Rainsbrook - aix

aix-aixdecommission

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-04-05T23:53:45+00:00

Decommissioning LPARS & SERVERS Decommissioning LPARS Lookup the Partition ID, adapter ID and VIO servers for the lpar in the HMC (under the VIO virtual adapter list). Logon to the LPAR and shutdown the OS # shutdown -p now Shutdown the LPAR in the HMC.

aix-aixinstall-v2

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-06-04T12:32:03+00:00

AIX Installation in p-Series LPAR This page details the whole operation of defining a p series LPAR and installing AIX in to it. This can be found on SBDOCS at:- AIX creating an LPAR Pre Requisites * Server name * Frame to build on * Disk sizes and server parameters (eg. cpu, memory)

aix-changehostname

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-04-05T23:40:27+00:00

Change Hostname use “smitty hostname” edit /etc/hosts edit /usr/tivoli/tsm/client/ba/bin/dsm.sys to change the nodename Check with “uname -a”

aix-create-pagingspace

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-04-05T23:44:09+00:00

Create Paging Space To add a new paging volume, and mirror it do: bash-3.00# lspv hdisk0 00c6830fa1b6c4ed rootvg active hdisk1 00c6830fa1b6c546 rootvg active hdisk2 00c6830faffd189f None hdisk3 none None bash-3.00# mkvg -y csts5_pagevg1 hdisk2 csts5_pagevg1 bash-3.00# bash-3.00# bash-3.00# mkps -a -s 527 csts5_pagevg1 paging00 bash-3.00# extendvg -f cst…

aix-hmc-disableproxy

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-04-06T17:01:39+00:00

Disable proxy.pac on v7 and above HMC Fails to Boot to Logon Screen after Upgrade or Install of Version 7 Technote from Problem Description If a Version 7 HMC is connected to a network that uses automatic Web browser proxy configuration, it may fail to boot to the logon screen. If attached to such a network, the HMC may incorrectly pick up the proxy config…

aix-p5-service-processor

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-04-06T17:42:49+00:00

Find ip address of service processor on p5 Go to the front panel of the system switch to menu 02. This can be done by pressing the buttons with the cursors above which I call cursor up / cursor down button to switch the menus and the button with an enter symbol above to enter the menu which i call enter button.

aix-proftpd

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-04-06T10:02:02+00:00

AIX proFTPd Installation INTRODUCTION In order to satisfy the requirement for secure FTP using SSL certificates, initially for CST and documentum systems, an Open Source product “proFTPd” has been adopted. “proFTPd” provides support for secure

aix-root-access-pesh

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-04-06T11:06:19+00:00

Root access via pesh From IBM support:- 1a. Remote ssh and pesh method. Log in as root using pesh procedure (see Rochester Support Center knowledgebase document 398762486, Accessing the Product Engineering Shell (PESH) Command Line: for further information). Note: This method requires that the

aix-rpm-sudo-install

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-04-06T18:54:52+00:00

Sudo Installation Using RPM files Download the RPM files The source of sudo is available from . The current stable version of sudo for AIX versions 5.3 and 6.1 is V1.7.0-2. The source code is provided as a compressed rpm file called sudo-1.7.0-2.aix6.1.ppc.rpm and sudo-1.7.0-2.aix5.3.ppc.rpm. Download this file to a temporary directory, such as /tmp.

aix-vnc-start

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-04-11T23:29:29+00:00

TDP for SAP is installed via an X-windows session, rather than smit, so vncserver will need to be invoked. bash-3.00# vncpasswd Password: (Enter a password here) bash-3.00# vncserver New 'X' desktop is sapcps:3 (<-- This number will vary) Starting applications specified in //.vnc/xstartup Log file is //.vnc/sapcps:3.log bash-3.00#

aix-wparcreate

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2025-08-11T12:57:00+00:00

Set up Workload PARtition (WPAR) Workload partitions are somewhat akin to a x86_64 virtual machine running within an LPAR. Copied from History file. 511 mkvg -y wpar_vg hdisk2514 lspv516 more /opt/support/crfs/crpatrolfsmklv -t jfs2 -e x -y patrollv rootvg 16 crfs -v jfs2 -d patrollv -m /opt/patrol -Ayes -prw -aagblksize=4096 mount /opt/patrol bash-3.00#

