Update system firmware. New firmware can be found on the IBM fix central website.
List current firmware and find out if update is available
lscfg -vp|grep -p " ROM"
Download firmware and start update. This requires a reboot.
mkdir /tmp/fwupdate cd /tmp/fwupdate chmod +x 70286C4F.BIN ./70286C4F.BIN cd /usr/lpp/diagnostics/bin ./update_flash -f /tmp/fwupdate/3R080425.img
For root, modify /.profile as below.
PS1="$(whoami)@$(hostname)(\$PWD)# " export PS1
For users, modify the default /etc/security/.profile and the users .profile as below.
PS1="$(whoami)@$(hostname)(\$PWD)$ " export PS1
Change timezone
smitty chtz_user
Display timezone
echo $TZ
Verify ntp connection
ntpdate -d ntp1.polaire.nl
Edit ntp.conf
vi /etcv/ntp.conf
Remove broadcastclient, add servers.
server ntp1.polaire.nl server ntp2.polaire.nl server ntp2.home.polaire.nl
Start xntpd
startsrc -s xntpd
Uncomment xntpd from /etc/rc.tcpip so it will start on a reboot.
Check reach, delay, offset and dips
ntpq -p
remote refid st t when poll reach delay offset disp ============================================================================== *ntp1.polaire.nl .PPS. 1 u 37 64 377 0.43 -0.806 0.03 +ntp2.polaire.nl .PPS. 1 u 35 64 377 0.40 -0.536 0.05 +ntp2.home.polai .DCF. 1 u 29 64 377 0.23 0.674 0.09
Find current rootg and empty disk
lspv lspv hdisk0 getconf DISK_SIZE /dev/hdisk0
Add disk to rootvg, for example hdisk3.
extendvg rootvg hdisk3
Or force with -f
Mirror rootvg. This will take a while.
mirrorvg rootvg
0516-1126 mirrorvg: rootvg successfully mirrored, user should perform bosboot of system to initialize boot records. Then, user must modify bootlist to include: hdisk0 hdisk3.
Change list of bootable devices, so system can boot of both disks
bootlist -o -m normal bootlist -m normal hdisk0 hdisk3
Create boot image for both disks
bosboot -ad hdisk0 bosboot -ad hdisk3
Show rootvg mirroring
lsvg -l rootvg
PVs=2 is mirroring over two disks.
rootvg: LV NAME TYPE LPs PPs PVs LV STATE MOUNT POINT hd5 boot 1 2 2 closed/syncd N/A hd6 paging 4 8 2 open/syncd N/A hd8 jfs2log 1 2 2 open/syncd N/A hd4 jfs2 2 4 2 open/syncd / hd2 jfs2 7 14 2 open/syncd /usr hd9var jfs2 1 2 2 open/syncd /var hd3 jfs2 1 2 2 open/syncd /tmp hd1 jfs2 1 2 2 open/syncd /home hd10opt jfs2 1 2 2 open/syncd /opt hd11admin jfs2 1 2 2 open/syncd /admin lg_dumplv sysdump 16 16 1 open/syncd N/A livedump jfs2 2 4 2 open/syncd /var/adm/ras/livedump
Install infocenter.man.EN_US filesets
Create volume group
mkvg -y datavg -s 4 hdisk1 hdisk2
Create logical volume
mklv -t jfs2 -y optlv datavg 100
Show lv
lsvg -l datavg lslv optlv
Create filesystem
mkdir /mnt/opt crfs -v jfs2 -d optlv -m /mnt/opt -A yes
Mount filesystem
mount /mnt/opt