AIX (Advanced Interactive eXecutive, pronounced "a i ex") is a series of proprietary Unix operating systems developed and sold by IBM for several of its computer platforms.
Questions tagged [aix]
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How to detect if a machine is virtualized or not
I have Linux, AIX, SunOs & HP-UX machines, I want to detect if the machine is virtual or not.
So far I found this article which helped me get this information on Linux:
dmesg | grep -i virtual //On Linux Machines
But I also need commands for…

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PS command ouput with fixed width for each column
I am trying to execute some PS commands on IBM AIX and Solaris. The output I get is not properly formatted, I want to see the values for each column with some fixed width.
Is there anyway I can mention width for each column that PS command shows?

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VMware or Xen support for AIX on pSeries architecture
I tried to find an explicit confirmation on VMware website if there is any chance we could virtualize AIX running on pSeriese architecture (P5, P6 and P7), but in vain.
so far we have only one product available which is PowerVM (IBM Product) but we…

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Authenticating AIX Users Against OID (Oracle Internet Directory)
We have a need to authenticate local users on an AIX server against OID using LDAP. We have a branch within OID where we've placed and synchronized Active Directory users. We've also configured external authentication on OID so that it verifies…

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AIX: iscsi volumes disappear after reboot
We have an IBM P505 AIX box, with two internal disks and a defined iSCSI volume.
The iSCSI volume is defined in it's own volume group, and is connected to an IBM iSCSI DS3300 disk array via the secondary onboard ethernet port (ie, we're not using a…

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Command to get adapter type
Do you know if there is a command for AIX servers to check which is their adapter type? I am trying to find if my AIX server is NPIV or vSCSI
Thanks in advance

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mklink folders from Windows server to AIX
We need to make a softlink to other server on AIX and when doing accordingly to guide in cmd occurs an error
mklink /D \\10.0.0.10\folder C:\folder
and it returns - The request is not supported
But vice versa
mklink /D C:\folder…

Konstantin B.
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Where's the global inputrc file in AIX?
I want to save my Readline settings globally for all bash users (it is installed on the system), but I cannot find the global configuration path, neither in /etc nor in /usr/etc. I also couldn't find it on the man pages myself.
I think there should…
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Changing the interface of a IPV6 route on AIX
My current IPV6 routing talbe:
Route Tree for Protocol Family 24 (Internet v6):
::/96 0.0.0.0 UC 0 0 sit0 - - =>
default link#2 UC 0 0 en0 - -
::1%1 …

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Backup Informix databases in AIX with Veeam
My production database is currently on an IBM server with AIX. We use Informix as our database software. We've migrated most of our physical assets to vSphere and back everything up with Veeam. We still have some Windows physical machines (need…

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How do I prioritize TLS 1.2 connections on Apache/IBM HTTP Server?
I have an IBM AIX machine running IBM HTTP Server version 8.5.5.0 which was recently configured to use TLS 1.2. Per corporate policy my server is supposed to use TLS 1.2, but for compatibility purposes we also have TLS 1.1 enabled. Testing with…

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Crontab - How to determine current active processes started by cron
We have a very sensitive application which heavily makes use of crontab and we would like to track of how many processes started by crontab are still running.
In short, we have a limit of 300 cron jobs in 'queuedefs' and we want to make sure that we…

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IBM WebSphere Application Server SSO does not set REMOTE_USER on Cognos BI 10.2.2
Very similar issue was posted here, I do not believe they are the same.
IBM WebSphere Application Server SSO sets REMOTE_USER incorrectly
We are running IBM Cognos Business Intelligence Server 10.2.2 (no other extra software products) on WebSphere…

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Vios x LPAR Clients - SEA relationship
I am developing a script to list all SEA adapters in a VIOs, their related physical, virtual adapters, along with their status and VLAN TAG ids.
I wish to include on this script the VIO clients (LPARs) using the specific SEA and their VLANs. I know…

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Is it possible to check current value of device attribute in AIX 5.3?
In AIX, if i want to change device attribute, i can use 2 different ways:
Change attribute and reconfigure device. Attribute will be changed immediately. But if devices is used ( for example, fs mounted ), this way cannot be used.
# chdev -l hdisk6…

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