Basic AIX command must know

This post is with reference to IBM's tutorial

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Hardware
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How do I get a detailed configuration of my system?
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Type the following:

lscfg, prtconf


$ lscfg
INSTALLED RESOURCE LIST

The following resources are installed on the machine.
+/- = Added or deleted from Resource List.
* = Diagnostic support not available.

Model Architecture: chrp
Model Implementation: Multiple Processor, PCI bus

+ sys0 System Object
+ sysplanar0 System Planar
* vio0 Virtual I/O Bus
* ent1 U9117.MMA.06F18E3-V11-C5-T1 Virtual I/O Ethernet Adapter (l-lan)
* ent0 U9117.MMA.06F18E3-V11-C2-T1 Virtual I/O Ethernet Adapter (l-lan)
* vsa0 U9117.MMA.06F18E3-V11-C0 LPAR Virtual Serial Adapter
* vty0 U9117.MMA.06F18E3-V11-C0-L0 Asynchronous Terminal
* pci2 U789D.001.DQD34TR-P1 PCI Bus
* pci6 U789D.001.DQD34TR-P1 PCI Bus
+ sissas1 U789D.001.DQD34TR-P1-T3 PCI-X266 Planar 3Gb SAS Adapter
* sas1 U789D.001.DQD34TR-P1-T3 Controller SAS Protocol
+ hdisk1 U789D.001.DQD34TR-P3-D1 SAS Disk Drive (300000 MB)
+ ses3 U789D.001.DQD34TR-P3-Y2 SAS Enclosure Services Device
+ ses4 U789D.001.DQD34TR-P3-Y1 SAS Enclosure Services Device
* sata1 U789D.001.DQD34TR-P1-T3 Controller SATA Protocol
* pci7 U789D.001.DQD34TR-P1 PCI Bus
+ usbhc2 U789D.001.DQD34TR-P1 USB Host Controller (33103500)
+ usbhc3 U789D.001.DQD34TR-P1 USB Host Controller (33103500)
+ usbhc5 U789D.001.DQD34TR-P1 USB Enhanced Host Controller (3310e000)
* pci0 U789D.001.DQD37KN-P1 PCI Bus
* pci4 U789D.001.DQD37KN-P1 PCI Bus
+ sissas0 U789D.001.DQD37KN-P1-T3 PCI-X266 Planar 3Gb SAS Adapter
* sas0 U789D.001.DQD37KN-P1-T3 Controller SAS Protocol
+ ses0 U789D.001.DQD37KN-P4-Y1 SAS Enclosure Services Device
+ hdisk0 U789D.001.DQD37KN-P3-D1 SAS Disk Drive (300000 MB)
+ ses1 U789D.001.DQD37KN-P3-Y2 SAS Enclosure Services Device
+ ses2 U789D.001.DQD37KN-P3-Y1 SAS Enclosure Services Device
* sata0 U789D.001.DQD37KN-P1-T3 Controller SATA Protocol
+ cd0 U789D.001.DQD37KN-P4-D1 SATA DVD-RAM Drive
* pci5 U789D.001.DQD37KN-P1 PCI Bus
+ usbhc0 U789D.001.DQD37KN-P1 USB Host Controller (33103500)
+ usbhc1 U789D.001.DQD37KN-P1 USB Host Controller (33103500)
+ usbhc4 U789D.001.DQD37KN-P1 USB Enhanced Host Controller (3310e000)
* lhea1 U789D.001.DQD34LP-P1 Logical Host Ethernet Adapter (l-hea)
+ ent3 U789D.001.DQD34LP-P1-C10-T4 Logical Host Ethernet Port (lp-hea)
* lhea0 U789D.001.DQD34TR-P1 Logical Host Ethernet Adapter (l-hea)
+ ent2 U789D.001.DQD34TR-P1-C10-T4 Logical Host Ethernet Port (lp-hea)
+ L2cache0 L2 Cache
+ mem0 Memory
+ proc0 Processor


$ prtconf
System Model: IBM,9117-MMA
Machine Serial Number: 06F18E3
Processor Type: PowerPC_POWER6
Processor Implementation Mode: POWER 6
Processor Version: PV_6_Compat
Number Of Processors: 1
Processor Clock Speed: 4704 MHz
CPU Type: 64-bit
Kernel Type: 64-bit
LPAR Info: 11 myserver
Memory Size: 1024 MB
Good Memory Size: 1024 MB
Platform Firmware level: EM340_075
Firmware Version: IBM,EM340_075
Console Login: enable
Auto Restart: true
Full Core: false

Network Information
Host Name: host
IP Address: 192.168.1.1
Sub Netmask: 255.255.255.0
Gateway: 192.168.1.2
Name Server: 192.168.1.3
Domain Name: host.local

Paging Space Information
Total Paging Space: 2048MB
Percent Used: 18%

Volume Groups Information
==============================================================================
rootvg:
PV_NAME PV STATE TOTAL PPs FREE PPs FREE DISTRIBUTION
hdisk0 active 558 275 71..00..00..92..112
hdisk1 active 558 275 71..00..00..92..112
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INSTALLED RESOURCE LIST

The following resources are installed on the machine.
+/- = Added or deleted from Resource List.
* = Diagnostic support not available.

