AIX 5.2 chgfcparray

[Deak]

Hello I was wondering if anyone can please tell me what this symbolic link does. Its causeing me problems when I run am image BU for some reason & I just donr know what it does & how it may affect me. Any info would be greatly appreciated! Thanks alot
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root system 28 Sep 1 16:28 chgfcparray -> /usr/liy


su - [] oslevel
5.2.0.0

 

[MoshiachNow]

see:

http://www16.boulder.ibm.com/doc_link/en_US/a_doc_lib/cmds/aixcmds3/ln.htm

Long live king Moshiach !

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[Deak]

Thanks for the symbolic link page. Maybe I was not clear. I am trying to find out what the chgfcparray link is used for I dont see the mention on the page you sent to me MoshiachNow. Did I miss it? Why is it linked ti /usr/liy. Its causeing me problems in my image. I find if I remove the symbolic link & touch an empty file in its place my image runs fine?

 

[Deak]

OK I looked a little closer here this am & I see that its actually a link to itself! I definately dont understand the use of this at all!
su - [] cd methods
su - [] ls -la chg*
-r-x------ 1 root system 10812 May 13 17:40 chg_posix_aio
-r-x------ 1 root system 10806 May 13 17:40 chgaio
-r-x------ 1 root system 12748 Sep 15 2002 chgcxma
-r-x------ 1 root system 27706 May 13 17:40 chgdisk
-r-xr-x--- 1 root system 8100 May 13 17:40 chgdlc
-r-x------ 1 root system 18604 May 13 17:40 chgent
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root system 28 Sep 1 16:28 chgfcparray -> /usr/lib
/methods/chgfcparray
-r-x------ 1 root system 10174 May 13 17:40 chggen
-r-x------ 1 root system 10178 May 13 18:04 chggen_rspc
-r-x------ 1 root system 15352 May 13 17:40 chghscsi
-r-x------ 1 root system 33722 May 13 17:40 chgif
-r-x------ 1 root system 25714 Jun 5 00:06 chginet
-r-x------ 1 root system 21554 May 13 17:40 chgpty
-r-x------ 1 root system 20194 May 17 18:26 chgsisarray
-r-x------ 1 root system 14620 May 13 18:05 chgsisscsib
-r-x------ 1 root system 20242 Jan 29 2004 chgtty
-r-x------ 1 root system 15788 May 13 17:40 chgvlan
su - []

 

[clund]

I just wanted to mention that I have just come across this same issue ... we have a bunch of machines that have been up and runnig for a while and they all have the same file:
-r-x------ 1 root system 32046 May 17 19:21 /usr/lib/methods/chgfcparray

All the machines were installed from the same level of install media (AIX5.2 ML 1) and updated to ML 4. Today I just did a new install on a test machine. Installed AIX5.2 ML 1 with:
enable TCB
64bit kernel
JFS2
disable system backups to install any system

I updated to ML 4 and tried to create a sysback tape and had the exact same error ... a chgfcparray creates a link to itself everytime I try to create a backup (if I delete the file then it's re-created when I try to run the backup). Placing an empty file in its' place seems to fix things ... however it would be good to know what's going on here.

 

[Deak]

Clund I have had no luck as of yet to figure out any additional information on this one. Its an Odd one though. I guess I am kind of Happy that someone else is haveing the same issue with the same fix atleast. Well I'll let ya know if I hear or find out anything more.