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Initialize the LPAR Configuration :

# mkgencfg -o init

[OS] Software Management :

To display VIO Server level:

# ioslevel

To update the IOS software:

# updateios dev /update -

To installs a new filesets (mainly used for TL updates):

# updateios dev /cd0 -install -accept

To commit all applied :

# updateios commit

To rejects all uncommitted updates :

# updateios reject

To clean all incomplete pieces of the previous installation :

# updateios clean

To remove a fileset :

# updateios remove fileset_name

To take the OS backup in a CD ROM :

# backupios cd /dev/cd1 -cdformat

To take the OS backup in a DVD-RAM :

# backupios cd /dev/cd1 -udf

To take the OS backup in a tape drive :

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# backupios tape /dev/rmt0

Just verifies the backup available in a tape :

# backupios tape /dev/rmt0 -verify

Generates backup to a file. No user VGs are -nosvg backd up :

# backupios file /opt/file1

To display the underlying AIX OS version :

# oem_platform_level

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To open a non-restricted root shell :

# oem_setup_env

This shell is used mainly for the installation of vendor software such asdevice drivers.

Remote Management :

To enable remote_management using NIM master :

# remote_management nim1

To disable remote management :

# remote_management disable

License Management:

To display the current license :

# license view

To accept the license :

# license accept

To view if the license has been accepted :

# license

Software Management:

To list all the installed software :

# lssw

To list all the installed software and their history

# lssw hist

Management of Virtual Terminals:

To open a virtual terminal for partition with id 2 :

# mkvt id

To close a virtual terminal for a partition with id 2 :

# rmvt id 2

Device Management:

To change the attribute of a device permanently.

# chdev -dev scsi0 -attr -perm

Sometimes it reboots the system if perm is used

To disable the path between hdisk1 and scsi0 :

# chpath -dev hdisk1 -pdev scsi0 -op disable

To configures the devices in the VIO server :

# cfgdev

To configures the devices attached to scsi0 adapter :

# cfgdev dev

To unconfigure the cd-rom device :

# rmdev dev cd0

To unconfigure scsi adapter and its child devices :

# rmdev recursive dev scsi1

To unconfigures the children of pci1 but not the PCI bus pci1 :

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Management of Virtual/Shared Devices:

To create a virtual target device that maps lv20 as a virtual disk for aclient partition hosted by the vhost0 virtual server adapter :

# mkvdev -vdev lv20 -vadapter vhost0

Same as above except here hdisk is used instead of a logical volume :

# mkvdev -vdev hdisk6 -vadapter vhost2

To create a SEA that maps the physical Ethernet adapter ent4 as avirtual adapter for the client

partitions served by the virtual Ethernet adapters ent6 and ent7, usingent6 as the default adapter and 8 as the default id :

# mkvdev -sea ent4 -vadapter ent6,ent7 -default ent6 -defaultid 8

To remove a virtual target device vtscsi9 along with its backing lv :

# rmvdev vdev vtscsi9

To remove all virtual target device associated with backing devicelv001 :

# rmvdev vdev lv001

To remove a specific virtual target device :

# rmvdev vtd vtscsi10

List Device Mapping:

To list all virtual target devices and backing devices mapped to virtualserver adapter vhost2 :

# lsmap -vadapter vhost2

To list SEA and physical device mapped to virtual Ethernet Adapterent4 :

# lsmap -vadapter ent4 net

To list all virtual target devices and backing devices where backingdevices are of type LV :

# lsmap -all -type lv

To list all network mapping :

# lsmap all net

How to list Devices :

To display all the devices :

# lsdev

To display all the virtual devices :

# lsdev virtual

To display all the virtual adapters :

# lsdev type adapter virtual

To display all the slots :

# lsdev slot s

To display all the adapters :

# lsdev type adapter

Few other device types: disk, lv, optical, tape, tty

To list all physical Ethernet adapters and Etherchannel available forcreating a SEA :

# lsdev type ent4sea



To list all virtual Ethernet adapters available for creating a SEA :

# lsdev type ven4sea

To list all adapters over which ip address can be configured :

# lsdev type ent4ip

To display parent device of a device :

# lsdev dev hdisk0

To list disks names and physical location alone :

# lsdev -type disk -field name physloc

Logical Volume Manager :

Volume Group

To create a vg on hdisk1 :

# mkvg -vg newvg hdisk1

To drain I/Os for a vg and suspends future I/Os :

# chvg -suspend vg03

To resume normal I/O operations for a vg :

# chvg -resume vg03

Unlock a VG if left in a locked state by abnormal termination ofanother lvm operation :

# chvg -unlock vg03

To add a physical volume to a volume group :

# extendvg vg3 hdisk3

To remove a PV from a VG :

# reducevg vg01 hdisk1

To remove a PV and all residing LVs from a VG with no confirmation :