aixcommands

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-04-05T23:41:44+00:00

AIX Commands Display operating system level bash-3.00# oslevel <-- Gives Base OS level 6.1.0.0 bash-3.00# oslevel -s <-- Gives Service packs 6100-04-01-0944 Format is 6100-04-01-0748, where 6100 refers to base level 6.1.0.0 04 refers to technology level 4

aixupgrade

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-06-04T12:39:20+00:00

AIX Upgrade Issues (Read Before you Start) AIX Upgrade (New version, in progress) AIX Upgrade for SCSI VIO AIX Upgrade for Ethernet VIO AIX Upgrade for Ethernet VIO (better version, cleanup needed) AIX upgrade You can use smitty update_all only for upgrades within a version, ie. 5.3 TLx to 5.3 TLy, use a Migration install to go from 5.3x to 6.1x AIX Upgrades within version (i.e TL9 to TL12) Firstly, ensure all user and application processes are not running on the client, then go to the …

aixupgrade3

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-06-04T12:35:05+00:00

AIX upgrade You can use smitty update_all only for upgrades within a version, ie. 5.3 TLx to 5.3 TLy, use a Migration install to go from 5.3x to 6.1x AIX Upgrades within version (i.e TL9 to TL12) Firstly, ensure all user and application processes are not running on the client, then go to the nim server.

aixupgvioe

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-06-04T12:49:05+00:00

(needs loads of cleanup) AIX upgrade for Ethernet VIO # uname -a AIX b0045nim 1 6 00065146D700 # # cd /export/nim/mksysb (for vio servers cd backupios ) Check there is a recent mksysb:- log onto the HMC system management servers select the frame

aixupgvioe2

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-06-04T12:43:28+00:00

Before you start, make sure there is a recent mksysb on the nim server you will be working from, so you can restore if all goes badly wrong. bash-3.00# ls -l /export/nim/mksysb/backupios/B0022-VIOS1E.image total 127403304 drwxr-xr-x 2 root system 4096 29 Apr 10:28 . drwxr-xr-x 11 root system 12288 27 Jul 09:08 .. -rw-r--r-- 1 root system 5134233600 24 Jul 18:01 B0022-VIOS1E.image ...

aixupgvios

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-06-04T12:50:41+00:00

AIX upgrade for SCSI VIO # uname -a AIX b0045nim 1 6 00065146D700 # # cd /export/nim/mksysb (for vio servers cd backupios ) Check there is a recent mksysb:- # ls -lart total 1070531720 drwxr-xr-x 2 root system 256 20 Jun 2007 lost+found -rw------- 1 root system 241 06 Feb 2009 nohup.out drwxr-xr-x 2 root system 4096 29 Oct 2009 scripts drwxr-xr-x 6 root system 256 30 Oct 2009 hmcbackup drwxrwxr-x 11 root system …

aix_cifs-client-mount

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-04-06T00:23:23+00:00

Mount CIFS / SMB filesystem on AIX Intro These instructions explain how to mount a filesystem exported from windows or a server running Samba on to a AIX server, this is the client side setup, not how to set up an AIX server to export a UNIX filesystem to windows.

aix_cifscreation

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2025-03-03T16:58:39+00:00

Mounting a CIFS share from Windows to AIX CIFs mounts need to be hosted by the windows server and shared out to the AIX server, however both servers are able to write to the mounted drive. Please ensure you have all the details including the windows servers fqdn, share name, user id and password before starting to add the cifs share to unix.