Model Architecture: chrp
Model Implementation: Multiple Processor, PCI bus

+ sys0 System Object
+ sysplanar0 System Planar
* vio0 Virtual I/O Bus
* ent1 U9117.MMA.06F18E3-V11-C5-T1 Virtual I/O Ethernet Adapter (l-lan)
* ent0 U9117.MMA.06F18E3-V11-C2-T1 Virtual I/O Ethernet Adapter (l-lan)
* vsa0 U9117.MMA.06F18E3-V11-C0 LPAR Virtual Serial Adapter
* vty0 U9117.MMA.06F18E3-V11-C0-L0 Asynchronous Terminal
* pci2 U789D.001.DQD34TR-P1 PCI Bus
* pci6 U789D.001.DQD34TR-P1 PCI Bus
+ sissas1 U789D.001.DQD34TR-P1-T3 PCI-X266 Planar 3Gb SAS Adapter
* sas1 U789D.001.DQD34TR-P1-T3 Controller SAS Protocol
+ hdisk1 U789D.001.DQD34TR-P3-D1 SAS Disk Drive (300000 MB)
+ ses3 U789D.001.DQD34TR-P3-Y2 SAS Enclosure Services Device
+ ses4 U789D.001.DQD34TR-P3-Y1 SAS Enclosure Services Device
* sata1 U789D.001.DQD34TR-P1-T3 Controller SATA Protocol
* pci7 U789D.001.DQD34TR-P1 PCI Bus
+ usbhc2 U789D.001.DQD34TR-P1 USB Host Controller (33103500)
+ usbhc3 U789D.001.DQD34TR-P1 USB Host Controller (33103500)
+ usbhc5 U789D.001.DQD34TR-P1 USB Enhanced Host Controller (3310e000)
* pci0 U789D.001.DQD37KN-P1 PCI Bus
* pci4 U789D.001.DQD37KN-P1 PCI Bus
+ sissas0 U789D.001.DQD37KN-P1-T3 PCI-X266 Planar 3Gb SAS Adapter
* sas0 U789D.001.DQD37KN-P1-T3 Controller SAS Protocol
+ ses0 U789D.001.DQD37KN-P4-Y1 SAS Enclosure Services Device
+ hdisk0 U789D.001.DQD37KN-P3-D1 SAS Disk Drive (300000 MB)
+ ses1 U789D.001.DQD37KN-P3-Y2 SAS Enclosure Services Device
+ ses2 U789D.001.DQD37KN-P3-Y1 SAS Enclosure Services Device
* sata0 U789D.001.DQD37KN-P1-T3 Controller SATA Protocol
+ cd0 U789D.001.DQD37KN-P4-D1 SATA DVD-RAM Drive
* pci5 U789D.001.DQD37KN-P1 PCI Bus
+ usbhc0 U789D.001.DQD37KN-P1 USB Host Controller (33103500)
+ usbhc1 U789D.001.DQD37KN-P1 USB Host Controller (33103500)
+ usbhc4 U789D.001.DQD37KN-P1 USB Enhanced Host Controller (3310e000)
* lhea1 U789D.001.DQD34LP-P1 Logical Host Ethernet Adapter (l-hea)
+ ent3 U789D.001.DQD34LP-P1-C10-T4 Logical Host Ethernet Port (lp-hea)
* lhea0 U789D.001.DQD34TR-P1 Logical Host Ethernet Adapter (l-hea)
+ ent2 U789D.001.DQD34TR-P1-C10-T4 Logical Host Ethernet Port (lp-hea)
+ L2cache0 L2 Cache
+ mem0 Memory
+ proc0 Processor


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Displays platform-specific device information. The flag is applicable to AIX 4.2.1 or later.
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lscfg -p

$ lscfg -p
INSTALLED RESOURCE LIST

The following resources are installed on the machine.

Model Architecture: chrp
Model Implementation: Multiple Processor, PCI bus

sys0 System Object
sysplanar0 System Planar
vio0 Virtual I/O Bus
ent1 U9117.MMA.06F18E3-V11-C5-T1 Virtual I/O Ethernet Adapter (l-lan)
ent0 U9117.MMA.06F18E3-V11-C2-T1 Virtual I/O Ethernet Adapter (l-lan)
vsa0 U9117.MMA.06F18E3-V11-C0 LPAR Virtual Serial Adapter
vty0 U9117.MMA.06F18E3-V11-C0-L0 Asynchronous Terminal
pci2 U789D.001.DQD34TR-P1 PCI Bus
pci6 U789D.001.DQD34TR-P1 PCI Bus
sissas1 U789D.001.DQD34TR-P1-T3 PCI-X266 Planar 3Gb SAS Adapter
sas1 U789D.001.DQD34TR-P1-T3 Controller SAS Protocol
hdisk1 U789D.001.DQD34TR-P3-D1 SAS Disk Drive (300000 MB)
ses3 U789D.001.DQD34TR-P3-Y2 SAS Enclosure Services Device
ses4 U789D.001.DQD34TR-P3-Y1 SAS Enclosure Services Device
sata1 U789D.001.DQD34TR-P1-T3 Controller SATA Protocol
pci7 U789D.001.DQD34TR-P1 PCI Bus
usbhc2 U789D.001.DQD34TR-P1 USB Host Controller (33103500)
usbhc3 U789D.001.DQD34TR-P1 USB Host Controller (33103500)
usbhc5 U789D.001.DQD34TR-P1 USB Enhanced Host Controller (3310e000)
pci0 U789D.001.DQD37KN-P1 PCI Bus
pci4 U789D.001.DQD37KN-P1 PCI Bus
sissas0 U789D.001.DQD37KN-P1-T3 PCI-X266 Planar 3Gb SAS Adapter
sas0 U789D.001.DQD37KN-P1-T3 Controller SAS Protocol
ses0 U789D.001.DQD37KN-P4-Y1 SAS Enclosure Services Device
hdisk0 U789D.001.DQD37KN-P3-D1 SAS Disk Drive (300000 MB)
ses1 U789D.001.DQD37KN-P3-Y2 SAS Enclosure Services Device
ses2 U789D.001.DQD37KN-P3-Y1 SAS Enclosure Services Device
sata0 U789D.001.DQD37KN-P1-T3 Controller SATA Protocol
cd0 U789D.001.DQD37KN-P4-D1 SATA DVD-RAM Drive
pci5 U789D.001.DQD37KN-P1 PCI Bus
usbhc0 U789D.001.DQD37KN-P1 USB Host Controller (33103500)
usbhc1 U789D.001.DQD37KN-P1 USB Host Controller (33103500)
usbhc4 U789D.001.DQD37KN-P1 USB Enhanced Host Controller (3310e000)
lhea1 U789D.001.DQD34LP-P1 Logical Host Ethernet Adapter (l-hea)
ent3 U789D.001.DQD34LP-P1-C10-T4 Logical Host Ethernet Port (lp-hea)
lhea0 U789D.001.DQD34TR-P1 Logical Host Ethernet Adapter (l-hea)
ent2 U789D.001.DQD34TR-P1-C10-T4 Logical Host Ethernet Port (lp-hea)
L2cache0 L2 Cache
mem0 Memory
proc0 Processor

