VG COMMANDS

lsvg Display all VGs lsvg -o Display all active VGs lsvg rootvg Display info about rootvg lsvg -l rootvg Display info about all LVs in rootvg lsvg -o |lsvg -il Display info about all LVs in all VGs lsvg -p rootvg Display info about all PVs in rootvg mkvg -s 8 hdisk1 Create VG with name vgxx on hdisk1 with partition size 8MB mkvg -s 8 -y sivg hdisk1 Create VG with name sivg on hdisk1 with partition size 8MB mkvg -s 4 -t 2 -y sivg hdisk1 Create sivg on hdisk1 with PP size 4 and no of partions 2 * 1016 chvg -a y newvg To cuase VG newvg automatically activated at startup chvg -a n newvg To deactivate the automatic activation at startup chvg -t 2 newvg To change maximum no. of PP to 2032 on vg newvg chvg -Q n newvg To disable quorum on VG newvg reorgvg newvg Reorganises PP allocation of VG newvg extendvg newvg hdisk3 hdisk4 Add PV hdisk3 and hdisk4 to VG newvg exportvg newvg Exports the VG newvg importvg -V 44 -y newvg hdisk2 Import the hdisk2 with name newvg, and assign major number 44 redcucevg newvg hdisk3 Remove PV hdisk3 from VG newvg varyoffvg newvg To deactviate VG newvg varyonvg newvg To activate VG newvg syncvg -v sivg To sync the mirrored LV in the VG sivg mirrorvg -S -m sivg hdisk2 To mirror LVs of sivg with hdisk2 (-m for exact mirror, -S forbackground mirror) unmirrorvg sivg hdisk2 To remove the mirrored PV from the set.

FS COMMANDS

lsfs Lists all filesystems in the /etc/filesystems entry lsfs -q List all filesystems with detailed info lsfs -a To list all filesystems (default) lsfs -l Specify the output in list format lsfs -c Specify the output in column format lsfs -v jfs Lists all jfs filesystems chfs -a size=24576 /si Change size of FS /si to 24576 x 512 bytes blocks (12 MB) chfs -a size=+24576 /si Add 24576 x 512 byte blocks to FS /si chfs -m /si /bi Change the mount point from /si to /bi chfs -A /si To auto mount the filesystem si chfs -d account /si Remove account attribute of /si. ( from /etc/filesystems file) chfs -a splitcopy=/backup -a copy=2 /oracle This will mount the 2nd copy of mirrored filesystem oracle to /backup in read-only mode crfs -v jfs -g testvg -a size=64465 -m /SHIVA Creates FS /SHIVA of type jfs in VG testvg of blocksize 64465 crfs -v jfs -d /dev/lv00 -m /SHIVA Create FS /SHIVA of type jfs on device /dev/lv00 rmfs /SHIVA Deletes FS /SHIVA and associated LV rmfs -r /SHIVA Deletes FS /SHIVA its mount point and associated LV defragfs /sifs To defragment the file system /sifs defragfs -q /sifs Display the current defrag status of the file system fsck -y n /dev/lv00 To fsck the filesystem associated to /dev/lv00 assuming response "yes" fsck -p /dev/lv00 To restore superblock from backup superblock

PV COMMANDS

lspv hdisk0 Display status and characteristics of the PV lspv -p hdisk0 Display PP usage of hdisk0

lspv -l hdisk0 To list all logical volumes on PV hdisk0 chpv -v r hdisk1 Close the PV (Used while removing PV without varyon) chpv -v a hdisk1 Open the PV chpv -c hdisk0 Clear the master boot record on PV hdisk0 migratepv hdisk1 hdisk2 To move PPs from PV hdisk1 to hdisk2 migratepv -l silv hdisk1 hdisk2 To migrate LV silv from PV hdisk1 to hdisk2

