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AIX Tape Utility Commands

The document provides information on various AIX commands for working with tape utilities, scripts, file transfer protocol (FTP), starting and stopping servers, and CD-ROM utilities. It lists tapeutil commands for mounting and unmounting tapes, restoring and listing tape contents. It also gives examples of script commands using conditionals and an FTP URL format. Instructions are provided for starting and stopping Server X. Finally, it lists CD-ROM utilities like cdromd, cdeject, and cdmount along with the mount command for mounting a CD-ROM.

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AIX Tape Utility Commands

The document provides information on various AIX commands for working with tape utilities, scripts, file transfer protocol (FTP), starting and stopping servers, and CD-ROM utilities. It lists tapeutil commands for mounting and unmounting tapes, restoring and listing tape contents. It also gives examples of script commands using conditionals and an FTP URL format. Instructions are provided for starting and stopping Server X. Finally, it lists CD-ROM utilities like cdromd, cdeject, and cdmount along with the mount command for mounting a CD-ROM.

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AIX Tape Utility Commands

tapeutil To run the menu version

/dev/rmt0 = Tape drive

/dev/smc0 = Tape library

lsdev -Cc tape List the devices

tapeutil -f /dev/rmt0 mount 2 To mount tape from slot 2

tapeutil -f /dev/rmt0 unmount 2 To unmount tape from slot 2

restore -Tvqf /dev/rmt0 > file To list information on a tape saved with backup or savevg

tar tvf /dev/rmt0 > file To list information on a tape saved with tar

tcl -f /dev/rmt0.1 fsf 3; restore -Tvqf /dev/rmt0 > file To list information on a tape saved
with mksysb

lsattr -l rmt0 -E To list the current values of the attributes for the tape device, rmt0

AIX script Commands

Script to compare condition with "or" "and" condition


o condition1= $(ls -la | /tmp/file2.txt | wc -l)
o condition2 = $(ls -la | /tmp/file2.txt | wc -l)
o if [ "$condition1" = "1" ] || [ "$condition2" = "2" ] then echo "ok 1 or 2 is accepted" else
echo "error only 1 or 2 is accepted"
o if [ "$condition1" = "1" ] && [ "$conditions2" = "2" ] then echo "ok 1 and 2 is accepted"
else echo "error only 1 and 2 is accepted"

File Transfer Protocol (ftp)

ftp://user:password@machine/../../directory Url of an ftp ressource

Server X

Start a server x
o ps -ef | dtlogin (identifiy all the process dtlogin)
o kill <PID> (kill the process from the result of the ps command)
o cd /etc
o sh rc.dt (Start the server X)

CD-ROM - DVD-ROM

CD-ROM utility
o cdromd Automatically mounts a CD-ROM or DVD-ROM when it is inserted (man cdromd
for more details)
o cdeject Eject a media from a CD drive managed by the cdromd daemon
o cdumount Unmounts a previously mounted file system on a device managed by
cdromd
o cdmount Make a file system available for user on a device managed by cdromd
o mount -V cdrfs -o ro /dev/cd0 /cdrom Mount a cd-rom

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