Category Archives: Operating Systems

difference between vg and big and scalable volume groups

VG type

last update on password

the following commands to get the last update on user password: as a root run the following command: #pwdadm -q  user user:         lastupdate = 1354793709

Checking status of the RMC connection on IVM and HMC using rmcdomainstatus

When a partition on an HMC or IVM server has an active RMC connection, they become managed nodes in a Management Domain.The HMC or IVM server is then the Management Control Point (MCP) of that Management Domain. You can then … Continue reading

apply efix or ifix in AIX

To apply efix or ifix on AIX you use EFIX Manager instead of installp. IBM provide fixes on formate ( fixname.epkg.Z) and to apply the fix, see the following commands :

how to get MAC Address in AIX

To Get MAC Address in AIX run the follwing command : netstat -ia

0315-021 Cannot open error message catalog – errpt

when you try to use errpt command and you get the following error : 0315-021 Cannot open error message catalog /var/adm/ras/codepoint.cat. The error report will still run, but it will not have explanatory messages.

AIX Life Cycle

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last update on password

to check last update on users password, run the following commands : #pwdadm -q root root: lastupdate = 1340177035 #perl -le ‘print scalar localtime(shift);’ 1340177035 Wed Jun 20 09:23:55 2012

Useful HACMP Commands

Useful HACMP commands clstat – show cluster state and substate; needs clinfo. cldump – SNMP-based tool to show cluster state. cldisp – similar to cldump, perl script to show cluster state. cltopinfo – list the local view of the cluster … Continue reading

preserved files

if you search under /var directory, of course you see strange directory which named “preserve”. this directory contains preserved data from interrupted edit sessions. which means, if you open file to edit it using vi command or any editor, the … Continue reading