LV COMMANDS
lslv -l lv00 Display info about LV by PV lslv -p hdisk1 Display LV allocation map for hdisk1 chlv -t copy lv00 To change the lv00 to copy type chlv -p r lv00 To change the lv00 to readonly mode rmlv silv To remove silv rmlv -f silv To remove silv without user intervention mklv -s n -c 3 silv hdisk1 To make LV silv with three copies on hdisk1 extendlv silv 5 To extend the LV silv with 5 LPs mklvcopy -s n lvsi 2 hdisk1 To mirror LV lvsi on same PV with 2 copies mklvcopy lvsi 3 hdisk1 hdisk2 To mirror LV lvsi on PV hdisk1 and hdisk2 with 3 copies rmlvcopy lvsi 2 hdisk1 Will remove one copy of LV lsvi from hdisk1 mklv -t jfslog -y log00 newvg 2 To create a jfslog with name log00 on VG newvg with 2LPs logform /dev/log00 To format jfslog volume log00

BLV COMMANDS

bootlist -m normal -o To see the boot sequence in normal mode

bootlist -m service -o To see the boot sequence in service mode bootlist -m normal cd0 hdisk0 To change boot sequence to cd0,hdisk0 in normal mode bootlist -m service cd0 rmt0 hdisk0 To change boot sequence to cd0,rmt0,hdisk0 in service mode bosboot -ad /dev/hdisk1 To create boot image on PV hdisk1 mkboot -cd /dev/hdisk1 To clear the boot image bootinfo -b Specifies the bootable disk bootinfo - t Specifies the type of boot bootinfo -e Check the machine can boot from tape bootinfo -T To see the machine type bootinfo -s hdisk0 To see the size of hdisk0 bootinfo -r To see the size of memory

PAGE SPACE COMMANDS

lsps -a To list out all paging spaces lsps hd6 To display the details of the paging space hd6 chps -a y paging00 To turn on the paging space paging00 chps -a n paging00 To turn off the paging space paging00 chps -s4 paging00 To increase the size of the paging space in 4 LP blocks mkps -a -n -s4 sivg To create a paging space on VG sivg of 4 LP size (-s4) and activate it immediately (-n) and activate it at every restarts rmps paging00 To remove the paging space paging00 swapon -a To invoke all entries in /etc/swapspaces file

swapon /dev/paging00 To make available swap space paging00

SYSTEM DUMP COMMANDS

sysdumpdev -l To list the current dump destination sysdumpdev -L List the details of the previous dump sysdumpstart -p Starts dump in the primary dump device sysdumpstart -s Starts dump in the secondary dump device sysdumpdev -p /dev/lv00 To make lv00 as primary dump device sysdumpdev -P -p /dev/lv00 To make lv00 as primary dump device permanently sysdumpdev -s /dev/rmt0 To make rmt0 as secondary dump device sysdumpdev -z To determine a new system dump occurred

Device related commands

cfgmgr To configure devices and installs device software in system cfgmgr -l vscsi0 To configure the components connected to the vscsi0 interface lscfg To display config, diagnostics and vital product definition info lscfg -l mem0 Display info about device mem0 lscfg -l ent* Display info about all Ethernet cards lscfg -v Display vpd lscfg -v -l hdisk0 Display vpd of hdisk0 mkdev -l rmt0 To change device rmt0 from defined state to available state lsdev -P To lists all supported devices lsdev -P -c disk To list all supported disks lsdev -P -r class To display supported class

lsdev -P -r subclass To display all sub class lsdev -C To lists all configured devices lsdev -C -l mem0 To display the properties of mem0 chdev -l sys0 -a maxproc=100 To change default maxproc value to 100 chdev -l rmt0 -a blocksize=512 To change the block size to 512 chdev -l rmt0 -a ret=no To avoid tape retension rmdev -l rmt0 To remove the device rmt0 rmdev -d -l rmt0 To remove the device totally from database rmdev -l rmt0 -S To change the state of the device stopped lsparent -C -k rs232 To display possible parent devices which accept rs232 devices lsparent -C -l hdisk0 To display parent devices which accept child device hdisk0 lsattr -Dl rmt0 To see the default values of the device rmt0 lsattr -El rmt0 To see the current values of the device rmt0 lsattr -El tty0 -a login -R To see all possible values of the login attribute of tty0 lsconn -p scsi0 To list all possible connection scsi0 can accept lvlstmajor To list the available major numbers mknod /dev/null c 2 2 Create null device with major (2) and minor (2) nos. (c - char device)

