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Converting F50 from 32-bit - 64-bit in order to support oracle 9i
We too have the same problem. We have an F50 and want to put Oracle 9 on it which has to be 64bit. The F50 in not a 64bit capable peice of hardware so we are stuck too! -
Concatenating multiple nmon files
Hi I posed the very same question to the nmon developer Nigel Griffiths and he wrote a utility to do this. How about that for good service from IBM! I have tried it and it works really well. Try emailing him....his address is on the IBM website where you download the NMON utility. If you are... -
rs6000 processor speed
There is usefull command called "prtconf" which displays the important system information. Unfortuntley unless you have AIX 5 installed it doesn't display the processor speed! $ prtconf System Model: IBM,7026-6H1 Machine Serial Number: 6xxxxxx Processor Type: PowerPC_RS64-IV Number Of... -
NFS not starting on reboot
I have managed to fix the problem. By moving the setting of nfso parameters to before the line that starts nfsd means that nfs now starts ok. This seems obvious I suppose, but if I remove the settings completely, NFS does not start at all, therefore these extra settings are vital for the... -
NFS not starting on reboot
After a system reboot, the nfsd daemon is not started. It gives the error message "There is not enough buffer space for requested socket operation" If I re-run the /etc/rc.nfs, then nfsd is then started and everything is ok. This problem has only occured since I upgraded to AIX5.2 ML2. Now in... -
unmount /tmp
/tmp is one of OS filesystems that cannot umounted in a live operating system. The only way you can fsck /tmp is to boot the machine into maintenace using the OS cd. Select the option to access the a volume group (rootvg) without mounting the filesystems first. This will give a shell with no... -
NIS account locking feature
There is major flaw (or should I say feature as software vendors call it!!) with the way NIS works with clients and you have found it. Even though you may set the user attributes on the NIS server, these are not carried through to the clients correctly. The same applies to password aging. This... -
anyone have a cpu load generator for testing?
For something simple, write a script to load the CPU ie. ---> more cpu_eater.sh count=0 while true do (( count = count + 1 )) echo "$count" done -
problem with VI
If the problem is related to the amount of free space in the /var/tmp area, you can change the default directory that vi writes it temp files to. Change it so it points to an area with more space. Create a file .exrc in the account's home area and add the following line. directory=/tmp -
AIX and CATIA
Basically in CATIA you need to create .plot_cfg file. Have a look around your system, there should be some default files that get installed with CATIA. To help you on your way, the "catinst" program will also create this file for you. Start catinst and select, Additional Features... -
Networkprinter in AIX3.3.3
You need to add the printer as a remote device. In smit Add a print queue, select remote, standard processing... Enter the name of local print queue on AIX name to be created. Enter the host name or IP address of the Windows XP box. Enter the print queue name as it appears on the windows XP...
