AIX Tips

• To enable command history set -o
  Esc \ - will auto fill filename in ksh
  Esc K J will scroll through commands if 4
• To enable command scroll set -o
• AIX Web Based Systems Management
  192.168.2.104/wsm.html - might want to preinstall client
  192.168.2.104/remote_client.html (both linux and windows supported)
• AIX default for first line of Perl is not the same as most examples
• NFS Mount: mount -o vers=1 192.168.2.32:/c/ibmcert/ml09 /mnt/nfs
  works great with w/t axenfs
• To get microcode upload file: invscout
• To fix blown firmware 0e08 www.bigredradio.com/firmware.html
  * A very good reason to check your floppy drive from time to time.
• Booting:
  The ROS initial program load (IPL) checks the user boot list, a
  list of available boot devices. This boot list can be altered to
  suit your requirements using the bootlist command.
  
  If the user boot list in non-volatile random access memory (NVRAM)
  is not valid or if a valid boot device is not found, the default boot
  list is then checked. In either case, the first valid boot device
  found in the boot list is used for system startup.
  
  If a valid user boot list exists in NVRAM, the devices in the list
  are checked in order. If no user boot list exists, all adapters and
  devices on the bus are checked. In either case, devices are checked
  in a continuous loop until a valid boot device is found for system
  startup.
• Many UNIX's default to /usr/local/man/ - not AIX
  You will need to move the contents from above to /usr/share/man/man1/
• Library .a file to .so
  aaronmorris at mindspring dot com
  If you have the libphp4.a instead of libphp4.so on AIX, you can
  extract the .so file from the .a file by running "ar -x libphp4.a".

AIX Acronyms and Definitions

• AIX - Advanced Interactive eXecutive