Console emulation commands

lscons To list the current console lscons -b To list the console at next boot chcons /dev/tty3 To change the console to tty3

chcons -a login=enable /dev/tty3 Redirect console to tty3 and provide login prompt swcons /dev/tty3 To change system console to tty3 temporarily

Installation specific commands

lslpp -l To see the details of installed file sets lslpp -ha bos.net.* To list the installation history of all file set in bos.net packages lslpp -f bos.rte To list the files in the bos.rte package lslpp -w /etc/hosts To list the file set which contain /etc/hosts file lslpp -p bos.net.nfs.server To list the pre requisites for bos.net.nfs.server file set installp -L -d /dev/rmt0.1 To list the installable products on the device rmt0 installp -aX -d /dev/rmt0.1 bos.net To install all filesets within bos.net and expands file system if it requires installp -u bos.net To remove bos.net installp -r To reject the applied software installp -c -f <product> To commit the <product> installp -C To cleanup an incomplete installation lppchk -c <product> To check the <product> instfix -k IX9999 -d /dev/rmt0.1 To install the file set associated with fix IX9999 from rmt0 instfix -ik IX9999 To verify fix IX9999 installed

Network related commands

host 193.9.200.1 Resolves ip to host name (from /etc/hosts file)

host ibm Resolve ibm to ip address (from /etc/hosts file) hostname ibm To change the host name to ibm entstat en0 To the status of ethernet device en0 entstat -d en0 To list the detailed status of device en0 no -a To list all net configurable attributes and their values no -d thewall To change thewall parameter to its default value no -o ipforwarding=1 To make the machine as router in tcpip networks traceroute ibm To trace the route to ibm ping ibm To tcp ping to the machine ibm ifconfig -a To show the status of all network interfaces ifconfig en0 To show the status of en0 ifconfig en0 up Turns on network card en0 ifconfig en0 down Turns off network card en0 ifconfig en0 detach Removes en0 card from the network interface list ifconfig en0 inet 194.35.52.1 netmask 255.255.255.0 up Configure en0 starts immediately ifconfig en0 alias 195.60.60.1 Create alias ip address for en0 route add 0 192.100.13.7 To make 192.100.13.7 as default gateway for entire network route add 192.100.12.0 192.100.13.7 To make 13.7 as gateway for 12.0 network route -f To clear the gateway table chdev -l inet0 -a hostname=si To change the host name to si permanently netstat -a To show the state of all sockets netstat -c To show the network buffers cache netstat -D To show the net drops of packets netstat -i To display interface statistics netstat -r To show the routing table netstat -rn To show routing table (ip will be given instead of host names)

netstat -s To show the statistics of the protocols netstat -s -p < tcp/udp/ipv6> To show the statistics of respective protocols

Space usage commands

du -k To list number of bytes in 1k blocks du -l To list number of bytes in 512 bytes blocks du -s To list only the total disk usage in the current directory df -i To display no of free and used inodes df -k To display diskspace in 1024 bytes format

Backup commands

mksysb -i -X /dev/rmt0 Creates image.data and system backup (-X expands /tmp if required) mksysb -m /dev/rmt0 Creates image.data file with map file and system backup mksysb -e /dev/rmt0 Creates system data but excludes the files listed in /etc/exclude.rootvg mkszfile Creates /image.data file mkcd -d /dev/cd1 Creates system boot backup to the CD-R device /dev/cd1 mkcd -d /dev/cd1 -v vg00 Creates backup of vg vg00 to CD-R device /dev/cd1 mkcd -d /dev/cd1 -G Creates generic boot backup savevg -i -f /dev/rmt0 vg00 Creates vg00.data image file and backup vg vg00 savevg -ef /dev/rmt0 vg00 Creates vg00 backup but excludes files listed in the /etc/exclude.vg00

