AIX 6.1 TL04 sp3 supports the new POWER7 machines like Power 750, 77 and 780, where CPUs can be run at slower speeds to reduce electrical energy use when not busy. This feature is switched on by Systems Director and the Active Energy Manager plugin which talks to the service processor to enables it.  I like the "Dynamic Power Saving - Favour Performance" option.  From the AIX end, the pmcycles command is used to find your current CPU frequency. Before switching on the energy saving: # pmcycles -M This machine runs at 3550 MHz - This... [More]

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AIX Workload Partitions (WPAR) are now certified by Oracle for Oracle 10gr2 Oracle announces Oracle 10gR2 support for Workload Partitions IBM TechDocs Flash: AIX WPAR (Workload Partition) available for Oracle Database        

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PowerHA recently announced support for the following: PowerHA announces support for DS3400 PowerHA announces support SAS Adapters PowerHA announces support 5735 PCI-e Dual Fibre Adapter Click on the above linked text for full support details.

HACMP recently announced support for the following: PowerHA announces support for JS23/JS43 PowerHA announces support JS12 PowerHA announces support for Async GLVM PowerHA/XD Announces Support for SVC 4.3.1 Click on the above linked text for full support details.

Using NIM to install VIOS 2.1 The install may hang with after the message: "Mounting File Systems" Why? VIOS 2.1 requires more than 1GB of memory typical for VIOS 1.5 From the Release Notes: Each LHEA *port* assigned to the VIO Server requires a minimum of 612MB (not a typo) of memory - *each* port. This is in addition to the base memory that VIOS 2.1 itself requires (typically 512MB). Example: If you have two [2] LHEAs assigned to VIOS 2.1, the VIOS will need a minimum of: 612 MB + 612 MB + 512 MB = 1,736MB (LHEA) + (LHEA) + (Base) =... [More]

With day light savings time nearing, its a good time to check if your AIX version has the proper patches. There were some problems in some TL's last fall. The recommended levels are: AIX 6.1 Package Level shipped APAR/Filesets 6100 TL0 6100-00 IZ09600 bos.rte.libc 6.1.0.2 6100 TL1 6100-01 IZ22211 bos.rte.libc 6.1.1.1 AIX 5.3 Package Level shipped APAR/Filesets 5300 TL8 SP2 5300-08-02-0822 IZ22212 bos.rte.libc 5.3.8.2 Package Level shipped APAR/Filesets 5300 TL7 SP2 5300-07-02-0806 IZ11729 bos.rte.libc 5.3.7.2 If you have any questions, check... [More]

This is a new feature of starting with AIX 5.3 TL9 and AIX 6.1 TL2. svmon will now report a new metric called "available memory." This is the amount of memory available to applications. It includes memory in the file cache. The basic idea is that a user can consume the "available memory" without causing the system to start paging to paging space. Once "available memory" is depleted, AIX will have to start paging out to paging space. To get svmon to display the available metric, you can specify the ''-O summary=basic" option. There are a... [More]

Samba is an open source, free software suite that provides seamless file and print services between Windows® clients and UNIX®-like platforms. It can be run on a UNIX-like platform like AIX®, BSD® UNIX, Linux®, IBM® 390 and OpenVMS. Samba uses the TCP/IP protocol that is installed in the host server. When configured, this server software allows the host machine to share files and printers and make them accessible from Windows clients. The following URL provides setup instructions... [More]

HACMP recently announced support for the following: PowerHA supports N6040,N6070,N7700,N7900 Click on the above linked text for full support details.

There is a potential problem with AIX display of local time which might occur around the transition to standard time this coming weekend. If the problem occurs, in most cases the only impact is that AIX displays local time incorrectly for a day or so around the transition to or from daylight savings time. AIX displays standard time when it should display daylight savings time or vice versa. Of course, while local time is being displayed incorrectly, if some local time is provided to an application (eg, changing the AIX system clock,... [More]

HACMP recently announced support for the following: PowerHA v5.5 Announcement Letter PowerHA/XD Announces Support for VIO 1.5 w/SVC Click on the above linked text for full support details.

The System p Support site has migrated to a new subscription service tool for support notifications named My notifications You'll need an IBM Developerwork's ID. (It's free and painless to register a new ID) Subscriptions for IBM Systems provides the following new features: - Ability to create multiple subscriptions with different topics and notification options- Ability to create and name multiple folders to organize your subscriptions- Ability to specify weekly or daily notifications when a topic is updated- Ability to access the PTF Cover... [More]

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As of Service Pack 1 of HMC V7R3.3, there's a new access control that must be considered when creating new users. By default, remote access is not allowed, even if in general you've already allowed remote users. The box to check if you want to allow remote access is found under User Properties in the task used to create or modify a user's account. When creating a user account, remember to click on User Properties at the bottom of the task menu. In the lower left corner of the menu that comes up next you'll find a check box that says Allow... [More]

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