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how to make load on processor

Thursday, April 25th, 2013

to make load on your processor to test something just write the following :

yes | sum &

display next availale major number

Wednesday, April 10th, 2013

run the following command to get the next available major number :

# lvlstmajor

the system doesn’t upgraded to the correct TL

Wednesday, March 27th, 2013

Hello everybody,

sometimes, after upgrading AIX System you found that it doesn’t upgraded to the correct Level even after reboot the system. if you face kind of this problem, you just need to run the follwoing command :

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0516-082 varyonvg: Unable to access a special device file

Wednesday, March 27th, 2013

if you got the following errot while you trying to vary on a volume group:

#varyonvg testvg
0516-082 varyonvg: Unable to access a special device file.
         Execute redefinevg and synclvodm to build correct environment.

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/etc/getrootfs[591] : ‘processid’ killed

Wednesday, March 27th, 2013

I will telling you about Funny issue I faceed yesterday.

 
I wanted  to reboot a test machine, it’s stopped on LED code ‘557‘ which means it can’t mount root file system, I tried to boot from  AIX installation DVD to

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display number of fibre ports and status of each one

Wednesday, March 20th, 2013

you can use the following script to display the number of fibre ports on your system that you have and also the status of each one, you can use it as a healthy check script : Continue Reading…

dsh command

Thursday, March 14th, 2013

dsh Command

  • Purpose

Runs commands concurrently on multiple nodes and hardware devices.

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bootinfo command

Friday, March 1st, 2013

How would I know if I am running a 32-bit kernel or 64-bit kernel?

To display if the kernel is 32-bit enabled or 64-bit enabled, type: Continue Reading…

Object Data Manager (ODM)

Monday, February 25th, 2013
  • What is ODM?
    • Maintains system config, device and vital product data
    • Provide a more robust, secure and sharable resource
    • Provide a reliable object oriented database facility

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AIX 5L Differences Guide Version 5.3 Addendum

Sunday, February 24th, 2013

Download AIX 5L Differences Guide from the following link :-

AIX5 Diff Guide

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