PVMe supports PVM, but its internal structure is completely new. As it runs on a PVMe homogeneous platform (The IBM 9076 SP2), many operations are simpler. The following are the outstanding differences between the structure of the PVM and IBM AIX PVMe. PVMe does not interact directly with TCP/IP to implement data communication between processors. […]
A vulnerability in IBM AIX 5.x and 6.x has been found which could be exploited by a local attacker to access sensitive information.The vulnerability is caused by a bug in the ‘at’ (/usr/bin/at) as it does not limit the privilege to read certain files (It has root permissions). This could be exploited by a local […]
Cheat sheets are a great way of learning as well can be a great reference for experienced users. Below are some of popular IBM AIX Cheat Sheets which we believe can be useful. AIX QuickSheet AIX Commands Cheat Sheet AIX Jumpstart for UNIX Professionals AIX Cheat Sheet Please share with us your favorite AIX Cheat […]
Do you ever feel you wish you could answer some of your own questions when you work with AIX® and your System p™ server? Do you ever feel you could save time by not having to call on the support professionals all the time? Well, wish no more. Shiv Dutta discusses some of the AIX […]
A crazy question huh. I was wondering how many people who will fall on my blog by mistake or even who meant to will know what AIX stand for. So I thought I will give a hint to all of you. According to wikipedia AIX (A dvanced I nteractive eXecutive) is a proprietary UNIX operating […]
A typical AIX system administrator problem is the importance of these systems, and being not able to stop them at anytime & for any reason. A downtime on these AIX boxes are very expensive and the admin has to avoid at all cost. In the other hand, its often the case where the admin has […]
If you are looking for some IBM AIX / Pseries software, or even if you are looking for any IBM software in general then you must check out ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/ The above ftp server is loaded with legal IBM software than you can use or just learn about them. Check it out & comment which of […]
Throughout the life of a volume group (VG) can happen a lot. The most common are in relation to its size or its physical volumes. Ah, I can hear a lot of you thinking about how to expand their volume :). When changing the size of a physical volume (PV) AIX does not realize it […]
When you get to the most unfortunate time & you have a failure with your AIX box it get to be handy to have the list of AIX Error Codes and their diagnosis. Although googling & internet searching is invaluable options these days, when searching for a resolution for AIX ensure it is totally related […]