PLATFORM SPECIFIC

Name: IBM,9117-MMA
Model: IBM,9117-MMA
Node: /
Device Type: chrp

Name: openprom
Model: IBM,EM340_075
Node: openprom

Name: interrupt-controller
Model: IBM, Logical PowerPC-PIC, 00
Node: interrupt-controller@0
Device Type: PowerPC-External-Interrupt-Presentation

Name: interrupt-controller
Model: IBM,Logical PHB
Node: interrupt-controller@800000025000200
Device Type: PowerPC-LSI-Source
Physical Location: U789D.001.DQD37KN-P1

Name: interrupt-controller
Model: IBM,Logical PHB
Node: interrupt-controller@800000025000220
Device Type: PowerPC-LSI-Source
Physical Location: U789D.001.DQD34TR-P1

Name: lhea
Node: lhea@23c00b08
Physical Location: U789D.001.DQD34TR-P1

Name: lhea
Node: lhea@23c00b10
Physical Location: U789D.001.DQD34LP-P1

Name: pci
Model: IBM,Logical_PHB
Node: pci@800000020000200
Physical Location: U789D.001.DQD37KN-P1

Name: pci
Model: IBM,Logical_PHB
Node: pci@800000020000220
Physical Location: U789D.001.DQD34TR-P1

Name: vty
Node: vty@30000000
Device Type: serial
Physical Location: U9117.MMA.06F18E3-V11-C0

Name: l-lan
Node: l-lan@30000002
Device Type: network
Physical Location: U9117.MMA.06F18E3-V11-C2-T1

Name: l-lan
Node: l-lan@30000005
Device Type: network
Physical Location: U9117.MMA.06F18E3-V11-C5-T1

Name: ethernet
Node: ethernet@23e00008
Device Type: network
Physical Location: U789D.001.DQD34TR-P1-C10-T4

Name: ethernet
Node: ethernet@23e00010
Device Type: network
Physical Location: U789D.001.DQD34LP-P1-C10-T4

Name: pci
Node: pci@2
Physical Location: U789D.001.DQD37KN-P1

Name: pci
Node: pci@2,4
Physical Location: U789D.001.DQD37KN-P1

Name: pci
Node: pci@2
Physical Location: U789D.001.DQD34TR-P1

Name: pci
Node: pci@2,4
Physical Location: U789D.001.DQD34TR-P1

Name: pci1014,02BD
Node: pci1014,02BD@1
Physical Location: U789D.001.DQD37KN-P1-T3

Name: usb
Node: usb@1
Physical Location: U789D.001.DQD37KN-P1

Name: usb
Node: usb@1,1
Physical Location: U789D.001.DQD37KN-P1

Name: usb
Node: usb@1,2
Physical Location: U789D.001.DQD37KN-P1

Name: pci1014,02BD
Node: pci1014,02BD@1
Physical Location: U789D.001.DQD34TR-P1-T3

Name: usb
Node: usb@1
Physical Location: U789D.001.DQD34TR-P1

Name: usb
Node: usb@1,1
Physical Location: U789D.001.DQD34TR-P1

Name: usb
Node: usb@1,2
Physical Location: U789D.001.DQD34TR-P1

Name: hub
Node: hub@1
Physical Location: U789D.001.DQD37KN-P1-T1

Name: hub
Node: hub@1
Physical Location: U789D.001.DQD37KN-P1-T2

Name: hub
Node: hub@1
Physical Location: U789D.001.DQD37KN-P1

Name: hub
Node: hub@1
Physical Location: U789D.001.DQD34TR-P1-T1

Name: hub
Node: hub@1
Physical Location: U789D.001.DQD34TR-P1-T2

Name: hub
Node: hub@1
Physical Location: U789D.001.DQD34TR-P1


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Displays the VPD (Vital Product Database) found in the customized VPD object class.
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lscfg -v

$ lscfg -v
INSTALLED RESOURCE LIST WITH VPD

The following resources are installed on your machine.

Model Architecture: chrp
Model Implementation: Multiple Processor, PCI bus

sys0 System Object
sysplanar0 System Planar
vio0 Virtual I/O Bus
ent1 U9117.MMA.06F18E3-V11-C5-T1 Virtual I/O Ethernet Adapter (l-lan)

Network Address.............466DAA4CB305
Displayable Message.........Virtual I/O Ethernet Adapter (l-lan)
Hardware Location Code......U9117.MMA.06F18E3-V11-C5-T1

ent0 U9117.MMA.06F18E3-V11-C2-T1 Virtual I/O Ethernet Adapter (l-lan)

Network Address.............466DAA4CB302
Displayable Message.........Virtual I/O Ethernet Adapter (l-lan)
Hardware Location Code......U9117.MMA.06F18E3-V11-C2-T1

vsa0 U9117.MMA.06F18E3-V11-C0 LPAR Virtual Serial Adapter

Hardware Location Code......U9117.MMA.06F18E3-V11-C0

vty0 U9117.MMA.06F18E3-V11-C0-L0 Asynchronous Terminal
pci2 U789D.001.DQD34TR-P1 PCI Bus

