hello,
i've got a list of parameters to check after an AIX install :
- always check the network config :
- ping your IP address
- ping GW and DNS IP address
- ping your hostname
- ping a remote hostname
- recent machines have 2 ethernet port, so It could be a good idea to use the 2nd port with a maintenance IP address (192.168.1.1 for instance), for direct connection to the system if needed.
- configure a TTY
- have the login "enabled" on a tty, for maintenance purpose
- unset most of the system limits :
- edit /etc/security/limits, put them all to -1 (unlimited),
except nofiles which can remain at 2000
- configure the maximum number of process per user
- smit => environment => characteristics of operating system
- check the memimum number of users
- smitty => environment number of licensed users
- create needed volume groups and paging spaces
- if several paging spaces, have them of equal size and on
different physical volumes; at least x 1.5 the amount of RAM;
- configure the dump (activate it and check there's enought free space in
/var/adm/ras);
- install additional AIX components (performance tools, mathematic library for
example)
- apply the latest maintenance level if this is a test machine; if production system apply the maintenance level with which the environment have been qualified; in case of dubt, apply the latest ML if not too recent (if it is more than 2 weeks), otherwise install ML at n-1.
- decide AIX VMM parameters
- maxperm, maxclient, minperm, minfree, maxfree
- decide if you want to maintain disk I/O history.
- tpe lppchk -v and diags -a to check SW and HW are okay.
Well I don't see more, if anyone has suggestions ...
regards,
