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===== Introduction AIX =====

[[aix:aix_editions|AIX Editions]]

[[aix:aix_strenght|AIX strenght]]

[[aix:aix_power10|AIX Power10]]

[[aix:aix_base|AIX concepts]]

[[aix:aix_news|AIX latest presentations: AIX 7.2 ....]]

http://www.unixwerk.eu/aix/faq.html#014

http://kb.ictbanking.net/

[[aix:aix_test| test]]

[[aix:aix_training|AIX training]]

[[aix:aix_commands|AIX commands]]

[[unix:file_permissions|UNIX/Linux base file permissions]]

[[aix:aix_roadmap|AIX Roadmap]]

===== Power Systems =====

[[aix:virtual_cpu|Power CPU virtual]]

[[aix:firmware_upgrade|Power Servers Firmware Upgrade]]

[[aix:hmc_connect|Connect a Power server on an HMC]]

[[aix:power_uak|Power Update Access Keys (UAK)]]

===== AIX Installation =====

==== BOS (base operating system) operations ====

[[aix:aix_live_update|AIX upgrade without reboot, zero downtime (AIX Live update)]]

[[aix:aix_soft_download|Where download AIX packages, base and updates]]

[[aix:rpm_soft_download|Where download RPM packages (Open Source)]]

[[aix:bos_install|Howto install a base OS (AIX or VIOS)]]

[[aix:custom_aix|Customize your AIX server]]

==== Network Installation Manager (NIM) ====

[[aix:nim_server_install|NIM server installation]]

[[aix:nim_server_tuning|NIM server tuning]]

[[aix:NIM_operation|NIM operation howto]]

[[aix:nim_command|NIM commands]]

[[aix:nimol|Install AIX using a Linux server (NIMOL)]]

[[aix:nimha|NIM HA]]

==== Misc operations on rootvg ====

[[aix:alt_disk|AIX OS alternate disk operations]]

[[aix:alt_disk_migration|AIX OS migration on running sever (alternate disk migration or multibos)]]

==== AIX bff and rpm package management ====

[[aix:rpm_install|RPM: package]]

[[aix:aix_package|AIX: package]]

[[aix:aix_yum_install|Install YUM / DNF on AIX]]

[[aix:post_upgrade|Pre and Post upgrade or migration actions]]

[[aix:aix_java|Java for AIX]]

[[aix:deploy_opensource|AIX deployment tools opensource]]

[[aix:cleanup_odm_soft|AIX cleanup a software package in ODM]]

[[aix:nim_problems|Troubleshooting NIM LED hangs]]

[[aix:aix_boot_problem|AIX boot problems LED 5xx]]

[[aix:aix_patching|Check Fix to apply on AIX]]

[[aix:aix_version|Packages no more supported depending on AIX version]]

[[aix:installp_change_path|Install package on different path, multiple version of a package]]

[[aix:powervc|PowerVC (Virtual Center for Power Servers)]]

[[aix:aix_suma|AIX Service Update Management Assistant (SUMA)]]

[[aix:aix_internet_updates|AIX update packages (efix/ifix)]]

===== LVM =====

[[aix:lvm_howto|LVM commands]]

[[aix:aix_scsi_unmap|SCSI unmap, reclaim space on disk, defrag filesystem]]

[[aix:extend_lun|Extend VG by increasing disk size]]

[[aix:add_lun_vios|Add a new LUN on a LPAR]]

[[aix:resync_vg| Resync VG after diskfailure]]

[[aix:pv_missing|Howto cleanup a PV MISSING, resync VG]]

[[aix:import_vg|How to import a VG]]

[[aix:fs_snap|Filesystems snapshots]]

[[aix:mirror_rootvg|Mirror and unmirror rootvg]]

[[aix:perf_disk|Increase disk performance on multiples disks and choose the better read disk]]

[[aix:check_path| Check path to SAN-disks after install/modif]]

[[aix:create_ram_disk|Create a RAM disk on AIX]]

[[aix:concurrent_fs_mount|Prevent concurrent mount of filesystem]]

[[aix:lvm_corruption|LVM corruption]]
===== Networking =====

[[aix:aix_ipalias|How to configure IP aliases on AIX]]

[[aix:aix_vpn|IPSec Tunneling (VPN)]]

[[aix:test_etherchannel|How to test etherchannel]]

[[aix:network_route|How to delete multiple default gateway]]

