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Answer Question   |  April 4, 2012  2:46 PM
AIX, AIX training
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5 pts.

iSeries error report
Does the iSeries have a similiar command to AIX’s errpt?

Answer Question   |  May 22, 2009  3:50 PM
AIX, AS/400 command keys, ERRPT, iSeries
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25 pts.

How to configure Cisco PIX 525 to record SSH logon connections?
Configuration PIX 525 ———— Syslog Server Pix 525 running – 7.0 Pix logging trap has been set to informational Syslog Server – Aix 5.3 ssh logon is not being recorded in syslog All other activities are being logged in syslog

Answer Question   |  May 22, 2009  6:03 PM
AIX, Cisco, Cisco Firewall, Cisco PIX 525, Firewalls, PIX 525, SSH, Syslog
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10 pts.

Oracle 9i
We had installed Oracle 9i and on AIX and then installed our front end application, now we want the oracle to have pro*c option. Is there any patch available to just install pro*c option rather than reinstalling oracle and selecting pro*c during installation. We cannot risk reinstalling oracle as it may affect our application. Please [...]

Answer Question   |  May 12, 2009  1:51 PM
AIX, Oracle 9i, Oracle installation
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10 pts.

Call SQR (Structured Query Reporter)
how to call sqr on aix and return spf to windows

Answer Question   |  May 11, 2009  12:54 AM
AIX, SQL, SQR, Structured Query Reporter
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5 pts.

How to capture CPU utilization efficiently in various Unix m/c’s?
We need to capture CPU utilization while load run of our testing in different environments (solaris, Linux, AIX) with single or multi cpu’s. In Solaris, presently we are capturing CPU utlization using prstat. In Linux there are many commands like vmstat, mpstat, top, sar etc. Which is the best and reliable command?

Answer Question   |  December 1, 2008  2:44 PM
AIX, CPU usage, CPU Utilization, Linux, Solaris, Unix
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455 pts.

FTP SSL AIX to Z/os
I have set up FTP as SECURE ALLOWED on Z/os. I want to test an FTP from AIX and have it use SSL. How do I get it to read ‘override’ parameters of my FTP stack. i.e., the ‘userid.FTP.DATA’ file? Is there anyway to do that?

Answer Question   |  November 10, 2008  9:05 PM
AIX, FTP, FTP Stack, SSL, z/OS
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5 pts.

Database hang on AIX
I’m experiencing a database hang and so far I haven’t discovered the root cause of the problem. We are running DB2 v9 fixpak 3a on AIX 5.3. The instance is hanging and we can’t kill the DB2 processes so the only way to restore services is rebooting the server. The following is the output from [...]

Answer Question   |  December 4, 2008  5:58 PM
AIX, AIX Performance, DB2, DB2 Fixpak
485 pts.

SDSF DA OJOB views for AIX (Unix)
I am look for a way to incorporate a monitor screen for my opeations staff that is as close to da ojob in sdsf on the MVS system. showing: jobname prg cpu% i/o rate I have been told there is not real way of doing this but I know there has to be a way. [...]

Answer Question   |  October 28, 2008  10:59 AM
AIX, DA OJOB, Mainframe, MVS system, SDSF, SDSF Active Job Queue, System Display and Search
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5 pts.

Client receiving multiple printout from SAP
How can this be stopped?

Answer Question   |  August 26, 2008  1:08 PM
AIX, SAP printing
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10 pts.

how to uninstall lotus domino 8.0 from IBM/AIX 5.3
We just installed Notes 8.0 on AIX 5.3, we need to uninstall/reinstall but cannot find any documentation on “clean”uninstall procedures

Answer Question   |  August 13, 2008  6:38 PM
AIX, Lotus Domino 8.x, Lotus Notes 8.x
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15 pts.

AIX relink
Does Oracle need to be relinked after going from 5.3 ML4 to AIX 5.3 TL6 SP4. Any help is greatly apprecated

Answer Question   |  July 31, 2008  4:28 PM
AIX, Oracle
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5 pts.

domino R5 with AIX 3.4 Backups Issue
Hi, Our application is a Lotus Domino Web based application running on AIX V3.4 and it is a very highly critical system whcih used to exchange the information with the Mainframe system. There are no backups scheduled for this system with no dev/uat servers. Even the IBM informed us, that this server is out of [...]

Answer Question   |  July 23, 2008  9:57 AM
AIX, Backup & recovery, Domino backup, Domino R5, iNotes, Lotus Domino Web Access, Lotus Web applications
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5 pts.

TSM-installing new Quantum Scalar 50 w/ TSM
Need assistance with procedures for installing new tape device in TSM / AIX environment. Help on procedures much appreciated. Thanks,

Answer Question   |  July 21, 2008  2:44 PM
AIX, Quantum, Tape libraries, TSM
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15 pts.

DB2: Optimizer not using any indexes
I have DB2 version 8.2 installed in AIX one thing I am seeing is strange that optimizer not using any indexes. In any simple join index are not being used. Is there any parameter which needs to be set up?

Answer Question   |  August 14, 2008  5:15 PM
AIX, DB2, DB2 8.x
485 pts.

UNIX Process CPU time
hello – How can I report “current” CPU utilization for a given process on UNIX (AIX)? using ps -ef and grepping the process name and awking the C column (CPU Time) reports CPU util since boot – not current. Thanks!

Answer Question   |  April 17, 2008  1:40 AM
AIX, Awk, Grep, Linux, Unix
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5 pts.

Moving oracle database
HI, We have planned to move our oracle 10g production database from Solaris to Aix bix. So experts, please suggest any best practices that you follow or any scripts that should be run before moving it or any documentation or case study that will help us to do the work more efficiently. Thanks a lot.

Answer Question   |  March 28, 2008  8:38 AM
AIX, Database, Oracle 10g, Oracle migration, Solaris
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20 pts.

Oracle 10.2.0.2 on AIX5L
we installed oracle 10.2.0.2 on AIX 5l, we heard that there are performance issues with indexing (Oracle may pick the wrong index) . Has anyone had similar experiences and if so, what patches have you applied to resolve the problem?

Answer Question   |  March 6, 2008  7:45 PM
AIX, AIX 5L, Oracle 10
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5 pts.

Thin Provisioning ?
Interested in any feedback regarding the viability of Thin Provisioning ( via FC SAN attached, not NAS)in a large scale environment. Items of specific interest related to Win2k03,AIX Oracle/MSSQL What vendors solution are you using? Has it worked as expected? Has the added value of T.P overcome any additional management requirements? Any surprises? Appreciate any [...]

Answer Question   |  September 25, 2008  1:22 PM
AIX, FC SAN, Oracle SQL, Thin provisioning, Windows Server 2003
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0 pts.

Access to an EMC SAN
We are considering moving some apps from individual blades (a growing expense) to a partition of an existing, underused i520. One hang up is DASD, especially moving or reloading the terabytes of data currently held in our SAN. With the new partioning of an i5, especially when running an AIX, or Windows partition it seems [...]

Answer Question   |  July 21, 2008  12:38 PM
AIX, DASD, EMC, i5, i520, iSeries, Partitioning, SAN
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0 pts.