Hardware Location Code......U789D.001.DQD34TR-P1

pci6 U789D.001.DQD34TR-P1 PCI Bus

Hardware Location Code......U789D.001.DQD34TR-P1

sissas1 U789D.001.DQD34TR-P1-T3 PCI-X266 Planar 3Gb SAS Adapter

ROM Level.(alterable).......02200070
Customer Card ID Number.....572C
Hardware Location Code......U789D.001.DQD34TR-P1-T3

sas1 U789D.001.DQD34TR-P1-T3 Controller SAS Protocol
hdisk1 U789D.001.DQD34TR-P3-D1 SAS Disk Drive (300000 MB)

Manufacturer................IBM
Machine Type and Model......HUS153030VLS300
FRU Number..................10N7234
ROS Level and ID............41343234
Serial Number...............ABCD73EF
EC Level....................H17923Y
Part Number.................42R5648
Device Specific.(Z0)........000005329F001002
Device Specific.(Z1)........VBIPA424
Device Specific.(Z2)........0068
Device Specific.(Z3)........08263
Device Specific.(Z4)........
Device Specific.(Z5)........22
Device Specific.(Z6)........H17923Y
Hardware Location Code......U789D.001.DQD34TR-P3-D1

ses3 U789D.001.DQD34TR-P3-Y2 SAS Enclosure Services Device

ROM Level.(alterable).......0021
Hardware Location Code......U789D.001.DQD34TR-P3-Y2

ses4 U789D.001.DQD34TR-P3-Y1 SAS Enclosure Services Device

ROM Level.(alterable).......0021
Hardware Location Code......U789D.001.DQD34TR-P3-Y1

sata1 U789D.001.DQD34TR-P1-T3 Controller SATA Protocol
pci7 U789D.001.DQD34TR-P1 PCI Bus

Hardware Location Code......U789D.001.DQD34TR-P1

usbhc2 U789D.001.DQD34TR-P1 USB Host Controller (33103500)

Hardware Location Code......U789D.001.DQD34TR-P1

usbhc3 U789D.001.DQD34TR-P1 USB Host Controller (33103500)

Hardware Location Code......U789D.001.DQD34TR-P1

usbhc5 U789D.001.DQD34TR-P1 USB Enhanced Host Controller (3310e000)

Hardware Location Code......U789D.001.DQD34TR-P1

pci0 U789D.001.DQD37KN-P1 PCI Bus

Hardware Location Code......U789D.001.DQD37KN-P1

pci4 U789D.001.DQD37KN-P1 PCI Bus

Hardware Location Code......U789D.001.DQD37KN-P1

sissas0 U789D.001.DQD37KN-P1-T3 PCI-X266 Planar 3Gb SAS Adapter

ROM Level.(alterable).......02200070
Customer Card ID Number.....572C
Hardware Location Code......U789D.001.DQD37KN-P1-T3

sas0 U789D.001.DQD37KN-P1-T3 Controller SAS Protocol
ses0 U789D.001.DQD37KN-P4-Y1 SAS Enclosure Services Device

ROM Level.(alterable)....... 06
Hardware Location Code......U789D.001.DQD37KN-P4-Y1

hdisk0 U789D.001.DQD37KN-P3-D1 SAS Disk Drive (300000 MB)

Manufacturer................IBM
Machine Type and Model......HUS153030VLS300
FRU Number..................10N7234
ROS Level and ID............41343234
Serial Number...............ABCDEFGH
EC Level....................H17923Y
Part Number.................42R5648
Device Specific.(Z0)........000005329F003002
Device Specific.(Z1)........VBIPA424
Device Specific.(Z2)........0068
Device Specific.(Z3)........08263
Device Specific.(Z4)........
Device Specific.(Z5)........22
Device Specific.(Z6)........H17923Y
Hardware Location Code......U789D.001.DQD37KN-P3-D1

ses1 U789D.001.DQD37KN-P3-Y2 SAS Enclosure Services Device

ROM Level.(alterable).......0021
Hardware Location Code......U789D.001.DQD37KN-P3-Y2

ses2 U789D.001.DQD37KN-P3-Y1 SAS Enclosure Services Device

ROM Level.(alterable).......0021
Hardware Location Code......U789D.001.DQD37KN-P3-Y1

sata0 U789D.001.DQD37KN-P1-T3 Controller SATA Protocol
cd0 U789D.001.DQD37KN-P4-D1 SATA DVD-RAM Drive

Manufacturer................IBM
Machine Type and Model......RMBO00205B1
ROS Level and ID............RA33
Device Specific.(Z0)........058002028F000030
Part Number.................42R7969
EC Level....................H89633
FRU Number..................42R7970
Hardware Location Code......U789D.001.DQD37KN-P4-D1

pci5 U789D.001.DQD37KN-P1 PCI Bus

Hardware Location Code......U789D.001.DQD37KN-P1

usbhc0 U789D.001.DQD37KN-P1 USB Host Controller (33103500)

Hardware Location Code......U789D.001.DQD37KN-P1

usbhc1 U789D.001.DQD37KN-P1 USB Host Controller (33103500)

Hardware Location Code......U789D.001.DQD37KN-P1

usbhc4 U789D.001.DQD37KN-P1 USB Enhanced Host Controller (3310e000)

Hardware Location Code......U789D.001.DQD37KN-P1

lhea1 U789D.001.DQD34LP-P1 Logical Host Ethernet Adapter (l-hea)

Hardware Location Code......U789D.001.DQD34LP-P1

ent3 U789D.001.DQD34LP-P1-C10-T4 Logical Host Ethernet Port (lp-hea)

IBM Host Ethernet Adapter:
Network Address.............00215E32BBC0

lhea0 U789D.001.DQD34TR-P1 Logical Host Ethernet Adapter (l-hea)

Hardware Location Code......U789D.001.DQD34TR-P1

ent2 U789D.001.DQD34TR-P1-C10-T4 Logical Host Ethernet Port (lp-hea)

IBM Host Ethernet Adapter:
Network Address.............00215E32BF40

L2cache0 L2 Cache
mem0 Memory
proc0 Processor


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How do I find out the chip type, system name, node name, model number, and so forth?
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The uname command provides details about your system.