aix_create-lun-filesystem

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-04-06T00:28:45+00:00

Create LUN and filesystems Instructions for creating lun on svc and creating filesystem from it on target server. 1. Decide where to create vdisk on SVC On appropriate NIM server, to see mgroup sizes and free space, run:- bash-3.00# ssh admin@SVC2(wm) (svc3 for laindon) svcinfo lsmdiskgrp id name status mdisk_count vdisk_count capacity extent_size free_capacity 0 M_4821_1673_5 online 10 180 …

aix_create-map-vdisks

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-04-06T08:16:40+00:00

Map remaining VDisks through to the client and create volume groups This is an overview the commands can be found in create-lun-filesystems Create vdisks step 2 in create-lun-filesystems Map disk through to client step 3 in create-lun-filesystems

aix_define-lpar-on-nim-server

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-04-06T16:51:04+00:00

Define LPAR on NIM server Create a definition on the NIM server. (the rootvg and rootvgm can then be mapped through and it will then be ready to install the OS onto the LPAR) On the NIM server:- cd to /opt/support/nim and run ./nim_defmach.ksh lpar_name-gbe IP_of_LPAR

aix_define-lpar-profile-on-hmc

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-04-06T16:53:48+00:00

Define LPAR profile on HMC This section describes the building of the LPAR itself. Here we will:- * setup the required amount of CPU and memory * create virtual SCSI and Ethernet adapters to attach to the 2 VIO servers. * The 2 VIO servers must be identical so anything that you create on one server must be created on the other

aix_diskshifter

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-04-06T08:53:27+00:00

aix_enable-sudo-script

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-04-06T09:08:25+00:00

Populating Sudoers to Clients Intro In order to ensure that the sudoers file is managed properly a decision has been made to centralise the updating of sudoers file on the nim server b0045nim. Therefore, there will be one global sudoers file for all client sudo servers. This method should not cause any security issues because each server is reference for specific commands ensuring that users cannot run commands on other servers.

aix_hmc-upgrade-local

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-04-06T17:44:27+00:00

Upgrading your HMC software Learn how to upgrade the software on an HMC from one release to the next while maintaining your HMC configuration data. To upgrade machine code on an HMC, perform steps 1 through 9. Note: If you are upgrading from HMC with Version 6 with HMC Version 7, refer to Migrating the machine code on an HMC from Version 6 to Version 7.

aix_hmc_breaking_into_root_at_boot_time

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-04-06T10:03:43+00:00

HMC Root access at boot time * Procedure from IBM to allow update of Firefox configuration file to disable firefox proxy support. This is necessary when firefox will not start while connected to public network, and prompts for proxy userid and password but will not go past this.

aix_lparcreate

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-04-06T08:14:46+00:00

LPAR Creation (new) High Level Overview * Request ip addresses * Get lpar added to abacus / assyst (so that accredited change can be raised with corect name) * Raise accredited change (ACHG0038) specifying 2 day build time. * Log in to appropriate HMC with a browser

aix_lparremoval

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-04-06T08:18:54+00:00

LPAR Removal This page details the removal of an LPAR and the deletion of the associated filesystems, LUNS and VIO mappings. Information required. LPAR Name webdb Frame Server-9119-595-2-SN83627FE LPAR partition id 43 (2Bh) Vio servers b0022-vios1sp, b0022-vios2sp Scsi adapter number Adapter 40 Volume groups rootvg, rootvgm, webdb_flashvg

aix_map-lpar-to-vio-via-hmc

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-04-06T08:20:09+00:00

Create Virtual adapter on VIO server This is to create a Virtual SCSI Adapter on both VIO servers for the client adapters you created to connect to. Then we need to update the configuration on the VIO servers themselves which will apply the changes you made to them.

aix_migratevg

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-04-06T10:06:29+00:00

Migrating Data To A New Larger Disk The following document is a guide to migrating data from one disk to another without the need for downtime. This is particularly useful when you want to increase the size of the disk. Please note that there may be some i/o performance issues while the migratepv takes place. Please ensure you advise the customer of this before agreeing to undertake work.