find / -print | backup -ivf /dev/rmt0 Backup entire system to rmt0 backup -0vf /dev/rmt0 /home Backup /home directory to rmt0 with backup level 0 restore -Tvf /dev/rmt0 List the archive in rmt0 restore -xvf /dev/rmt0 /home Restore /home from archive in device rmt0 find ./home -print |cpio -ocvumB > /dev/rmt0 Archives /home directory cpio -icvdumB < /dev/rmt0 Restores cpio archive from rmt0 cpio -ivt < /dev/rmt0 List the contents of cpio archive from rmt0 cpio -icvd < /dev/rmt0 /home Restores /home directory from rmt0 tar -cvf /dev/rmt0 /home Archives /home to rmt0 device tar -tvf /dev/rmt0 List the archives in rmt0 tar -xvf /dev/rmt0 /home Extract /home from rmt0 dd if=si of=si1 conv=ebcdic Convert and copy ascii file si to ebcdic si1 dd if=/dev/rmt0 ibs=512 obs=1024 of=/dev/rmt1 To copy blocks from rmt0 with 512 blocks to rmt1 with 1024 blocks tctl -f /dev/rmt0 rewind To rewind the tape tctl -f /dev/rmt0 offline To eject the tape tctl -f /dev/rmt0 status To show the status of tape chdev -l rmt0 -a block_size=512 To change the block size of the tape to 512

Print commands
qchk -q To display the default q qchk -P lp0 To display the status of the printer lp0 qchk -# 123 To display the status of job number 123 qchk -A To display the status of all queues qcan -x 123 To cancel the print job 123

qcan -X -P lp0 To cancel all jobs submitted to lp0 qpri -#570 -a 25 To change the priority of the job to 25 qhld # 569 To hold the job 569 qhld -r -#569 To remove holding from 569 qmov -m lpa -#11 To move the job 11 to queue lpa enable psq To enable queue psq disable psq To disable queue psq cancel -#111 To cancel job 111 lpstat To display the status all queues lpstat -p lp0 To display the status of print queue lp0 lpstat -u root To display the jobs submitted by user root lpq -P lp0 To display the status of queue lp0

last To list all the records in the /var/adm/wtmp file last |grep shutdown To show the shutdown sessions uptime (w -u ) To show how long the system has been up

Licensing commands
oslevel To list the operating system level lslicense To see the number of license chlicense -u30 To change the fixed user license to 30 chlicense -f on To enable floating user license

User commands

id To list all system identifications for current user id -gn To list the default group for current user id -Gn To list all system groups for current user lsuser root To list the attribute of user root lsuser ALL To list the attributes of all users lsuser -a HOME ALL To list the home directory of all users lsuser -a ALL To list all usernames lsuser -a auth1 auth2 ALL To list the authentication method for all users lsuser -a expires ALL To list expiry date lsuser -a account_locked ALL To check account lock status of all users chuser -a login=true san To enable the user san chuser -a rlogin=true san Enable san to login remotely mkuser si Creates user si with default values in /usr/lib/security/mkuser.defalault mkuser su=false si Create user si without su facility rmuser si To remove user si rmuser -p si To remove user si and his all attributes who List users with tty nos and ip numbers who /var/adm/wtmp Lists history of login logout system startup and shutdowns who -r To list the run level who am i /who -m To list the current user mkgroup dcm To create the group dcm chgroup users=u1,u2,u3 dcm To add users u1 u2 and u3 to dcm group rmgroup dcm To delete the group dcm chauthent To change the authentication methods

Subsystem Commands
lssrc -a To list the status of all subsystems lssrc -h node1 -a To list the status of all subsystems on foreign host node1 lssrc -s kadmind To list the status of the subsystem kadmind lssrc -g tcpip To get the status of the subsystem group tcpip mkssys To add a subsystem rmssys -s kerberos To remove the subsystem kerberos chssys -s kerb -s kad To rename the subsystem kerb to kad startsrc -s kadmin To start the subsystem kadmin startsrc -g tcpip To start the subsystem group tcpip stopsrc -s kadmin To stop the subsystem kadmin stopsrc -g tcpip To stop the subsystem group tcpip refresh -s nfsd To refresh nfsd subsystem refresh -g tcpip To refresh tcpip subsystem group