Displays the system name, nodename, version, machine ID.

### uname -a contains command -s, -n ,-r, -v -m ###


$ uname -a
AIX myserver 1 6 00CF18E34C00


Displays the chip type of the system. For example, PowerPC.

$ uname -p
powerpc


Displays the release number of the operating system.

$ uname -r
1


Displays the system name. For example, AIX.

$ uname -s
AIX


Displays the name of the node.

$ uname -n
myserver


Displays the system model name. For example, IBM, 9114-275.

$ uname -M
IBM,9117-MMA


Displays the operating system version.

$ uname -v
6


Displays the machine ID number of the hardware running the system.

$ uname -m
00CF12345C00


Displays the system ID number.

$ uname -u
IBM,0123F45E6




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About AIX
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What version, release, and maintenance level of AIX is running on my system?
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Type one of the following:

oslevel -r, lslpp -h bos.rte


$ oslevel -r
6100-04

$ lslpp -h bos.rte
Fileset Level Action Status Date Time
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Path: /usr/lib/objrepos
bos.rte
6.1.2.0 COMMIT COMPLETE 02/17/09 10:49:17
6.1.4.0 COMMIT COMPLETE 03/30/10 09:25:43

Path: /etc/objrepos
bos.rte
6.1.2.0 COMMIT COMPLETE 02/17/09 10:49:17
6.1.4.0 COMMIT COMPLETE 03/30/10 09:25:43


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What SP (Service Pack) is installed on my system?
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To see which SP is currently installed on the system, run the oslevel -s command. Sample output for an AIX 5L Version 5.3 system, with TL4, and SP2 installed

would be:

oslevel –s
5300-04-02


$ oslevel -s
6100-04-03-1009


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How many processors does my system have?
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To display the number of processors on your system, type:

lscfg | grep proc

$ lscfg | grep proc
+ proc0 Processor


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How do I determine the amount of paging space allocated and in use?
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Type the following:

lsps -a

$ lsps -a
Page Space Physical Volume Volume Group Size %Used Active Auto Type Chksum
hd6 hdisk0 rootvg 2048MB 18 yes yes lv 0




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Volume groups and logical volumes
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To display the number of hard disks on your system, type:
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lspv

$ lspv
hdisk0 00cf18e34d375ab5 rootvg active
hdisk1 00cf18e3b4df2ae5 rootvg active


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How do I list information about a specific physical volume?
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To find details about hdisk1, for example, run the following command:

lspv hdisk1


$ lspv hdisk0
PHYSICAL VOLUME: hdisk0 VOLUME GROUP: rootvg
PV IDENTIFIER: 00cf18e34d375ab5 VG IDENTIFIER 00cf18e300004c000000011f817ad65a
PV STATE: active
STALE PARTITIONS: 0 ALLOCATABLE: yes
PP SIZE: 512 megabyte(s) LOGICAL VOLUMES: 15
TOTAL PPs: 558 (285696 megabytes) VG DESCRIPTORS: 2
FREE PPs: 275 (140800 megabytes) HOT SPARE: no
USED PPs: 283 (144896 megabytes) MAX REQUEST: 1 megabyte
FREE DISTRIBUTION: 71..00..00..92..112
USED DISTRIBUTION: 41..112..111..19..00
MIRROR POOL: None


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How do I display all logical volumes
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$ lsvg
rootvg


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How do I display all logical volumes that are part of a volume group (for example, rootvg)?
____________________________________________________________________________________________

You can display all logical volumes that are part of rootvg by typing the following command:

lsvg -l rootvg


$ lsvg -l rootvg
rootvg:
LV NAME TYPE LPs PPs PVs LV STATE MOUNT POINT
hd5 boot 1 2 2 closed/syncd N/A
hd6 paging 4 8 2 open/syncd N/A
hd8 jfs2log 1 2 2 open/syncd N/A
hd4 jfs2 1 2 2 open/syncd /
hd2 jfs2 7 14 2 open/syncd /usr
hd9var jfs2 2 4 2 open/syncd /var
hd3 jfs2 20 40 2 open/syncd /tmp
hd1 jfs2 1 2 2 open/syncd /home
hd10opt jfs2 2 4 2 open/syncd /opt
hd11admin jfs2 1 2 2 open/syncd /admin
livedump jfs2 1 2 2 open/syncd /var/adm/ras/livedump
fslv00 jfs2 40 80 2 open/syncd /export/nim
fslv01 jfs2 1 2 2 open/syncd /tftpboot
fslv02 jfs2 200 400 2 open/syncd /export/nim/mksysb
loglv00 jfslog 1 2 2 closed/syncd N/A


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To show all the characteristics of rootvg, type:
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lsvg rootvg

$ lsvg rootvg
VOLUME GROUP: rootvg VG IDENTIFIER: 00cf18e300004c000000011f817ad65a
VG STATE: active PP SIZE: 512 megabyte(s)
VG PERMISSION: read/write TOTAL PPs: 1116 (571392 megabytes)
MAX LVs: 256 FREE PPs: 550 (281600 megabytes)
LVs: 15 USED PPs: 566 (289792 megabytes)
OPEN LVs: 13 QUORUM: 1 (Disabled)
TOTAL PVs: 2 VG DESCRIPTORS: 3
STALE PVs: 0 STALE PPs: 0
ACTIVE PVs: 2 AUTO ON: yes
MAX PPs per VG: 32512
MAX PPs per PV: 1016 MAX PVs: 32
LTG size (Dynamic): 1024 kilobyte(s) AUTO SYNC: no
HOT SPARE: no BB POLICY: relocatable