aix_mksysb_script

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-04-06T00:04:01+00:00

AIX mksysb script * The following script is scheduled to run weekly on the NIM server to take “mksysb” backups of each of the AIX LPARS. /opt/support/mksysb/mksysb_to_nim_run.ksh * The script reads a file containing a list of the LPARs to be backed up and for each entry performs the following actions using SSH:

aix_mkuser

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-04-06T00:12:07+00:00

Creating Users 1. Add users from CMD line There is a requirement to create user accounts for Diamond/Emerald on dmcsp.unix.brm.pri which can be done from the command line to save time. The example below adds a user called tmpuser, with the ability to change their password:-

aix_moverootvg

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-04-06T10:36:31+00:00

Moving rootvg to a different hdisk and remirroring Occasionally, the rootvg and/or rootvg mirror are found to be on different hdisks than hdisk0/1, and need to be moved. This document demonstrates how to do this. bash-3.00# lsvg -l rootvg bash-3.00# lsvg -p rootvg bash-3.00# lspv hdisk1 00c6830fb4a528e8 oidfvg active hdisk2 00c6830fb3aa4398 rootvg active hdisk3 00c6830fb3aa43eb rootvg …

aix_partitionloadmanager

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-04-06T10:46:56+00:00

PLM Groups Overview PLM (Partition Load Manager) is used to automatically manage CPU usage across a group of LPARs so that if one LPAR in a group is overworked, CPU can be taken from another less stressed LPAR in the same group and allocated to it automatically. The PLM servers for each frame are listed below:-

aix_proftpd-pware

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-04-06T10:53:06+00:00

Installing ProFTPd from pware Intro pware uses bff style packages which can be installed with installp or smitty install. These packages do not conflict or overwrite any AIX official packages as they are installed to /opt/pware/. However because of this, there are some prerequisites to set this file structure up.

aix_pware-setup

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-04-06T10:50:03+00:00

Using AIX packages from Pware Intro P-ware is an actively supported repository of AIX packages which seems to be far more up to date than BullFreeware or IBM's own Toolbox for Linux site. It can be found at:- http://pware.hvcc.edu. Downloaded packages are also stored on b0045nim under /export/dsl/freeware/pware/. Please store any additional files you download to this location.

aix_sendmailconfig

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-04-06T11:25:09+00:00

Sendmail Config Add a SmartHost, the correct way with m4 Open your configuration file: # vi /etc/mail/sendmail.mc Append or modify macro that read as follows :define(`SMART_HOST',`mailhost.brm.pri') If line contains word, dnl remove the dnl word.

aix_sendmailsetup

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-04-06T11:23:33+00:00

Sendmail How Sendmail works (Badly!!) Starting & Stopping /sbin/init.d/sendmail stop On AIX sendmail is managed by SRC and it may be necessary to specify the sendmail options when starting: startsrc -s sendmail -a “-bd -q30m"stopsrc -s sendmail

aix_sudo-install

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-04-06T18:51:27+00:00

Installing Sudo Download the source code The source of sudo is available from or (mirror site). The current stable version of sudo is V1.7.2p1 and the source code is provided as a compressed tar archive in the file sudo-1.7.2p1.tar.gz. Download this file to a temporary directory, such as /tmp.

aix_upgfix

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-04-06T00:14:08+00:00

The AIX V6 upgrade causes a few issues which need to be resolved, these are listed below. Before you start the upgrade, make a copy of /etc/inetd.conf, /etc/sendmail.cf and make a note of the maxuproc setting (lsattr -El sys0) so you can compare afterwards and reapply the changes..

cecagent

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-04-06T08:45:16+00:00

CEC Agent (PK) Setup A CEC (Central Electronic Complex) is, for our monitoring purposes, a p595 frame . The CEC agent is pre-installed with the VIOS software so only needs to be configured. The CEC agent needs to run on the frame it is monitoring, so has been configured on one of the DEV VIOS servers on each frame (VIOS1SD).

ftpissue-warning

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-04-06T09:54:13+00:00

bash-3.00# cat /etc/ftpissue ################################################################### # This system is for the use of authorized users only. # # Individuals using this computer system without authority, or in # # excess of their authority, are subject to having all of their #

hmcagent

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-04-06T08:44:36+00:00

HMC Agent (PH) Setup The HMC agent is a multi-instance agent. The agent needs to run on a server which can connect with SSH to the HMC being monitored. The HMC agents have been installed on each of the NIM servers to monitor the HMC's at the same site.

