Compare 2 unix servers 2

[anushka04]

Hi
I need to compare two servers to see if there is deference in software installed (OS and Application). One is the test server and the other is the live server.


I tried to use the find unix command ( find . –print > myfile ) to dump the file, but this file only shows the file name and path and not the size or modification date.


Any suggestion would be appreciated.


AIX 4.3

 

[mrn]

find / tmp -type f -o -type d -exec ls -l {} \; > /tmp/list

then diff

or you could use rsync to force the servers to be the same.

Mike

Unix *is* user friendly. It's just selective about who its friends are.

 

[bdw238]

I am assuming that this is an AIX server and try to compare excutables on OS only. If it is database, then you stuck with an answer from me

Use a combination of lslpp and rpm (see below) and writing a script that traverses the directory structures that takes a diff or cksum of each file depending on type (binary or txt). Then comparing the cksum &/ diff results of each server together.

lslpp -w <file name including path>
rpm -qf <file name including path>


Before you ask, I don't have script that does this!


Regards

Brian

 

[mrn]

You could also get a copy of cfg2html to compare packages / versions / hardware.

Mike

Unix *is* user friendly. It's just selective about who its friends are.

 

[anushka04]

Thanks to everyone so far I will test this and let you know

Mike what does this commad exactly do
find / tmp -type f -o -type d -exec ls -l {} \; > /tmp/list

Does this just list the file deatils on file list?

Any suggestion where I get this form (cfg2html)

 

[mrn]

Yes it'll do a ls -l from root down. Take a look at awk (or ask us ) if you need to pick out certain columns. If you compare the two servers I would imagine every line would be different due to the file creation times so maybe filter out $2 & $8

Mike

Unix *is* user friendly. It's just selective about who its friends are.

 

[anushka04]

Thanks mike, my strong point is to unix and you may find me asking silly questions.

awk? not sure what you mean.

Can please tell me how I can filter $2 and $8
Thanks

 

[anushka04]

Mike
in this do i need the /tmp in there or can i leave that out



find / tmp -type f -o -type d -exec ls -l {} \; > /tmp/list


Thanks

 

[mrn]

No I just used /tmp to test my command line (So I didn't get loads of output) if you want to create a complete list of files/directories on your system you need to start from / (root).

As for awk; first read the man page for awk, to show you what it does try this

ls -al /tmp

and now this

ls -al /tmp | awk '{print $1 $3 $9}'

$1 being the first column
$3 being the third
.........

awk is a very powerful command and there are some very good awk people (P5wizard & PHV to name two) around on this forum and in the awk forum.

Mike

Unix *is* user friendly. It's just selective about who its friends are.

 

[anushka04]

Thanks you Mike

 

[mrn]

Had a think about this some more, if I were comparing systems this is what I'd be looking at (Not a complete list by far).

Volume Group info
File systems info
Files
Installed Software
Configuration /users/groups/network/nfs/tcp
Hardware

Mike

Unix *is* user friendly. It's just selective about who its friends are.

 

[khalidaaa]

Thanks Mike for the nice information.

You are always helpful

I would add You the list you've just mentioned (P5wizard & PHV)



Regards,
Khalid

 

[mrn]

find / -ls >/tmp/filename

would also work.

Mike

Unix *is* user friendly. It's just selective about who its friends are.

 

[anushka04]

Mike

what would be the complete command using awk and

find / tmp -type f -o -type d -exec ls -l {} \; > /tmp/list

would this work
find . -type f -o -type d -exec ls -al {} \; | awk '{FS=" "; printf("%s %s %s\n",$1, $3, $9); }'

 

[mrn]

Yes that works (I've just tried it) would use ls -Al instead of ls -al that way you don't get the . & .. directories

Mike

Unix *is* user friendly. It's just selective about who its friends are.