Troubleshooting
Problem
AIX-agent- Understanding the Guardium dependency on inittab
Resolving The Problem
On AIX, there are three startup and shutdown methods:
To have services started up automatically, AIX offers (similar to other UNIX/Linux operating systems) the inittab file to achieve this. From /etc/inittab you can either:
- Start the services directly from within inittab by issuing a command (script) to be run.
- Use a common script, generally referenced as rc.local, that is called from inittab, that contains one or more commands (or calling scripts) to be run.
- Use the rc.run level directories called from inittab.
To shut down a service automatically when a system is shut down, AIX offers:
- The /etc/rc.shutdown script. This file is the opposite of rc.local. Here, commands are placed that are to be run when the system is issued with a shutdown operation.
For further details on how to automate startup and shutdown please see https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/669345
This document discusses how to customize the AIX system so that user defined applications are automatically started during system boot and halted during system shutdown.
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Modified date:
25 February 2021
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ibm16417301