[[aix:ipfilter|Firewall IPfilter installation]]

[[aix:aixfilter|Firewall with AIX TCP/IP filtering]]

[[aix:aix_traffic_regulation|AIX TCP Traffic Regulation (TCP TR)]]

[[aix:net_10g|Tuning network ethernet 10Gb/s]]

[[aix:dns|Host resolution / DNS options]]

[[aix:aix_net_testing|Network performance measure]]

[[aix:disable_ipv6|Disable IPV6]]

[[aix:snmp_config|Configure SNMP v3]]

[[aix:network_cdp|Cisco Discovery Protocol (CDP) on AIX]]
===== Device =====

[[aix:aix_nvme|Use NVMe disk on AIX]]

[[aix:aix_fcs|AIX fiber channel SCSI / NVMe]]

[[aix:aix_hardware_info|Get hardware info, CPU, socket, nb cores, memory...]]

[[aix:aix_drivers_inuse|List all drivers in use on AIX / child / parent]]

[[aix:aix_smt|Change AIX SMT Simultaneous Multithreading]]

[[aix:aix_change_device_parameter|Change AIX parameter before reboot]]

[[aix:queue_depth|Increase disk performance]]

[[aix:scsi_raid|SCSI / SAS Hardware Raid Management (disk array)]]

[[aix:aix_mpio_sddpcm|MPIO vs SDDPCM multipathing for disk]]

[[aix:emc_multipath|EMC Powerpath or MPIO]]

[[aix:hitachi_multipath|Hitachi DLManager MPIO for disk]]

[[aix:empty_device|Create a dummy device (empty to change device order)]]

[[aix:device_attribute|Devices attributes, default values and possible value]]

[[aix:disk_uuid|List disks UUID (uniq ID) on AIX]] 

[[aix:format_disk|Format / clear a disk using OS commands]]

[[aix:lquery_command|AIX lquerypv / lqueryvg]]

[[aix:aix_iocp|AIX enable iocp0 online]]

[[aix:aix_diag_command|AIX diag command]]

[[aix:aix_disk_reservation|Release disk reservation]]

===== AIX security =====

[[aix:aix_passwd_policy|Password policy on AIX]]

[[aix:aixpert|AIX Security Expert (aixpert)]]

[[aix:powersc|AIX Security PowerSC centralized (CIS...)]]

[[aix:aixhardening|AIX hardening settings]]

[[aix:aix_trustexec|AIX TE (Trust Execution)]]

[[aix:aix_netservices|AIX and network services]]

[[aix:aix_sudo|AIX sudo options]]

===== VIOS =====

[[aix:vios_release|VIOS Release NOTE]]

[[aix:vios_command_line|VIOS Command line]]

[[aix:vios_upgrade|VIOS upgrade]]

[[aix:nim_vios|Install VIOS with NIM]]

[[aix:vios_stop|Howto stop 1 VIOS]]

[[aix:vios_custom|VIOS customization]]

[[aix:vios_npiv|NPIV recommandation]]

[[aix:vios_virt_adapt|VIOS virtual adapter]]

[[aix:vios_add_vlan|VIOS dynamically add a VLAN]]

[[aix_vios_trouble|VIOS trouble]]

[[aix:aix_vios_disk|Disk/adapter tuning]]

[[aix:vios_ivm_howto|IVM (Integrated Virtualization Manager)]]

[[aix:vios_ssp|Using Shared Storage Pool on VIOS (SSP)]]

[[aix:vios_clone|Cloning a VIOS]]

[[aix:vios_cmdb_advanced|VIOS CMDB]]

[[aix:mount_iso_image|Mount ISO image, repository on VIOS]]

[[aix:boot_ibm_iseries_vfcs|Migrate iSeries from Vscsi to Vfcs]]

===== ODM on AIX =====

[[aix:odm|Read ODM or smit menu informations]]

[[aix:change_defaultodm|Change ODM / devices default parameters]]

===== User: environment/profiles/LDAP =====

[[aix:user_mgmt|Users and group management]]

[[aix:user_profiles|Users environment and profiles]]

[[aix:user_ldap|Users with Kerberos authentification]]

[[aix:aix_ldap|Setup OpenLDAP or IBM Directory Server on AIX client]]

[[aix:aix_adconnect|AIX as client from Active Directory (AD)]]

[[aix:user_adldap|Users with Active Directory authentification]]

[[aix:user_ldapmaps|LDAP map modification]]