Scheduling commands

crontab -l To list the crontab entries crontab -e To edit the crontab entries crontab -l > /si To copies the entries of crontab to /si file crontab -r To remove all crontab entries crontab -v To list the submission time /var/adm/cron/cron.allow File containing users who allowed cron service /var/adm/cron/cron.deny File containing users denied cron service

at -l To list the jobs scheduled via at command at -r root.dfjdhjdh.21 To remove the scheduled job root.dfjdhjdh.21 /var/adm/cron/at.allow File containing users who allowed at service /var/adm/cron/at.deny File containing users denied at service batch To run the command when the system load permits atq joe To list all the jobs submitted by user joe

ODM Commands

odmget sm_menu_opt To get the objects from class sm_menu_opt odmget -q "id=licenses" sm_menu_opt To list objects that matches query id=licenses from object sm_menu_opt odmdelete -o sm_menu_opt -q "id=licenses" To delete the entries from class sm_menu_opt which agrees the query id=licenses odmshow sm_menu_opt To show the object class definition odmdrop -o sm_menu_opt To drop sm_menu_opt object class odmchange -o sm_menu_opt -q "id=licenses" file1 To change the attributes from file1

errpt To display complete summary of report errpt -a To list complete detailed report errpt -d H To list all hardware related errors

errpt -d S To list all software related errors errpt -a -j 34564423 To list detailed error report of error id 34564423 chitab tty002:23:respawn:/usr/sbin/getty /dev/tty To enter the entry tty002:23:respawn:/usr/sbin/getty /dev/tty in inittab lssrc -g portmap To start tcpip

HACMP Commands
logs /tmp/hacmp.out Detailed event script output logged in 7 day rolling history /var/adm/cluster.log High level view of cluster events (No clean up on this file) /usr/sbin/cluster/history/cluster.mmdd Day by day view of cluster events. (one file / day of month) /tmp/cm.log Clstrmgr messages /tmp/cspoc.log Output from C-SPOC commands (similar to smit.log) /tmp/emuhacmp.out Output from event emulation

rdist -b -f /etc/disfile1 To distribute the files in disfile1 to all nodes in disfile1 in binary mode Sample entry for disfile1 HOSTS = ( root@node1 root@node3 ) FILES = ( /etc/passwd /etc/security/passwd) ${FILES} -> ${HOSTS} clstart -m -s -b -i -l To start cluster daemons (m-clstrmgr, s-clsmuxpd, b-broadcast message, -i-clinfo, -l cllockd) clstop -f -N To force shutdown cluster immediately without releasing resources clstop -g -N To do graceful shutdown immediately with no takeover

clstop -gr -N To do graceful shutdown immediately with takeover

cldare -t To sync the cluster toplogy cldare -t -f To do the mock sync of topology cldare -r To sync the cluster resources cldare -r -f To do the mock sync of resources

clverify cluster verification utility

cllscf To list clustur topology information cllsclstr To list the name and security level of the cluster cllsnode To list the info about the cluster nodes cllsnode -i node1 To list info about node1 cllsdisk -g shrg To list the PVID of the shared hard disk for resource group shrg cllsnw To list all cluster networks cllsnw -n ether1 To list the details of network ether1 cllsif To list the details by network adapter cllsif -n node1_service To list the details of network adapter node1_service cllsvg To list the shared vgs which can be accessed by all nodes cllsvg -g sh1 To list the shared vgs in resource group sh1 cllslv To list the shared lvs cllslv -g sh1 To list the shared lvs in the resource group sh1 cllsdisk -g sh1 To list the PVID of disks in the resource group sh1 cllsfs To list the shared file systems cllsfs -g sh1 To list the shared file systems in the resource group sh1 cllsnim Show info about all network modules cllsnim -n ether Show info about ether network module

cllsparam -n node1 To list the runtime parameters for the node node1 cllsserv To list all the application servers

claddclstr -i 3 -n dcm To add a cluster definition with name dcm and id 3 claddnode To add an adapter claddnim To add network interface module claddgrp -g sh1 -r cascading -n n1 n2 To create resource group sh1 with nodes n1,n2 in cascade claddserv -s ser1 -b /usr/start -e /usr/stop Creates an application server ser1 with startscript as /usr/start and stop script as /usr/stop

