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Understanding the System Resource Controller (SRC) in AIX

For anyone working with AIX, the System Resource Controller (SRC) is an essential tool. Think of it as a facilitator that helps system admins and users to manage and oversee different processes and programs more efficiently. Let’s break this down: What’s a Subsystem? Imagine a software module that can operate on its own or as …

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File System shows 100% occupied but du tells different and still has Unused Spaces.

We have faced an issue as below mentioned – found /oracle mount-point showing 100% as Used. But getting different size values for folders under /oracle mount-point, when we executed du -gs . bash-4.4# df -gFilesystem GB blocks Free %Used Iused %Iused Mounted on/dev/hd4 4.00 1.39 66% 20686 6% //dev/hd2 4.00 1.02 75% 45679 16% /usr/dev/hd9var …

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AIX: rootvg/disk mirroring

bash-4.2# bootinfo -s hdisk0 140013 bash-4.2# bootinfo -s hdisk1 140013 bash-4.2# bootinfo -s hdisk2 140013 bash-4.2# lspv hdisk0 002b012f397c20ce None hdisk1 002afe4f2b4c3fdb rootvg active hdisk2 002b016f09313544 ppmvg active bash-4.2# bash-4.2# lsvg -p rootvg rootvg: PV_NAME PV STATE TOTAL PPs FREE PPs FREE DISTRIBUTION hdisk1 active 546 187 10..00..00..85..92 bash-4.2# extendvg rootvg hdisk0 0516-1398 extendvg: The …

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IBM AIX LPAR & VIO Commands

Sorry for unstructured post…. mkvdev -vdev hdisk1 -vadapter vhost0 -dev rootvgos   mkvdev -vdev Client3_OSLV -vadapter vhost0 -dev Client3_rootvg   mkvdev -vdev Client4_OSLV -vadapter vhost1 -dev Client4_rootvg   mkvdev -vdev Client3_dataLV -vadapter vhost0 -dev Client3_datavg   mkvdev -vdev Client4_dataLV -vadapter vhost1 -dev Client4_datavg     lsmap -vadapter vhost0     rmvdev  -vtd rootvgos   loadopt …

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How to Rescan new LUN’s added in Linux, HP-UX, Aix, Solaris ?

HP-UX 1. Rescan the devices: ioscan -fnC <disk|tape> 2. Generate device files:  insf -e 3. Verify the new devices:  ioscan -funC <disk|tape> AIX 1. Rescan the devices ):  cfgmgr -vl fcsx Where x is FC adapter number 2. Verify the new devices:  lsdev -Cc <disk|tape> Linux The rescan in Linux is HBA-specific. For QLogic: echo …

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Aix using mkcd and creating a bootable ISO image from mksysb images

Create an ISO image of AIXLPAR2 from an existing mksysb file. I had already created a mksysb file of AIXLPAR2 in /usr/sap/put/AIXLPAR2-mksysb. root@AIXLPAR2 /usr/sap/put # mkcd -L -S -I /usr/sap/put/image -m /usr/sap/put/AIXLPAR2-mksysb Initializing mkcd log: /var/adm/ras/mkcd.log… Verifying command parameters… Creating temporary file system: /mkcd/cd_fs… Populating the CD or DVD file system… Building chrp boot image… …

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