IBM AIX 5.2 cloning Hdds
I have an old IBM Power 5 9111-520 that has data on it but the system is failing. I need to move it to a more reliable server. The current system has two drives and no raid. I would like to setup my...
View ArticleIs there virc or exrc for saving vi configuration settings in AIX?
There's no Vim in AIX (6 and 7), but Vi is natively available. I want to save my configuration for Vi like `set nu` to number lines in files. I couldn't find configuration related to Vi in /etc/ or...
View ArticleClone 1 Hard disk fromIBM Intellipoint server with AIX 5.x
Hello to all, Im having a new task in a new world (AIX - IBM Servers) I have an IBM Server (Type - 9111-285 very old one) with one Hard disk (73 GB 10 K) with AIX 5.x, and I need to clone the existing...
View ArticleHrd in AIX 7.1 - what's it good for ?
greetings - just noticed that on my aix 7.1 systems, they're running 'hrd' under SRC. Some lite googling reveals an association with HFI, which I believe is the p775 HPC interface ? Does this subsys...
View ArticleProphet 21 acclaim system
I have a prophet 21 acclaim system (old) but is my life.. (small business) Ibm risc sys/ 6000 43p-140 well anyway not much a forum guy but i need some help.. I have a message popping up that is not...
View ArticleConnect GPS to serial port AIX 5.x
HI, Does anyone installed a GPS from his Serial port to an IBM Server serial port with AIX 5.X I would like the rs232 configuration you used on the GPS, and the ttys configuration from your server....
View ArticleSnmp3 in AIX 7.1
I am using snmp3. How do I know whether ''Community'' is Read-Only, if not how do I change it to Read-Only ? Code: DEVB1:/> oslevel 7.1.0.0 DEVB1:/> ls -l /usr/sbin/snmpd lrwxrwxrwx 1...
View ArticleAIX's restorevgfiles
Seek help from all experts, I understand that if I perform a savevg on a VG, and later perform a restvg to another hdisk, I will get back a exact same VG that I perform savevg earlier. It will be...
View ArticleHow to make NFS4 mount permanent ?
Hello, I'm able to mount NFSv3 shares permanently (/etc/filesystems) via smitty nfs. Code: [root@nfs3client]/>lsfs -a Name Nodename Mount Pt VFS Size Options Auto...
View ArticleKill multiple processes ran by root
Hi all, I have about 5-6 daemons specific to my application running in the background. I am trying to write a script to stop them. Usually, I run them as a non-root ID, which is fine. But for some...
View ArticleTrying to get Samba 4.x running on AIX 7.1?
Hello, I have an AIX 7.1 Power8 machine on which I have a working copy of Samba 3.6 installed using perzl.org repo. The issue I am running into is, Samba 3.6 supports the more secure SMB2 protocol but...
View ArticleAIX full path to socket library
Can somebody help me too identify full path to socket library on AIX? Cannot find anything Thanks for contribution
View ArticleHMC ssh_config file edit
Hi, How can we edit ssh_config file on HMC server. Best regards,
View ArticleError when run makefile to compile C program
I have a make file for C program, which always gives the error Code: ld: 0711-738 ERROR: Input file ../src/file_name.o XCOFF32 object files are not allowed in 64 mode Does anybody know the problem?...
View ArticleKsh93/AIX compatibility
Hi everyone ! Im trying to know from wich version of AIX KSH93 is available ? Internet tell me 6.x and 7.x AIX are available, bue what about 5.x ? Is KSH93 available on AIX 5.x ? Is it the same way to...
View ArticleClose broken lv ?
Hello, Due to disk failure I lost certain lv. Before running reducevg I'm trying to remove lv by using rmlv: Code: 0516-1008 rmlv: Logical volume xxx must be closed. If the logical volume...
View ArticleSource port on AIX for NAS is same?
In AIX servers, for mounting NAS mount points only 1021 1022 1023 are used as source ports on more than 300 servers while destination port on storage end is 2049, is there any settings on servers where...
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Housekeeping null 2>&1 in /dev
Hello, Does anyone know how to housekeeping the null 2>&1 file in /dev? its fill up my system, please help. Attachment 7316 Thanks :b: Attached Thumbnails
View ArticleCompiling problem - AIX 7.2
Hi We meet errors while running configuration scripts to prepare compiling source code on AIX 7.2. This error does not happen on AIX5.3 and AIX6.1 With the “/usr/bin/sh” from AIX7.2, sometimes , the...
View ArticleHow to use Virtual Tape?
Dear all, i have a virtual tape connected to a vhost1 Code: SVSA Physloc Client Partition ID --------------- --------------------------------------------...
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