IBM AIX - Creating a New LPAR using HMC GUI

IBM AIX - Creating a New LPAR using HMC GUI - Dedicated Resource!! Step1: Login into HMC GUI.To create a new logical partition, you have to login into HMC either locally or remotely using WebSM or using web browser. Example below uses WebSM to login into the HMC Type the hostname of HMC that you...

IBM AIX - Creating a New LPAR using HMC CLI

IBM AIX - Creating a New LPAR using HMC CLI Here is an example, for more information see '''man mksyscfg''' mksyscfg -r lpar -m MACHINE -i name=LPARNAME, profile_name=normal, lpar_env=aixlinux, shared_proc_pool_util_auth=1, min_mem=512, desired_mem=2048, max_mem=4096, proc_mode=shared, min_proc_units=0.2, desired_proc_units=0.5, max_proc_units=2.0, min_procs=1, desired_procs=2, max_procs=2,...

IBM AIX - OS Upgrade nimadm 12 phases

IBM AIX - OS Upgrade nimadm 12 phases!! The nimadm utility offers several advantages over a conventional migration. Following are the advantages of nimadm over other migration methods: Reduced downtime for the client: The migration can execute while the system is up and running as normal. There is no disruption to any of the applications or services running on the client. Therefore, the upgrade...

Power 6 Video Tutorial / Training by Nigel Griffith

Power Basic Introduction - by Nigel Griffith Uploading more!! will be here in few days!!!!!!!!!...

HMC Upgrade using network images

HMC Upgrade using network images 01. Download the appropriate HMC V7 network images and put them on an FTP server.02. Verify that the following files have been downloaded: initrd.gz, bzImage, disk1.img, disk2.img, and disk3.img03. On the HMC, you must first save upgrade data by running the following commands:   3a. To save data to both DVD and disk:       ...

How to find wwn in Redhat Linux?

How to find wwn in Redhat Linux? a.    Below is the simple command to find WWN on Redhat servers.systool -c fc_host –v# systool -c fc_host -v | grep "port_name"    port_name           = "0x5001438001347fdc"    port_name           = "0x5001438001347fde"   ...

Netmask in Bits|Decimal|Hexadecimal|Binary

Netmask in Bits|Decimal|Hexadecimal|Binary  Subnetmask Converter / Calculator Bitmask (Bits) Dotted Decimal Hexadecimal Binary /0 0.0.0.0 0x00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 /1 128.0.0.0 0x80000000 10000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 /2 192.0.0.0 0xc0000000 11000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 /3 224.0.0.0 0xe0000000 11100000 00000000 00000000 00000000 /4 240.0.0.0...

IBM AIX - ODM

What is ODM? ODM Maintains system config, device and vital product data Provide a more robust, secure and sharable resource Provide a reliable object oriented database facility Data Managed By ODM Device Configuration Information Software Vital Product Data SRC information Communications configuration data Menus and commands for SMIT ODM has three components Object class - These...

IBM AIX - Boot Process

AIX Boot Process When the server is Powered on Power on self test(POST) is run and checks the hardware On successful completion on POST Boot logical volume is searched by seeing the bootlist The AIX boot logical contains AIX kernel, rc.boot, reduced ODM & BOOT commands. AIX kernel is loaded in the RAM. Kernel takes control and creates a RAM file system. Kernel...