The “df -g” command shows it, but apparently not if you are using Veritas file-system; Veritas says they do not support “df -g” So, instead, for VxFS on HPUX, use “/usr/sbin/fstyp -v <special>”, where “<special>” is the block-special device underlying the file-system. # /usr/sbin/fstyp -v /dev/vgfc07/asgr07vxfsversion: 5f_bsize: 8192f_frsize: 2048f_blocks: 262012928f_bfree: 261972575f_bavail: 253785933f_files: 65493168f_ffree: 65493136f_favail: 65493136f_fsid: …

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Prerequisites Before you start to set up the necessary file systems , carefully plan their distribution to available disks. Decide whether one or more volume groups (VGs) should be used. Procedure 1. Enter the command smitty.2. Select:Physical & Logical Storage → Logical Volume Manager →Volume Groups → Add a Volume Group3. Enter a volume group …

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You can set up swap space now if you have a suitable volume group. You also can perform this step at the end of the OS preparation. Prerequisites You can find the minimum swap space requirement as per your project documentation. If possible, you should use an entire physical disk as a swap space partition. …

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1. Log on as user root.2. Add a CD-ROM file system.a. Enter the command smitty.b. Select:Physical & Logical Storage → File Systems →Add / Change / Show / Delete File Systems →CDROM File Systems → Add a CDROM File Systemc. Press F4 to get a list of device names.Select a device name.d. Enter the mount …

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  Use Using a logical volume manager allows you to distribute partitions (logical volumes) across several disks (physical volumes). The individual logical volumes are grouped together into volume groups. File systems can be larger than physical disks, but not larger than the volume group. Procedure 1. Examine device configuration Enter the command: ioscan -f -C …

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a. Determine the size of the installed RAM: Run SAM and choose: Performance Monitors –> System Properties —> Memory b. Find out how much swap is currently configured on your system: /usr/sbin/swapinfo 3. Increase the swap space if necessary. You have two options: –> Manually –> Using SAM 4. Verify the paging size and the …

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To choose your destination PPnumber you can use the output of `lspv -M hdiskpower14`. LVM lowlevel commands to move 1 single PPIn case of mirroring allocation problems or the need to free-up 1PP/disk to convert a VG to a BIG-VG you might need to move a single Physical Partition. There are 2 commands (AIX53) that …

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In the Source Server: Save your printer spooler configurations with below command # /usr/sam/lbin/lpmgr -S This will save the info in the /var/sam/lp/lpinfo file Using SAM: SAM –> printer and plotters –> lp spooler –> save/restore spooler configuration.Then, Actions –> Save spooler configuration. This will save all your printer info to /var/sam/lp Copy the configurations …

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Detect new disk -> dfsadm, cfgadm -c configure control_number li> Labeling disk -> format, choose disk number, label Configure disks # vxdisksetup -i disk_name or using vxdiskadm -> choose 1. Add or initialize one or more disks Make diskgroup # vxdg init dg_name disk_name=device_name * vxdg init backupdg backupdg01=Disk_24 Make volume # vxassist -g backupdg …

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