[[aix:user_radius|PAM with Radius]]

[[aix:recover_passwd|Recover root password]]

===== Procedures =====

[[aix:restore mksysb|AIX restore a mksysb]]

[[aix:ftp_advanced_config|FTP advanced configuration]]

[[aix:mount_iso_image|Mount ISO image]]

[[aix:service|Create a service in AIX]]

[[aix:ssh_prngd| SSH: PRNG is not SEEDED  or   PTY allocation request failed on channel]]

[[aix:aix_check_tcb|Check TCB state]]

[[aix:limit_connection|Limit number of connections: TCP Traffic regulation TR]]

[[aix:dump|How to force a dump on a LPAR]]

[[aix:sendmail|Sendmail configuration and test]]

[[aix:aix_debug|Debug command (trace, truss)]]

[[aix:aix_nfsv4|Mount filesystem NFS v4]]

[[aix:aix_ip_port_used|Who is using my port]]

[[aix:chroot_sftp|Chroot sftp on AIX]]

[[aix:dsh_conf|DSH howto]]

[[aix:console_problem|Console debug]]

[[aix:time_server|Time server or client NTP]]

[[aix:aix_audit|Activate auditing on AIX]]

[[aix:aix_pam_ssh|AIX with SSH on PAM authentification]]

[[aix:aix_ssh_howto|Howto use SSH]]

[[aix:aix_printing_howto|AIX printing]]

[[aix:aix_manpages_howto|AIX man pages howto]]

[[aix:aix_ssl_certificate|SSL certificates]]

===== AIX Virtualization =====

[[aix:aix_simulator_x86_qemu|Install AIX on x86 using QEMU]]

[[aix:aix_kubernetes|Kubernetes on AIX]]

[[aix:wpar_intro|WPAR introduction]]

[[aix:wpar_deploy|WPAR deployement]]

[[aix:wpar_upgrade|WPAR upgrade / migration]]

[[aix:wpar_identify|Howto identify WPAR]] 

[[aix:wpar_ressource_control|Control ressources between WPARs]]

[[aix:wpar_start_stop|WPAR start/stop]]

[[aix:wpar_add_filesystem|WPAR add filesystem]]

[[aix:wpar_bkp_rest|WPAR backup/restore]]

[[aix:wpar_powerha|WPAR and PowerHA (import WPAR)]]

[[aix:wpar_error|WPAR problems]]

===== Performances / Monitoring =====

[[aix:aix_tuning_param|AIX tuning performance]]

[[aix:aix_perf_base_cmd|AIX base perf commands (ps, svmon,...)]]

[[aix:aix_director|IBM Systen Director alerting]]

[[aix:perf_tools|AIX/VIOS perfomance Tools]]

[[aix:perf_check|IBM tools for healthcheck on LPAR and VIOS]]

[[aix:ganglia|Ganglia monitoring installation]]

[[aix:lpar2rrd|LPAR2RRD cross LPAR monitoring]]

[[aix:cacti|Cacti]]

[[aix:munin|Munin]]

[[aix:graphite|Graphite references]]

[[aix:graphite_aix|Graphite installation on AIX]]

[[aix:aix_nmon|NMON and graphical view]]

[[aix:workloadmanager|Workload Manager to limit processes]]

[[aix:collect_perf|Scripts to collect perf]]

[[aix:install_glpi_agent|Install GLPI agent with perl modules]]

===== Tricks =====

[[aix:tricks| Tips and tricks]]

[[aix:aix_cpu_tuning|AIX CPU/threads tuning]]

[[aix:aix_ksh|Shell script]]

[[aix:aix_prompt|Bash prompt]]

[[aix:aix_automount|NFS automount]]

[[aix:aix_inittab|What is started into /etc/inittab]]

[[aix:aix_subsys|Create a demon (daemon) on AIX]]

[[aix:aix_ccompiler|AIX C and C++ compiler]]

===== Log Management and centralize =====

[[aix:logrotate|Log rotation (logrotate)]]

[[aix:aix_rsyslog|AIX alternate syslog: RSYSLOG]]

[[aix:syslog_conf|Syslog configuration and errpt redirection]]

[[aix:aix_crontab#cron_log|Crontab, log management]]

[[aix:aix_history|Audit all user commands (.sh_history)]]

[[aix:aix_audit|Audit AIX]]

