with samba on esmft2. /\/\/\/\/\ I'm shy to even try IBM's JFS, because it comes from OS/2 and not AIX. JFS really lacked a _lot_ of traditional UNIX capabilities in its first releases on Linux, unlike XFS. /\/\/\/\/\ The consensus on comp.unix.aix appears to be that JFS (1) will not allow one-large /ptmp like Charlie wants. Recall that we recently moved /ptmp from JFS2 to JFS to get quotas. It turns out that in AIX 5.3, JFS2 can do quotas.
2005-06-23 IBM informs me that PSSP is never going to be ported to AIX 5.3. There is a followon product like PSSP called "CSM", and it runs on recent AIX and Linux, but it is not going to support an SP2 switch, like the ESMF has.
Redirect console messages to a specific file of your choosing: swcons /tmp/console.messages
Checking if an AIX machine is still marketed and/or supported by IBM: http://www-306.ibm.com/common/ssi/OIX.wss
Like tcpdump/ethereal? iptrace -e -i lo0 /tmp/iptrace.out, ( let it run for 5 minutes, kill it) ipreport /tmp/iptrace.out
# lscfg -vp | grep -e "Memory DIMM" -e "Size"
Memory DIMM:
Size........................256
Memory DIMM:
Size........................256
Memory DIMM:
Size........................256
Memory DIMM:
Size........................256
Clipped from a message on AIX-L - outlines the procedure for replacing a bad disk in a logical volume: u must procee in tyhos order: 1- unmirror the rootvg (unmirror rootvg hdisk1) 2- extrcat hdisk1 from rootvg (reducevg rootvg hdisk1) hidsk1 should not have any other data, if yes, move them first 3- rmdev -dl hdisk1 4- put the new pv 5- cvrmgrl 6- extendvg rootvg "the new pv" 7-mirrorvg rootvg hdsikxxx /\/\/\/\/\ And another: Use this redbook, page 182, section 6.5.1. http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/SG245496.html?Open
On -some- IBM (PowerPC) machines, you boot to singleuser by hitting F5 during the boot
Where to get firmware for pSeries machines: http://techsupport.services.ibm.com/server/mdownload
"I believe the p in p-Series stands for Performance. While the i in i-Series stands for Integrated." "I believe the p in pSeries stands for Power as in the power 5 chip architecture the hardware uses."
OK, from the (0)> prompt enter either ? or h - these subcommands list all the available subcommands you can key into the kdb at the (0)> prompt. Unfortunately, unless you know what you are looking for its hard to understand the output. The common commands to use are stat and staus - which will show the status of the system and dump, vmlog and vmstat will show any memory errors that may have caused the dump. You really need an indepth knowledge of how the system works to decipher most of the output and Im afraid theres no easy way to do it. This link has a list of all the kdb subcommands http://www16.boulder.ibm.com/pseries/en_US/aixprggd/kdb/kdb_cmd.htm#kdb_cmd Regards, Paul (on AIX-L)
bindprocessor is for binding a process to a specific CPU
esmf04m-root> sysdumpdev -l primary /dev/lv00 secondary /dev/sysdumpnull copy directory /var/adm/ras forced copy flag TRUE always allow dump TRUE dump compression OFF Wed Oct 26 13:43:31
From a IBM AIX partner: GIL is a kernel process, which does TCP/IP timing. It handles transmission errors, ACKs, etc. Normally it shouldn't consume too much CPU, but it can take quite a lot of CPU when the system is using the network a lot (like with NFS filesystems which are heavily used). . The kproc gil runs the TCP/IP timer driven operations. Every 200ms, and every 500ms the GIL thread is kicked to go run protocol timers. With TCP up (which is ALWAYS the case), TCP timers are called which end up looking at every connection on the system (to do retransmission, delayed acks,etc). In version 4 this work is all done on a multi-threaded kproc to promote concurrency and SMP scalability.gil. GIL is one of the kprocs (kernel processes) in AIX 4.3.3, 5.1 and 5.2. Since the advent of topas in AIX 4.3.3 and changes made to the ps command in AIX 5.1, system administrators have become aware of this class of processes, which are not new to AIX. These kprocs have no user interfaces and have been largely undocumented in base documentation. Once a kproc is started, typically it stays in the process table until the next reboot. The system resources used by any one kproc are accounted as kernel resources, so no separate account is kept of resources used by an individual kproc. . Most of these kprocs are NOT described in base AIX documentation and the descriptions below may be the most complete that can be found. . GIL term is an acronym for "Generalized Interrupt Level" and was created by the Open Software Foundation (OSF), This is the networking daemon responsible for processing all the network interrupts, including incoming packets, tcp timers, etc. . Exactly how these kprocs function and much of their expected behavior is considered IBM proprietary information.