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To show disks used by rootvg, type:
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lsvg -p rootvg

$ lsvg -p rootvg
rootvg:
PV_NAME PV STATE TOTAL PPs FREE PPs FREE DISTRIBUTION
hdisk0 active 558 275 71..00..00..92..112
hdisk1 active 558 275 71..00..00..92..112


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How do I list information about logical volumes?
_________________________________________________

Run the following command to display information about the logical volume hd5:

lslv hd5


$ lslv hd5
LOGICAL VOLUME: hd5 VOLUME GROUP: rootvg
LV IDENTIFIER: 00cf18e300004c000000011f817ad65a.1 PERMISSION: read/write
VG STATE: active/complete LV STATE: closed/syncd
TYPE: boot WRITE VERIFY: off
MAX LPs: 512 PP SIZE: 512 megabyte(s)
COPIES: 2 SCHED POLICY: parallel
LPs: 1 PPs: 2
STALE PPs: 0 BB POLICY: non-relocatable
INTER-POLICY: minimum RELOCATABLE: no
INTRA-POLICY: edge UPPER BOUND: 32
MOUNT POINT: N/A LABEL: primary_bootlv
MIRROR WRITE CONSISTENCY: on/ACTIVE
EACH LP COPY ON A SEPARATE PV ?: yes
Serialize IO ?: NO


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How do I display mounted file systems?
_______________________________________

Type the following command to display information about all currently mounted file systems:

mount


$ mount
node mounted mounted over vfs date options
-------- --------------- --------------- ------ ------------ ---------------
/dev/hd4 / jfs2 Mar 30 09:54 rw,log=/dev/hd8
/dev/hd2 /usr jfs2 Mar 30 09:54 rw,log=/dev/hd8
/dev/hd9var /var jfs2 Mar 30 09:54 rw,log=/dev/hd8
/dev/hd3 /tmp jfs2 Mar 30 09:55 rw,log=/dev/hd8
/dev/hd1 /home jfs2 Mar 30 09:55 rw,log=/dev/hd8
/dev/hd11admin /admin jfs2 Mar 30 09:55 rw,log=/dev/hd8
/proc /proc procfs Mar 30 09:55 rw
/dev/hd10opt /opt jfs2 Mar 30 09:55 rw,log=/dev/hd8
/dev/livedump /var/adm/ras/livedump jfs2 Mar 30 09:55 rw,log=/dev/hd8
/dev/fslv00 /export/nim jfs2 Mar 30 09:55 rw,log=/dev/hd8
/dev/fslv01 /tftpboot jfs2 Mar 30 09:55 rw,log=/dev/hd8
/dev/fslv02 /export/nim/mksysb jfs2 Mar 30 09:55 rw,log=/dev/hd8


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How do I get partition-specific information and statistics?
____________________________________________________________

The lparstat command provides a report of partition information and utilization statistics. This command also provides a display of Hypervisor information.

$ lparstat

System configuration: type=Shared mode=Uncapped smt=On lcpu=2 mem=1024MB psize=8 ent=0.10

%user %sys %wait %idle physc %entc lbusy vcsw phint
----- ----- ------ ------ ----- ----- ------ ----- -----
1.5 0.7 2.0 95.7 0.00 2.4 2.7 438900296 6281425




=========
Network
=========

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How do I get the IP address of my machine?
___________________________________________

Type one of the following:

ifconfig -a, host Fully_Qualified_Host_Name (eg; host myserver)


$ host myserver
myserver is 192.168.1.1


_______________________________________________________
How do I identify the network interfaces on my server?
_______________________________________________________

Either of the following two commands will display the network interfaces:

lsdev -Cc if, ifconfig -a


$ lsdev -Cc if
en0 Available Standard Ethernet Network Interface
en1 Available Standard Ethernet Network Interface
en2 Defined Standard Ethernet Network Interface
en3 Defined Standard Ethernet Network Interface
en4 Available Standard Ethernet Network Interface
et0 Defined IEEE 802.3 Ethernet Network Interface
et1 Defined IEEE 802.3 Ethernet Network Interface
et2 Defined IEEE 802.3 Ethernet Network Interface
et3 Defined IEEE 802.3 Ethernet Network Interface
et4 Defined IEEE 802.3 Ethernet Network Interface
lo0 Available Loopback Network Interface


____________________________________________________________________________________________
To get information about one specific network interface, for example, en0, run the command:
____________________________________________________________________________________________

ifconfig en0

How to get runlevel information in HP-UX

[hpa50-16]/ >who -r
. run-level 3 Apr 9 06:23 3 0 S

How to check software information in HP-UX

To check software information in HP-UX is simple. Just type swlist or /usr/sbin/swlist

[hpa50-16]/ >swlist
# Initializing...
# Contacting target "hpa50-16"...
#
# Target: hpa50-16:/
#

