As SMIT didn’t seem to be handling ‘inline log’ very well, I’ll do ’em by hand. 1) Create VG: mkvg -S -y VGNAME PV 2) Create LV: mklv -t FILESYSTEM TYPE -y LVNAME VGNAME PV 3) Create a File System with INLINE log: crfs -v FILESYSTEM TYPE -d LVNAME -m MOUNTPOINT DIRECTORY -a log=INLINE examples:…
Category: AIX
Backup of VIOS to NIM Server
I encountered an interesting fact recently when attempting to backup a VIOS. The VIO is running off an old Power Series server which has a HMC. Apparently attempting to run the backupios command from within the VIO cli will fail with an error detailing that you don’t have the proper rights. Hence, here is a…
AIX MPIO Configuration with Integrated Virtualization Manager (IVM)
The following settings should be done: 1 chdev -l fcsX -a link_speed=2G (optional) 2 chdev -l fscsiX -a dyntrk=yes -a fc_err_recov=fast_fail 3 chdev -l hdiskX -a reserve_policy=no_reserve 4 chdev -l hdiskX -a hcheck_interval=30 Explanation of the settings: link_speed=2G (hard codes the link speed to 2GB, instead of using auto-negotiate) * dyntrk=yes If Dynamic Tracking of…