In the event of a power failure, from "jessie" on the AIX-L mailing list: check you error report for an entry that states EPOW_SUS_CHRP if there is an entry post it in detail to have a look at the Power status registers, and the sense data. If it is not a true failure such as a fan, or power supply then you would notice in the logs that the problem started after a shutdown, or power failure...
"pstat -S will associate processor to process but not process to processor. It is a matter of opinion if this is what you want. "
Superb page on AIX: http://www.douzhe.com/docs/jh/9/97757.html ...but I think there may be a bit of a mistake on how to do backups to a remote tape drive... dd -should- work for that, but IME, it doesn't.
AIX supports large pages with 32-bit and 64-bit kernels. Applications, either 32-bit or 64-bit, can take advantage of large pages. The extended common object file format (XCOFF or XCOFF64), the object file format for AIX, provides a flag to identify binaries if they are set (or cleared) to use large pages (or turn the large pages flag) through ldedit10. The flag can also be turned on at load time (ld)10 with the following commands: ld command: ld -blpdata -o a.out ldedit command: ldedit -blpdata a.out (or -bnolpdata a.out)
An AIX upgrade procedure: I just went through this with my company, and wrote some directions as to what we should do; I will share this document with you. ******NOTE****** Some of this is specific to my company, but you may find it useful anyhow **************** You should do a complete configuration management scheme/snapshot of your system: 1) execute df -Ik 2) execute lsvg, lsvg -p for each vg, and lsvg -l for each vg 3) execute lspv 4) execute bootlist -m normal -o and bootlist -m service -o 5) execute bootinfo -y and bootinfo -k 6) execute lspv -a 7) execute lsvg -M rootvg 8) execute lsconf You want to document everything from above so that you can have this to re-create your system should there be any mistakes or unfortunate events. This just helps you to know exactly what your system looks like, before you make any changes. Go to this site and you will get exactly what you need: http://www-03.ibm.com/servers/eserver/support/unixservers/aixfixes.html Choose the -> AIX 5.3 link and choose follow the prompts to get you the correct maintenance level(s). Please let me know if this is of any help. Thanks. LeRoy S. Phillips 'Phil' UNIX System Administrator (AIX/SAP)
From a message on IBM-AIX-L:
I get these stupid messages all the time and I just filter them and send
them to junk.
I've tried making the sysdumpdev bigger, but it comes back and wants it
to be just a little bigger than I made it.
IBM does recommend that you use a second sysdumpdev.
/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\
SYSTEM DUMP
/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\
IBM recommends:
Don't mirror the system dump device
Don't use compression on the dump device
Don't use a secondary dump device unless it is on a separate device,
separate cable and separate i/o card.
sysdumpdev -l Lists current dump destination.
sysdumpdev -e Estimates dumpsize of the current system in bytes.
sysdumpdev -L Displays information about the previous dump.
sysdumpdev -c <-- the system dump device will not be compressed
when the next dump is taken
sysdumpdev -p (dump device) -P Sets the default dump device, permanently
sysdumpdev -P -s /dev/sysdumpnull <-- makes the secondary
dump device a bit bucket (recommended)
sysdumpstart -p Starts a dump and writes to the primary dump device.
sysdumpstart -s Starts a dump and writes to the secondary dump device.
(MCA machine can also dump if key is in service position and the reset
button is pressed)
Analyze dump file :-
echo "stat\n status\n t -m" | crash /var/adm/ras/vmcore.0
$ errpt
IDENTIFIER TIMESTAMP T C RESOURCE_NAME DESCRIPTION
F89FB899 0822150005 P O dumpcheck The copy directory is too small
This message is the result of a dump device check. You can fix this by
increasing the size of your dump device. If you are using the default
dump device (/dev/hd6) then increase your paging size or go to smit dump
and "select System Dump Compression". Myself, I don't like to use the
default dump device so I create a sysdumplv and make sure I have enough
space. To check space needed go to smit dump and select "Show Estimated
Dump Size" this will give you an idea about the size needed.
The copy directory is whatever sysdumpdev says it is.
Run sysdumpdev and you will get something like
#sysdumpdev
primary /dev/hd6
secondary /dev/sysdumpnull
copy directory /var/adm/ras
forced copy flag TRUE
always allow dump FALSE
dump compression ON
# sysdumpdev -e
0453-041 Estimated dump size in bytes: 57881395
Divide this number by 1024. This is the free space that is needed in
your copy directory. Compare it to a df -k or divide this number by
512. This is the free space that is needed in your copy directory.
Compare it to a df
Getting patches - even for EOL'd releases? http://www-912.ibm.com/eserver/support/fixes/fixcentral
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