#
# Bundle(s):
#

B8342AA B.11.11.05 Netscape Communicator 4.75
BUNDLE11i B.11.11.0102.2 Required Patch Bundle for HP-UX 11i, February 2001
Base-VXVM B.03.20.1 Base VERITAS Volume Manager 3.2 for HP-UX
CDE-English B.11.11 English CDE Environment
FDDI-00 B.11.11.02 PCI FDDI;Supptd HW=A3739A/A3739B;SW=J3626AA
FibrChanl-00 B.11.11.09 PCI/HSC FibreChannel;Supptd HW=A6684A,A6685A,A5158A,A6795A
GOLDAPPS11i B.11.11.0112.6 Gold Applications Patches for HP-UX 11i, December 2001
GOLDBASE11i B.11.11.0112.6 Gold Base Patches for HP-UX 11i, December 2001
GigEther-00 B.11.11.14 PCI/HSC GigEther;Supptd HW=A4926A/A4929A/A4924A/A4925A;SW=J1642AA
GigEther-01 B.11.11.02 PCI/PCI-X GigEther;Supptd HW=A6794A
HPUX11i-OE-Ent B.11.11.0203 HP-UX Enterprise Operating Environment Component
HPUXBase64 B.11.11 HP-UX 64-bit Base OS
HPUXBaseAux B.11.11.0203 HP-UX Base OS Auxiliary
HWEnable11i B.11.11.0203.5 Hardware Enablement Patches for HP-UX 11i, March 2002
OnlineDiag B.11.11.06.09 HPUX 11.11 Support Tools Bundle, Mar 2002
RAID-00 B.11.11.01 PCI RAID; Supptd HW=A5856A
TermIO-00 B.11.11.05 PCI MUX; Supptd HW=A6748A/A6749A/J3592A/J35923A; SW=J3596A
b_SOPHOS 2.12 (SOPHOS) Sophos Anti-Virus
perl B.5.6.1.C Perl Programming Language

How to check Ignite version in HP-UX

Command below can be used to find what is the version of Ignite installed in our server

shah@nxxx07:(shah)> more /opt/ignite/Version
C.7.1.93

C.7.1.93 is the version of installed Ignite :-)

Unix Tutorial For Dummies Like Me :-)

CPU / Memory

1. HPUX

2. AIX

3. Solaris

4. Linux

5. Tru64

HPUX

How to check CPU/Memory usage



# glance OR top OR vmstat OR iostat OR sar

## to check CPU/Memory utilisation



· Find large processes which currently filled up the CPU/Memory usage.




AIX

How to check CPU/Memory usage:



# sar OR vmstat OR iostat OR topas ## to check CPU/Memory utilisation



· Find large processes which currently filled up the CPU/Memory usage.




SOLARIS

How to check CPU/Memory usage:



# sar OR vmstat OR iostat ## to check CPU/Memory utilisation



· Find large processes which currently filled up the CPU/Memory usage.




LINUX

How to check CPU/Memory usage:



# sar OR vmstat OR iostat OR top ## to check CPU/Memory utilisation



· Find large processes which currently filled up the CPU/Memory usage.




TRU64



How to check CPU/Memory usage:



# vmstat OR iostat OR top ## to check CPU/Memory utilisation



· Find large processes which currently filled up the CPU/Memory usage.




HPUX

How to check disk space: (using /var as example)



# bdf /var ## to check disk utilisation for /var filesystem

# find /var -xdev -type f -size +5000000c -exec ls -l {} \; | sort -nk 5 ## to find larger files in /var




AIX, SOLARIS, LINUX, TRU64



How to check disk space:



# df -k /var ## to check disk utilisation for /var filesystem

# find /var -xdev -type f -size +5000000c -exec ls -l {} \; | sort -nk 5 ## to find larger files in /var






HPUX/AIX/SOLARIS/LINUX/TRU64

Pre-checking before reboot




Capture the system details

# bdf > /tmp/bdf.txt ## For HPUX

OR

# df –k > /tmp/df.txt ## For other OS

# netstat –in > /tmp/netstat.in.txt

# netstat –rn > /tmp/netstat.rn.txt

# lanscan > /tmp/lanscan.txt ## For HPUX

# ioscan –fn > /tmp/ioscan.txt ## For HPUX

# ps –ef | grep –i sap ## Double confirm no SAP running

# ps –ef | grep –I oracle ## Double confirm no Database running





How to reboot server

# shutdown [-option] [ +Time [ Message ] ] ## man shutdown to find more the option






Account Creation

# finger

OR

# grep –i <> /etc/passwd



HPUX/AIX/SOLARIS/LINUX/TRU64



# useradd –c -g -m –d -s id

## man useradd for more the option





AIX



# mkuser ## man mkuser for more the option





Account Mod

Do initial checking on the account



# finger

OR

# grep –i <> /etc/passwd



HPUX/SOLARIS/LINUX/TRU64




# usermod ## man usermod for more the option



AIX



# chuser ## man chuser for more the option





Account Deletion

Do initial checking on the account



# finger

OR

# grep –i <> /etc/passwd

HPUX/SOLARIS/LINUX/TRU64



# userdel –r ## man userdel for more the option



AIX



# rmuser ## man rmuser for more the option






Generic Process to add printer

1) Confirm details provided (such as printer queue name, IP address and model).

2) Perform initial checking:-



# ping ## Ping new printer IP address

# lpstat –o ## Verify if printer queue used up


Issue following command to create print queue.

# hppi or sam ## HP UX

# smitty ## IBM





Generic Process to modify printer:

1) Confirm details provided (such as printer queue name, IP address and model).

2) Perform initial checking:-



HPUX

# ping ## Ping new and old printer IP address

# lpstat –o ## Verify printer queue

# grep –i model /etc/lp/interface ## Check printer model

# grep –i periph /etc/lp/interface ## Check printer IP

# grep –i /etc/hosts ## Check printer IP

IBM

# Smitty


Issue following command to modify printer queue IP or model. Printer modify can be do anytime.



HPUX

# vi /etc/lp/interface ## Change network printer IP only



**To modify printer model, remove old print queue and recreate with new model.

**If print queue are remote printer, remove old print queue and recreate with new IP or model.



IBM

**Remove old print queue and recreate with new IP or model





Generic Process to delete printer:

1) Confirm details provided (such as printer queue name, IP address and model).

