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  1. swtbart

    Can't remove a scsi adapter!

    You have to find the parent of scsi0 To do it : odmget -q "name=scsi0" CuDv and obtain the parent i.e. pci2. Then remove pci2 with rmdev -l pci2 and you'll remove scsi0 with rmdev -l scsi0 -d
  2. swtbart

    AIX 4.3 --> 5.2 Upgrade...any tips or gotchas to share?

    Hi, I've done 18 migrations to AIX5L 5.1 on almost every platform(F40, F50, H50, H70, H80, 6H1) even an old S390. Moreover you have post here, I do a clone of rootvg before migrating; so I can return to the old AIX4.3.3 in case of problems only changing the bootlist. All you need are these...
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    Cloning system with RLVs

    Hi TimCGEY, I faced with this problem before. What I did was to use SYSBACK (is an IBM product). This is a very versatile product in order to make backups and restore, replacing the mksysb functions among other functionality. As you can see in the following screen you can make a system backup...
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    rebuilding unix_mp

    You need to restore unix_mp file from a mksysb, or, if you have any other system with the same oslevel and the same architecture, you can simply copy the file. Regards
  5. swtbart

    HELP!! Problem with SNA or GDLC

    Hi, we have a 7026-6H1 with sna installed to comunicate with a S/390. From time to time the sna linkstation goes down and try to reconnect indefinitely. With an AIX reboot, the problem disappear. The only information I'am able to collect is from /var/sna/sna.err related to GDLC. There aren´t...
  6. swtbart

    Restoring static routes

    The only thing you've to do is a mkdev -l inet0. With this command you will back static route definitions as stored in configuration database. Regards
  7. swtbart

    moving files by dates

    And (I forgot it) remove the files from original location with <directorytomove> # find . -mtime +365 -exec rm {} \; Regards!
  8. swtbart

    moving files by dates

    You can use backup/restore to do it. # cd <directorytomove> <directorytomove> # find . -mtime +365 | backup -ivf /tmp/copy.of.files <directorytomove> # cd <targetdirectory> <targetdirectory> # restore -xvf /tmp/copy.of.files In this example I make backup of those files which modification time...
  9. swtbart

    environmental variable

    You have to put it in /etc/environment file Hope it helps you !
  10. swtbart

    How to install mksysb tape on machine with different architecture?

    Usually I use sysback to restore a machine into another, but the feeling is the same: 1º.- You have to boot the target machine into maintenance mode, with a bootable tape or cd. 2º.- Start a shell and access to this target system 3º.- Go to /tmp and search a file called device.pkgs 4º.- These...
  11. swtbart

    creating IP aliases

    I don't know where have you heard that but positively you have to put your netmask as usual. I have an ethernet adapter with 2 aliases in this way Regards
  12. swtbart

    The best Backup Software available for AIX

    Hi all, with Oracle Databases, the TSM Client for Oracle is working fine. To make systems backups SYSBACK/6000 is the best product to recover a rootvg that I've ever seen Regards!
  13. swtbart

    SNA Problem after system shutdown. How can this be?

    Hi, a very similar error is produced when the /etc/rc.sna script is not loaded in the inittab process. /etc/rc.sna loads the sna drivers. Try to execute it as follows: # /etc/rc.sna start CS/AIX Device driver /usr/lib/sna/drivers/sna_trace loaded OK, mounted at /dev/sna_trace. Device...

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