# reducevg rmlv f vg01

To activate a vg :

# activatevg vg03

To deactivate a vg :

# deactivatevg vg03

To mirror the VIO Servers rootvg to hdisk4 and reboots VIO Server :

# mirrorios force hdisk4

To mirror the VIO Servers rootvg to hdisk4 but dont reboot the server:

# mirrorios defer hdisk4

To remove the rootvg mirror from hdisk4 :

# unmirrorios hdisk4

To import a VG from hdisk07 :

# importvg vg vg001 hdisk07

To export a VG :

# exportvg vg3

Note: Volume Group containing a paging space cant be exported

To sync a VG :

# syncvg vg vg01



To sync a LV :

# syncvg lv lv001

To sync a PV :

# syncvg pv hdisk4 hdisk5

To redefine a VG based on the VGDA from hdisk04 :

# redefvg dev hdisk04

Logical Volume :

To create a logical volume of size 1MB in vg01 :

# mklv lv lv001 vg01 1M hdisk1

To create a logical volume with mirror in place in vg01 of size 1GB :

# mklv mirror vg01 1G

To extend an LV by 3MB :

# extendlv lv01 3M

To extend an LV by 1GB with space taken from hdisk5 :

# extendlv lv01 1G hdisk5

To remove a logical volume :

# rmlv lv05

To display the properties of a logical volume :

# lslv lv03

To display info about LV by Physical volume :

# lslv pv lv03

To display LVs that can be used as backing devices :

# lslv free

To make a copy for lv01 in hdisk03 :

# mklvcopy lv01 hdisk03

To remove lv01s copy from hdisk03 :

# rmlvcopy lv01 hdisk03

To copy the contents of lv01 to lv02 :

# cplv lv01 lv02

To copy the contents of lv01 to a new lv in vg01 :

# cplv vg vg01 lv01

To change the name of oldlv to newlv :

# chlv lv newlv oldlv

Physical Volume

To display all physical volumes in the system :

# lspv

To display the status and characteristics of hdisk03 :

# lspv hdisk03

To list all the available PVs used as virtual SCSI backing devices :

# lspv avail

To list PVs that can be used as virtual SCSI backing devices and are notcurrently a backing device :



# lspv free

To move physical partitions from hdisk1 to hdisk2 :

# migratepv hdisk1 hdisk2

To move physical partitions in lv01 from hdisk1 to hdisk2 :

# migratepv lv lv01 hdisk1 hdisk2

Storage Pool Management:

To create storage pool client_data using hdisk3 hdisk4 hdisk3 andhdisk4 :

# mksp -f client_data

To set client_data storage pool as default :

# chsp default client_data

To list all storage pools :

# lssp

To list the default storage pool :

# lssp default

To list the backing device in rootvg storage pool :

# lssp bd sp rootvg

To attach a storage from a storage pool to a Virtual SCSI adapter:

# mkbdsp -bd lv001 -vadapter vthost2 -tn vtscsi9

To removes storage from a Virtual SCSI adapter, and removes thebacking device :

# rmbdsp bd lv001

To remove storage from a Virtual SCSI adapter, And makes sure backingdevice is not deleted :

# rmbdsp bd lv001 -savebd

To removes storage from a Virtual SCSI adapter, and removes thebacking device :

# rmbdsp vtd vtscsi9

To removes storage from a Virtual SCSI adapter. and makes surebacking device is not deleted :

# rmbdsp vtd vtscsi8 -savebd

Network Configuration :

TCP/IP Configation:

To configure tcpip on a network interface :

# mktcpip -hostname sys01vio2 -inetaddr 9.47.90.113 -interface en2 -netmask 255.255.255.0 -gateway 9.47.90.1 -nsrvdomain yahoo.com -start

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To display the stored tcp/ip configuration in the system :

# lstcpip stored

To display ethernet adapters on the system :

# lstcpip adapters

To display the system hostname :

# lstcpip hostname

To display DNS name servers in search order and domain name :



# lstcpip namesrv

To display the routing table :

# lstcpip routtable

To display routing table in numeric output instead of hostname :

# lsctpip num routtable

To display all the open inet sockets :

# lstcpip sockets family inet

To display the status of all configured interfaces :

# lstcpip state

To remove all TCP/IP configuration :

# rmtcpip all

To unconfigure tcpip in en0:

# rmtcpip interface en0

To cleanup static routing table :

# rmtcpip f -routing

To remove IP information from en0 after reboot :

# rmtcpip f interface en0 -nextboot

To remove DNS information and clears the hosts file :

# rmcpip namesrv

Managing IP address-to-host name Mapping Entries:

To add IP address-to-host name mapping entry :

# hostmap -addr 192.100.1.7 -host alpha

To list all IP address-to-host name mapping entries :

# hostmap ls

To delete the IP address-to-host name mapping entry :