2) Perform initial checking:-



HPUX/IBM/SUN SOLARIS/Linus/Tru64

# ping ## Ping new and old printer IP address

# lpstat –o ## Verify printer queue



Issue following command to delete printer queue IP or model.



HPUX

# hppi or sam



IBM

# smitty

PFSense: Basic Installation Tutorial for Dummies Like Me :-)

Taken from PFSense website :-)

Welcome to the home page of the pfSense project!

pfSense is a free, open source customized distribution of FreeBSD tailored for use as a firewall and router. In addition to being a powerful, flexible firewalling and routing platform, it includes a long list of related features and a package system allowing further expandability without adding bloat and potential security vulnerabilities to the base distribution. pfSense is a popular project with more than 1 million downloads since its inception, and proven in countless installations ranging from small home networks protecting a PC and an Xbox to large corporations, universities and other organizations protecting thousands of network devices.

This project started in 2004 as a fork of the m0n0wall project, but focused towards full PC installations rather than the embedded hardware focus of m0n0wall. pfSense also offers an embedded image for Compact Flash based installations, however it is not our primary focus.

Click here for details

This simple tutorial is based on my experience. This software is awesome with a lot of features in it. The main reason I'm installing this software is for creating a Squid proxy server. Since this software have a lot of add-on so why not I'm trying to install it. Actually, I had installed this PFSense in my SUN VirtualBox. On the moment I'm posting this post, I'm using the latest PFSense version 1.2.2. To download the software click here

Configure Console > Choose "Change Video Font (Default)"

Select Task > Choose "Install pfSense"

Select Disk > Select your desired disk, default is "ad0"

Select Geometry > I didn't change anything here, just proceed with the default, "choose Use this Geometry"

ABOUT TO FORMAT! Proceed? > Verified it first and then "choose Format ad0"

Partition Disk? > Read this first and choose Partition Disk if you satisfied :)

Edit Partitions > I'm using this default and choose Accept and Create

Partitions Anyway? > "Choose Yes, partition ad0"

Information > The disk was successfully partitioned, ahaaaa OK

Select Partition > Select the primary partition, I choose 1:blablabla ;)

Are you SURE? Choose OK if you dare to format your disk

Information > Primary partition #1 was formatted.

Select Subpartitions > I'm just selecting the default as below. Choose Accept and Create

Executing Commands

Install Kernel > Choose Uniprocessor kernel (one processor) if your system has only one processor. But, if you installed it on server maybe you should choose Symmetric multi processing blablabla

Cancelled? What the heck? I dont know why this happen but I Retry it and it works!!! Yeaa!

Install Bootblocks > I don't want headache so, I just keep the default and choose Accept and Install Bootblocks

Information > Bootblocks were successfully installed

Reboot > Choose Reboot

Reboot, bip! bip! will hear the bip bip sound

Open up the web browser FireFox or IE. Enter the default PFSense IP Address, 192.168.1.1, Username: admin and Password: pfsense to get to the page as below

General Information

Time Server Information

Time Server Information, choose Timezone

Configure WAN interface, I'm using DHCP at first.

Contd..

Configure LAN Interface

Set Admin WebGUI Password

Reload, click Reload button

A reload is now in progress. Please wait but if unpatient click on PFSense icon :-P

System Overview page

Managing Veritas Cluster Server using command line

Instead of using GUI (graphical user interface) to managing the VCS, user can also use command line too. As I am new to VCS, there is a few command that I know to monitor the status of VCS and switching the server services to another server.


To run the VCS
[root@MY-BEDB01]#hagui


To check the status of VCS
[root@MY-BEDB01]#hastatus -sum


To check GAB (Global Atomic Broadcast) status
[root@MY-BEDB01]# gabconfig -a
GAB Port Memberships
===============================================================
Port a gen 625e07 membership 012
Port d gen 625e08 membership 01
Port d gen 625e08 visible ; 2
Port h gen 625e0a membership 012


To check LLT (Low Latency Transport) connection
[root@MY-BEDB01]# lltstat -vvn

Managing Veritas Cluster Server in Unix

I was be given a task and responsibility to handling a Veritas Cluster Server (VCS) at my site office. Honestly, I didn't know what is VCS. I have heard it name before and I really don't care what it is. After this time come, I'm doing a reseacrh to know what is VCS. It is about High-Availability clustering and (also known as HA). From my simple understand, VCS providing the availability of application to run without any problem as it is mirroring or duplicating what server A has to server B and this help a lot to reduce and avoid downtime. If I'm wrong, please guide me. :-) This is what i have done to managing the VCS.


1) Login to my Solaris 9 server using X-Manager Software



2) To run the VCS, type #hagui



3) Veritas Cluster Server windows will be displayed



4) Enter the username and password for VCS.



5) VCS is in progress to be shown



6) Successfully login into the VCS interface.



7) Displaying the AppService that is listed in Application Server



8) Displaying the OracleService that is listed in Application Server



9) Switching the AppService from Application server to Fail Over server. To do this, right click on the AppService > click Switch To menu > click on the desired Fail Over server.



10) User will be prompted to proceed switch the AppServer to the Fail Over server.



11) After AppServer is switching to the Fail Over server, VCS will show that the Application Server state is Partial Online. It is normal when the switching process is in progress.


12) To check the status of the switching process by using a command line, type #hastatus -sum in the console and the below result will be displayed. It will show that AppService at befo01 (stands for Fail Over server) is in STARTING|PARTIAL state. It means that the AppService is in process to start running in Fail Over server.



13) Finally, the AppService is running at the Fail Over server. See at the Group Status On Member System. befo01 is in Online state. Now, AppService is running at the Fail Over server.

14) To check the status of the switching process by using a command line, type #hastatus -sum in the console and the below result will be displayed.