AIX commands faq52-4668 Posted: 5 Jan 04 (Edited 10 Mar 04) 1.

Useful commands Note All AIX commands reference can be found under http / /www.austin.ibm.com/doc_link/en_US/a_doc_lib/aixgen/wbinfnav/CmdsRefTop.htm 1.1 Memory bootinfo r shows how much RAM does my machine has (as root) lsattr E l sys0 a realmem shows how much RAM does my machine have (as non root) rmss -c 512 rmss -r sets the memory size to 512 MB resets the memory size to the original one

1.2

Devices

lsattr -El en0 displays en0 driver params lsattr -El ent0 displays ent0 HW params lsattr -El rmt0 displays tape params lscfg -vp -l rmt0 (all information about a tape drive) lsattr -El sys0 displays system type, firmware, etc driver params lscfg v lists all system HW config (NVRAM) lsdev Csscsi list all scsi devices lsdev Cspci list all pci devices lsparent Ck scsi list all scsi adapters lsdevfc list fiberchannel devices cfgmgr Configures devices lsdev -Ccdisk Shows all disks lsdev -Cctape Shows all tapes cfgmgr -v -l device v Specifies verbose output. The cfgmgr command writes information about what it is doing to standard output. cfgmgr -v -l device Name Specifies the named device to configure along with its children. If you only turned on a disk tower at e.g. scsi2 cfgmgr -v -l scsi2 will only configure this with detailed output. lsdisp To check which graphic adapter is installed. lscfg -vp -l mga0 (all information about a adapter) lscfg -vp -l hdisk0 | grep Machine gives info about the disk manufacture type lsslot -c pci For 6F1 only !!!! Lists all slots ,voltage,boards,etc !!!! bootlist -m normal cd0 rmt0 hdisk0 Changes the default bootlist lsmcode -c display the system firmware level and service processor lsmcode -r -d scraid0 display the adapter microcode levels for a RAID adapter scraid0 lsmcode -A display the microcode level for all supported devices

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System info

/usr/bin/uname -m Get machine ID /usr/bin/uname -M Get platform type oslevel Displays current AIX level oslevel -r Displays current AIX maintenance level oslevel -g List filesets at levels later than maintenance level !!! lsps -a Paging space settings. lscfg -vp -l proc0 (1,2,3) (all information about a processor[s]) lscfg -vp -l mem0 |pg (all information about memory modules installed) env ulimit Environment setings - show user ulimit bootinfo s hdisk0 Displays disk size lsattr -El sys0 -a systemid Determines the system serial number lscfg vp|grep ROM|grep -v CD Determines the system Firmware level

1.4

System issues

TERM=vt100 -If you execute a command/application and it responds with msg The type of your terminal is unknown to the system,run those commands (In ksh) set term=vt100 -Same (In tcsh) rcp -rp /dataVolumes/brisque1.1.0/jobs/flower.job sciroot@ripro3:/dataVolumes/ripro3.3.0/jobs/ -Copying a file from one Unix machine (Brisque) to another (Server) the assumption is that both machines know each others names (in hosts file) dd if=/dev/fd0 of=/temp/diskimage bs=4096 -Duplicate a diskette copy from diskette to hard drive dd if=/temp/diskimage of=/dev/fd0 bs=4096 -copy diskette image onto diskette /usr/lpp/X11/bin/xset -display unix 0 s off -Kill display timeout lsfs -v jfs -List of Filesystem items. lsfs -q -v jfs -you can see also the parameter of a filesystem and thus see if e.g. /backup was or is a big_filesystem_enabled one. Important for the 2GB File limit. lsuser f root Shows all user parameters (max .file size,etc) sysdumpdev -L Check last system dump status sysdumpdev -l Check system dump device settings lslpp -f Upd_Timna_DTM.obj List contents of the package

1.5

Networking

ksh for ENT in ` lsdev Cs pci|grep ent | awk '{ print $1 }'|cut c 1,2,4 `;do mktcpip S $ENT done exit -Shows all interfaces IP config+mask+router+DNS ! host timna1 displays station default IP address works ONLY in DNS environment

ifconfig en0 displays en0 driver params netstat -i displays network interfaces setting mktcpip -S en0 #host:addr:mask:_rawname:nameserv:domain:gateway:type:start syslab18:192.9.100.1:255.255.255.0:en0:10.4.2.12:csil.creoscitex.com:10.4.30.1:N/A:no GREAT TCPIP info in one command !!! showmount e displays all exported volumes showmount -a show who's got my filesystemsses mounted over IP ! lssrc g tcpip displays all IP oriented processes status entstat -drt ent0 |grep i error display any communication errors on etn0 entstat -r Resets all the statistics back to their initial values. arp -a shows a local arp cache cd /usr/local/es/;res restarts appletalk netstat -ptcp shows IP statistics netstat -pudp shows UDP statistics netstat -c -s -m client only; server only NFS mount netstat -I en0 10 Trace en0 every 10 seconds netstat -rn Display routing info with IP address (10.4.27.182) netstat -in Shows the state of all configured interfaces netstat -r Display routing info with full hostnames (timna2.csil.creoscitex) nfsstat z ;to reset NFS stats without reboot cat /etc/resolv.conf Check DNS settings stopsrc g NFS To stop NFS services on a client startsrc g NFS To start NFS services on a client traceroute 149.115.39.1 Trace all hobs (interconnections=routers) to the destination IP netpmon -o netpmon.out trcstop Traces all network processes activity into a logfile. Must be preceede by a trcstop command ! nslookup hostname Shows the DNS server name and address ping -R -c 1 bnc2 Ping with displaying the routing info namerslv -s | grep domain | awk '{ print $2 }' Displays a fully qualified domain name of a host rup Shows the status of a remote host on the local network nmonnfs Traces all NFS processes activity mount hostname:/filesystem /mount-point Mount an NFS filesystem mknfsexp -d /directory Creates an NFS export directory mknfsmnt Creates an NFS mount directory rmnfs Stops and un-configures NFS services mknfs Configures and starts NFS services exportfs -u (filesystem) Un-exports a filesystem exportfs Lists all exported filesystems exportfs -a Exports all fs's in /etc/exports file