# hostmap-rm 192.100.1.7

Managing Network Services:

To enable all the network services :

# startnetsvc ALL

To enable the telnet daemon :

# startnetsvc telnet

To enable the ftp daemon :

# startnetsvc ftp

To enable the ssh daemon :

# startnetsvc ssh

To enable the ldap daemon :

# startnetsvc ldap

To enable the cimserver daemon :

# startnetsvc cimserver

To enable the xntpd daemon :

# startnetsvc xntpd

To send CLI tracing details to the system log :



# startnetsvc tracelog

To send system error to the system log :

# startnetsvc errorlog

To disable all the network services :

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# stopnetsvc ALL

To disable the telnet daemon :

# stopnetsvc telnet

To disable the ftp daemon :

# stopnetsvc ftp

To disable the ssh daemon :

# stopnetsvc ssh

To disable the ldap daemon :

# stopnetsvc ldap

To disable the cimserver daemon :

# stopnetsvc cimserver

To disable the xntpd daemon :

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To stop sending CLI tracing details to system log :

# stopnetsvc tracelog

To stop sending system error log to the system log :



# stopnetsvc errorlog -

To display the status of ftp network service :

# lsnetsvc ftp

Managing DNS, Domain and Search Order Entries:

To add a domain entry :

# cfgnamesrv -add -dname abc.aus.century.com

To add a name server entry :

# cfgnamesrv add -ipaddr 192.9.201.1

To display all the DNS entries :

# cfgnamesrv -ls

Network Tuning Parameters:

To display the maximum size of the mbuf pool :

# optimizenet get thewall

To set a machine as internet work router over TCP/IP networks :

# optimizenet set ipforwarding=1

To display information on udp_recvspace :

# optimizenet h udp_recvspace

Network Monitoring:

To display all the statistics, including the device- specific statistics :

# entstat ent0

To reset all the statistics back to their initial values :

# entstat reset ent0

To display the route to a particular host :

# traceroute nis.nsf.net

System Monitoring :

To display the summary of current system activity :

# sysstat

To display the system statistics :

# topas

System Management Commands:

To halt the operating system :

# shutdown

To halt the operating system forcibly :

# shutdown force

To reboot the vio server :

# shutdown restart

To invalidate the boot list for service mode :

# bootlist -mode service rm

To display the boot list for service mode :

# bootlist -mode service ls

To set the boot list for normal mode :

# bootlist more normal hdisk0



To display the complete detailed error report :

# errlog ls

To remove all the error log entries :

# errlog rm 0

To remove the error log entries older than 5 days :

# errlog rm 5

To change the system date and time :

# chdate -day 12 -month 10 -year 2004 -hour 16 -minute 30

To change the language for the entire system to French Canadian :

# chlang -lang fr_CA

To display available languages :

# chlang ls

To perform hardware problem determination and maintenance :

# diagmenu

To generate report on microcode levels of all the devices :

# invscout report

To display the vpd survey of the partition :

# invscout vpd

To append the current MOTD [Message Of The Day] :

# motd append Message

To overwrite MOTD :

# motd overwrite -file filename

To do the initial configuration of VIO Server :

# cfgassist

It is like configuration assitant in AIX.

To do filesystem scan :

# fsck /dev/lv01

To display exported (nfs) directories on a remote server :

# showmount hostname

To start system dump on the primary device :

# startsysdump

To display continuous disk report on disk1 at 2sec interval :

# viostat -disk disk1 2

To display adapter throughput reports :

# viostat adapter

To display system and adapter throughput reports :

# viostat sys adapter

To gather system info and to store it in the floppy disk :

# snap -general -dev /dev/rfd0

To display microcode levels of all devices :

# lsfware all

Managing Agents:



Adding a disk to GPFS filesystem Dynamically newerolder Run update_all using command line

To start an agent : # startsvc agent_name

To stop an agent: # stopsvc agent_name

To display an agents configuration information :

# lssvc agent_name

To display all the available agents :

# lssvc

To display the attributes associated with ITSM_base agent :

# cfgsvc ls ITM_base

To display the ITM_base agent ssh public key :

# cfgsvc -key ITM_base

User Management:

To create a user :

# mkuser

To change an attribute of a user :

# chuser

To display the properties of a user :

# lsuser

To remove a user from the system :

# rmuser

To set/reset password for a user :

# passwd

Security Commands:

To display all failed logins :

# lsfailedlogin

To display the contents of global command log :

# lsgcl

To displays high system settings :

# viosecure -level high

To apply all of the high system settings to the system :

# viosecure -level high apply

To displays the current system settings :

# viosecure view

To allow IP activity on the ftp-data, ftp, ssh, www, https, rmc, andcimon ports, and to deny other IP activity :

# viosecure firewall on

To enable IP activity on all ports :

# viosecure firewall off

To display the list of allowed ports :

# viosecure -firewall view

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