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deploy:ibm_bigfix_ilmt_reports

manu (manu@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-08-24T23:33:33+0200

IBM ILMT reports To be compliant, send the 2 following outputs * Reports --> IBM License Metrics --> All Metrics In the Base Report select: All Metrics, remove all filters and select all columns On right --> configure --> configure view --> 90 days Then click on **audit snapshot**

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manu (manu@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-08-24T23:31:48+0200

deploy:ibm_ilmt_error - created

manu (manu@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-08-24T12:25:05+0200

IBM Bigfix / ILMT Errors IBM Bigfix / ILMT Errors

deploy:ibm_bigfix

manu (manu@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-08-24T12:22:17+0200

IBM ILMT lite (stanalone) IBM BigFix with ILMT IBM ILMT reports IBM Flexera Licensing tool (alternative for ILMT) IBM/HCL Bigfix install Restore BigFix Server IBM Bigfix misc tasks and schedules IBM Bigfix upgrade and replace server IBM Bigfix / ILMT Errors

deploy:ibm_ilmt_upgrade

manu (manu@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-08-21T18:40:24+0200

IBM Bigfix upgrade and replace server If you paln to change IP/hostname, be sure to keep an alias DNS on previous hostname !!! /opt/BESServer/bin/BESAdmin.sh -securitysettings -sitePvkLocation=license.pvk -enableEnhancedSecurity -requireSHA256Downloads

deploy:ibm_mgmt_tasks

manu (manu@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-08-12T23:05:45+0200

IBM Bigfix misc tasks ILMT which component to deploy on client * BigFix agent * disconnected scanner (required on server where IBM software is installed) The disconnected scanner for all OS is available either in the BigFix console, or into the folder: /opt/ibm/LMT/diconnected-scanner

linux:linux_boot_order

manu (manu@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-08-10T18:33:07+0200

Linux kernel boot process During boot process, the system will read the grub config to be able to load the kernel with it associated modules containing into initrd. Initial RAM disk (initrd or Initramfs) is a RAM filesystem mounted at startup to initialize kernel modules.

linux:teaming_config

manu (manu@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-08-10T18:25:30+0200

Network Teaming / bonding Teaming has been deprecated in RHEL 9 and 10, so use better bondind There are some differences between teaming and bonding () We will use teaming instead of bonding, which is the most complete and performant: Software, called runners, …

aix:scripts_category:check_aix_version

manu (manu@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-07-15T15:28:57+0200

Check_aix_version Version 1 #!/usr/bin/ksh93 # set -x ################################################## #@(#) Upgrade AIX ################################################## # v1.1 06-2023 add verbose default ################################################## dir=`dirname $0` if [ -f $dir/.env ] then . $dir/.env else path_script=$dir export sn=`basename $0 | cut -d. -f1` export logpath=/tmp export logname=$logpath/$sn.log fi aixversion=$(oslevel -s | rev | cut -d'-' -f2- | rev) …

deploy:ibm_bigfix_install

manu (manu@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-07-10T12:57:51+0200

IBM BigFix IBM Bigfix also known as TEM (Tivoli EndPoint Manager), IEM (IBM EndPoint Manager) BigFix Server installation First install Redhat (also supported on Windows) /var/opt/BESServer 20GB /var/opt/BESWebReportsServer 3GB /home/db2inst1 30GB # DB2 home dir and DB /opt 2GB /opt/ibm/LMT 2GB /opt/ibm/db2 4GB # DB2 bin /opt/BESWebUI 1GB /backup …

storage:svc_npiv

manu (manu@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-07-08T11:01:28+0200

IBM SVC and flash switch to NPIV NPIV is mandatory for IBM storage virtualize code higher than 8.6.0 To upgrade to version 8.7.x or higher, you must enable NPIV on all IOgroups * NPIV, virtual WWN (vWWN) must be zoned to map volumes to a host *

storage:storage - [SVC / v7000 / v5000 / v9000 / Flash systems]

manu (manu@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-07-08T10:56:42+0200

Storage Migration How to migrate AIX to another storage How to migrate Solaris on another storage How to migrate Linux x86/ppc64le on another storage Storage Defined Storage Suse storage IBM Cloud Object Storage Netapp/Ontap compare IBM Storage CEPH vs. Storage Scale Snapshot Flash Copy with DB2 SVC / v7000 / v5000 / v9000 / Flash systems Information about release and functionality on SVC and storwize Host attachement using MPIO IBM SVC slides IB…

storage:brocade_security

manu (manu@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-07-02T17:43:40+0200

Brocade security best practice FOS IPfilter FOS CLI: telnet FOS CLI: SSH Idle Session Timeout and Idle Shell Timeout FOS fosexec Command Digital Certificates FOS SecCryptoCfg Templates User Accounts Authentication Servers The Root Account Default Passwords

aix:aix_patching - [AIX patches]

manu (manu@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-07-01T10:51:17+0200

Check Fix to apply on AIX Global check First step, check the whole compatibility level between all components on FLRT site Check server model and FW, OS level and PowerHA level...: AIX patches To know which security and hiper patch to apply on AIX LPARs, use the IBM FLRT.

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manu (manu@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-06-19T17:25:33+0200

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manu (manu@undisclosed.example.com) — 2025-11-17T17:53:55+0200

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manu (manu@undisclosed.example.com) — 2025-11-17T16:57:00+0200

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manu (manu@undisclosed.example.com) — 2025-11-17T16:51:07+0200

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manu (manu@undisclosed.example.com) — 2025-10-16T19:27:54+0200

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manu (manu@undisclosed.example.com) — 2025-10-15T17:33:49+0200