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Disks

synclvodm -vP svg3 synchronizes ODM and the disk VG info. redefinevg svg3 Redfined VG definition in ODM lqueryvg -p hdisk0 Avt -reads logical volumes info from disk bootinfo -s hdiskx Shows Megabytes available even if no volume group is assigned. lspv -p hdiskx (PP's used, location on disk, mount point) lscfg -vp -l hdiskx (all information about a disk/raid)

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Filesystem

chfs -a size=+200000 /var increases /var FS by 100MB du -sk /john shows directory used space in kb !!!! mount all mounts all FS umount /dataVolumes/rtest9.1.0 unmounts a FS fuser -k /dev/cd0 Releases a CD that will not unmount ! fuser c /dataVolumes/rtest9.1.0 -Find out which process_id lock the FS istat <filename> Shows when the file was last created/modified/accessed !!!!

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System monitoring

istat <filename> Shows create/modify/access file info alog -o -t boot | more displays system boot log w Lists login users and their programs. who Identifies the users currently logged in /usr/local/es/swho Identifies the Ethershare users currently logged in last |more shows last logins last 20 Shows recent 20 lines last root Shows username root login/logout record last ftp Shows all FTP session in the record mount shows all mounted filesystems (nfs+local) ps -ef show all running processes ps -ef |grep Scitex show all scitex running processes du -ak /scitex|sort -n -r|head 10 -Display 10 biggest directories on the volume by size find /scitex -xdev -size +2048 -ls|sort -rn +6|head 10 -to find 10 top files in the root (/) directory larger than 1 MB.-xdev helps searching ONLY in / !!!!!!!!! history Last commands run on the system by this user alog -ot boot Lists a log of all boot operations grep TX /etc/environment Verify daylight settings

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Performance issues

nmon a nice monitor - runs only on AIX5 and up topas a nice monitor - runs only on AIX 4.3.3 and up monitor -top 10 -s 2 monitors system 10 top processes with 2 seconds

iostat 2 displays disks activity every 2 seconds refresh interval iostat a 2 AIX5 ONLY !!!! displays disks and ADAPTER !!!! activity every 2 seconds refresh interval vmstat 2 ;monitors virtual memory statistics every 2 seconds (see appendix A) sar P ALL 2 2 Show all CPUs activity on an SMP machine svmon i 2 Monitors real and virtual memory ps auxw | sort r +3 |head 10 -Shows top 10 memory usage by process ps auxw | sort r +2 |head 10 -Shows top 10 CPU usage by process ps auw | grep defunct Shows zombies processes (to kill reboot or kill the parent) filemon O all o filemon.out ; find / -name core ; trcstop Traces FS,LV,disks,files activityof a find command into a logfile (filemon.out). Must be preceded by a trcstop command. tprof x find / -name core ; trcstop Traces CPU activityof a find command Severall logfile are created. Must be preceded by a trcstop command. tprof -ske -x "sleep 30" -Trace CPU activity for next 30 seconds.Results in file sleep.tprof lvmstat ev svg1 lvmstat v svg1 2 AIX5 ONLY !!!! enable gathering the VG statistics Display VG logical volumes statistics every 2 seconds

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Remote issues (working over the modem)

pdelay tty0; pdisable tty0 >/dev/null ;penable tty0 -Resets tty0 stty erase '^?' Makes bakespace to work /scitex/version/utils/modem/kermit -l /dev/ttyx c atdt {phone #} Use Unix to Dailout (for any reason) ttyx is the serial port the cable is connected /scitex/version/utils/modem/kermit -s /u/d0/ripro_messages -i Sends a file to a remote desktop in binary mode /scitex/version/utils/modem/kermit r -Receives a file to from remote desktop

1.11 Browsing errlog with errpt

1.12

Security issues

chmod -s Filename

Remove Sticky Bit to a file or directory

chmod +r+w+x+t Filename Add Read+Write+Execute+Temp mode to a file or directory. This is a blanket change for all owner, user & group. Numeric Access Modes 0 (---) - no access 1 (--x) - execute permissions; search permissions for directories 2 (-w-) - write access 3 (-wx) - execute/search permission and write access 4 (r--) - read access 5 (r-x) - execute/search permission and read access 6 (rw-) - read and write access 7 (rwx) - execute/search permission and read and write access mkpasswd -f rebuild the /etc/passwd indexes in case of suspected corruption

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Miscellaneous

ksh find / -type f|xargs grep "10.4.27.181" 2> /dev/null -Find all files containing my IP address compress -c file > file.Z Compresses the files while keeps the original whereis <command-ame> Returms full path of program