===== AIX scheduling and background jobs =====

[[aix:aix_crontab|AIX crontab / scheduling]]

[[aix:aix_at|AIX schedule immediate]]

===== Problem determination =====

[[aix:diag_tool_aix|AIX diagnostic tools]]

[[aix:trace_file|AIX read trace file]]

[[aix:process_dependency|Process and libraries dependancies]]

[[aix:aix_jfs_sync|JFS2 sync time exceeded 600 seconds]]

[[aix:bad_package_version|Bad package version]]

[[aix:net_large_send|Large send problem on AIX and Linux]]

[[aix:rpm_lib_error|Library error using RPMs]]

[[aix:core_mgmt|Core files]]

[[aix:problem_determination| Error with ipldevice]]

[[aix:printing_wpar|Unable to print into a WPAR]]

[[aix:mirroring_problem|Wrong copie of a filesystem]]

[[aix:rsct_reconfig|Problem with RSCT ]]

[[aix:ipv6_localhost|sendmail logging "gethostbyaddr(IPv6:::1) failed: 1"]]

[[aix:ipfilter|Log your IP connections]]

[[aix:boot_error|Unable to boot LED code 55x]]

[[aix:ssh_ecdsa|Could not load ssh_host_ecdsa_key]]

[[aix:filesystem full|Unable to find why / (slash) filesystem is full]]

[[aix:aix_ipcs|Problem with shared memory]]

[[aix:remove_lpp_odm|Remove a software (lpp) on a WPAR]]

[[aix:debug_ftp|FTP logging (debug)]]

[[aix:rpm_pb|Problem RPM packages/database]]

[[aix:savebase_error|AIX error with savebase or bosboot or mkszfile]]

[[aix:java_cert_lost|AIX java lost certificate after upgrade]]

[[aix:comm_timeout|application on AIX is closing the idle connection]]

[[aix:local|AIX locale (environment)]]
=====PowerHA (HACMP)=====

[[aix:validate_hacmp| Validation of PowerHA environments]]

[[aix:RG_move| Move a resource between nodes]]

[[aix:VG_reactivate_mirror| Reactivate suspended mirroring on enhanced concurrent VG]]

[[aix:mirror_pool| Using cross site mirroring (mirror pools)]]

[[aix:clstat_debug| Clstat don't start]]

[[aix:xmount_nfs| NFS cross-mounting]]

[[aix:hacmp_monitoring|Application dependency]]

[[aix:hacmp_heartbeat|PowerHA heartbeat]]

[[aix:hacmp_7|PowerHA version 7]]

===== GPFS / Spectrum Scale =====

[[gpfs:gpfs_intro|GPFS Introduction, concept, definition]]

[[gpfs:gpfs_install_aix|GPFS installation]]

[[gpfs:gpfs_healthcheck| GPFS Healthcheck]]

[[gpfs:gpfs_operation|GPFS Operations]]

[[gpfs:gpfs_backup|GPFS Backup]]

[[gpfs:gpfs_tuning|GPFS Tuning]]



===== HMC / SDMC =====

https://community.ibm.com/community/user/power/blogs/hariganesh-muralidharan1/2022/07/27/whats-new-in-hmc-10110200

[[aix:hmc_upgrade|HMC manual upgrade]]

[[aix:hmc_cmd|HMC commands]]

[[aix:hmc_debug|HMC debug]]

[[aix:sdmc_setup|SDMC first setup]]

[[aix:hmc_virtual|HMC into virtual machine]]

[[aix:ivmtohmc|How to Convert a POWER Blade from IVM Managed to HMC Managed]]

[[aix:hmc_rest_api|HMC using Rest API / SNMP]]

[[aix:hmc_ldap_ad|HMC connection to AD / LDAP]]

[[aix:powervc_install|PowerVC installation]]


===== Apache / MySQL / PHP5 =====

[[aix:install_apache|Install Apache with php5]] 

[[aix:install_mysql| MySQL installation]]

===== VI Editor =====

[[aix:vi_editor|VI Editor]]

[[aix:shell_editor|VI as shell Editor, set -o vi]]

===== Scripts =====

[[aix:scripts_tips|Tips and Tricks]]

[[aix:scripts|AIX scripts]]

[[aix:scripts_category|AIX scripts order by category]]

===== Documentation / reference =====

http://aix4admins.blogspot.com

http://www.aixhealthcheck.com/

http://sites.google.com/site/torontoaix/home/
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