linuxagent

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-04-06T08:41:24+00:00

Linux Agent Overview ssh to itmptep-gbe.unix.brm.pri. cd to /opt/IBM/ITM/bin Log in to Tiv Ent Mon ./tacmd login -s itmptem.unix.brm.pri tacmd is a shell script front ending all the functions. Create DEPLOY group and add members List the existing groups

start

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2025-11-05T21:01:43+00:00

IBM AIX AIX change Hostname AIX commands AIX Create paging space AIX decommission AIX mksysb script AIX mkuser AIX upgfix AIX cifs-client-mount AIX cifscreation AIX create-lun-filesystem AIX Migrate VG AIX Move root VG AIX LPAR create AIX Define LPAR on NIM server AIX Define LPAR profile on HMC AIX HMC local upgrade IP address for P5 service processor AIX Partition Load manager PLM AIX create and map vdisks AIX Remove LPAR AIX map-lpar-to-vio-via-hmc …

tsm-config

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-06-04T12:30:23+00:00

TSM Server Config Cheatsheet Register Node on the TSM server it will be talking to, define schedule on the Configuration Manager Log in to TSM Use -se to ser server to use # dsmadmc -se=tsm11 -id=admin IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Command Line Administrative Interface - Version 5, Release 5, Level 0.0 (c) Copyright by IBM Corporation and other(s) 1990, 2007. All Rights Reserved. Enter your user id: ******* Enter your password: ******* Session established with server TSM05: AIX-RS/6000 Ser…

tsm_addtsmdisk

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-04-06T08:36:47+00:00

TSM add disk FIXME - needs cleanup and edit On tsmnn check nothing is running tsm: TSM05>q sess Sess Comm. Sess Wait Bytes Bytes Sess Platform Client Name Number Method State Time Sent Recvd Type ------- ------ ------ ------ ------- ------- ----- -------- ------------------- 307,793 Tcp/Ip Run 0 S 559 204 Admin AIX EXTAMNBL

tsm_agentfailover

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-04-06T08:38:19+00:00

Configuring automatic failover for ITM Agents When the TEMS server goes offline, agents do not automatically failover and failback, so this needs to be configured on each client server. Log onto the client server and stop the agents (this example is for a server at Laindon)

tsm_agentinstallindex

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-04-06T08:40:41+00:00

ITM Agent Installation and Configuration Linux Agent Unix base Agent Installation Unix base Agent uninstall AIX Premium Agent Installation AIX Premium Agent Uninstall VIOS Agent Setup HMC Agent Setup CEC Agent Setup ITM Agent automatic Failover Config

unixbaseagent

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-04-06T08:41:52+00:00

UNIX Base Agent (UX) Installation Install 1. On TEP, TEM or RTEM, login to the TEM server: tacmd login –s itmptem user: {your_user} password: {your_password} 2. Issue the following command to push the agent to the client: West Malling or Fort Dunlop: /opt/IBM/ITM/bin/tacmd createNode –h ssh://{client}:22 –u root –p SERVER=itmprtem.unix.brm.pri Laindon or Lancaster Circus: /opt/IBM/ITM/bin/tacmd createNode –h ssh://{client}:22 –u root –p SERVER=itmprtemf.unix.brm.pri Actual example below…

unixbaseagentun

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-04-06T08:42:28+00:00

Uninstall Uninstall the PX agent through the GUI if present before removing the UX agent. To uninstall the UX agent run the uninstall script as follows: # cd /opt/IBM/ITM/bin # ./itmcmd agent stop ux # ./uninstall.sh ux aix526 Once its uninstalled, it leaves behind the directory structure, so you need to remove this

viosagent

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-04-06T08:43:58+00:00

VIOS Agent (VA) Setup The VIOS agent is already installed as part of VIOS. Changes to the configuration are performed on the VIOS server itself. IBM PMR 00078 currently open for VIOS agent as this is not returning data for most installs. 1. Login as padmin to the VIOS server (e.g b0017-vios1sd).