clchclstr -i 2 -n dcmds To change cluster definitions name to dcmds and id to 2 clchclstr -s enhanced To change the clustur security to enhanced clchnode To change the adapter parameters clchgrp To change the resource group name or node relationship clchparam To change the run time parameters (like verbose logging) clchserv To change the name of app. server or change the start/end scripts clrmclstr To remove the cluster definition clrmgrp -g sh1 To delete the resource group sh1 and related resources clrmnim ether To remove the network interface module ether clrmnode -n node1 To remove the node node1 clrmnode -a node1_svc To remove the adapter named node1_svc clrmres -g sh1 To remove all resources from resource group sh1 clrmserv app1 To remove the application server app1 clrmserv ALL To remove all applicaion servers clgetactivenodes -n node1 To list the nodes with active cluster manager processes from cluster manager on node node1

clgetaddr node1 returns a pingable address from node node1 clgetgrp -g sh1 To list the info about resource group sh1 clgetgrp -g sh1 -f nodes To list the participating nodes in the resource group sh1 clgetif To list interface name/interface device name/netmask associated with a specified ip label / ip address of a specific node clgetip sh1 To get the ip label associated to the resource group clgetnet 193.9.200.2 255.255.255.0 To list the network for ip 193.9.200.2, netmask 255.255.255.0 clgetvg -l nodelv To list the VG of LV nodelv cllistlogs To list the logs clnodename -a node5 To add node5 to the cluster clnodename -o node5 -n node3 To change the cluster node name node5 to node3 clshowres Lists resources defined for all resource group clfindres To find the resource group within a cluster xclconfig X utility for cluster configuration xhacmpm X utility for hacmp management xclstat X utility for cluster status

NIM Commands
nimconfig -a pif_name=en0 -a netname=net1 To initialise the NIM master with network name net1 nimconfig -r To rebuild /etc/niminfo file which contains the variables for NIM

nim -o define -t lpp_source -a source=/dev/cd0 -a server=master -a

location=/export/lpp_source/lpp_source1 lpp_source1

To define lpp_source1 image in /export/lpp_source/lpp_source directory from source cd0

nim -o define -t mksysb -a server=master -a location=/resources/mksysb.image mksysb1 To define mksysb resource mksysb1, from source /resources/mksysb.image on master

nim -o remove inst_resource To remove the resource inst_resource nim -o check lpp_source1 To check the status of lpp_source lpp_source1 nim -o allocate -a spot=spot1 -a lpp_source=lpp_source1 node1 To allocate the resources spot1 and lpp_source1 to the the client node1 nim -o bos_inst node1 To initialise NIM for the BOS installation on node1 with the allocated resources nim -o dkls_init dcmds To initialize the machine dcmds as diskless operation nim -o dtls_init dcmds To initialize the machine dcmds for dataless operation nim -o cust dcmds To initialize the machine dcmds for customize operation nim -o diag dcmds To initialize the machine dcmds for diag operation nim -o maint dcmds To initialize the machine dcmds for maintenance operation nim -o define -t standalone -a platform=rspc -a if1="net1 dcmds xxxxx" -a cable_type1=bnc dcmds To define the machine dcmds as standalone with platform as rspc and network as net1 with cable type bnc and mac address xxxxx nim -o unconfig master To unconfigure nim master master

nim -o allocate -a spot=spot1 dcmds To allocate the resource spot1 from machine dcmds nim -o deallocate -a spot=spot1 dcmds To de allocate the resource spot1 from machine dcmds nim -o remove dcmds To re move machine dcmds after removing all resources associated to it nim -o reboot dcmds To reboot ther client dcmds nim -o define -t lpp_source -a location=/software/lpp1 -a server=master -a source=/dev/cd0 lpp1 To define lppsource lpp1 on master at /software/lpp1 directory from source device /dev/cd0 lsnim To list the nim resources lsnim -l dcmds To list the detailed info about the object dcmds lsnim -O dcmds To list the operation dcmds object can support lsnim -c resources dcmds To list the resources allocated to the machine dcmds

nimclient The client version of nim command (User can obtain same results of nim in server )