IBM AIX 5.3, 6.1 and 7.1 TL Lifecycle

AIX 5.3, 6.1 and 7.1 lifecycles
https://www-304.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg3T1012517


AIX 6.1 Lifecycle

Knowledge Xpert for Oracle

Replacing failed / missing PV on rootvg AIX

Replacing a failed PV when the configuration does not allow the use of the replacepv command (for hdisk in rootvg)

Speaking UNIX - Customize your shell in AIX

VMware vStorage API (VADP) and TSM 6.2.2

TSM 6.2.2 supports VADP backups:
- VADP for file-level proxy backup
- VADP for Full backups (direct read from VMDK files for backup and restore)
- Auto discovery of New VMware guests (Virtual Machines)

Proxy platforms:
- Windows Server 2003 - 2008 (32 - 64bit, 2008R2 - 64 bit only)
VMware patforms
- ESX / ESXi - 3.5, 4.0 - 4.1

TSM Operational Reporting - Client Schedules - Status - Restarted, Failed, Completed, Future, In Progress, Missed, Pending, Severed, Started, Uncertain

Meaning of status in TSM Operational Reporting of Client Schedules.

Status can be: Restarted, Failed, Completed, Future, In Progress, Missed, Pending, Severed, Started, Uncertain.

Statuses:

   Specifies the status of the event at the time the QUERY EVENT command
   is issued. Possible values are:

Useful HMC key combintaions: Switch to shell, restart xserver

CTRL-ALT-F1: Switch to Linux command line; no login possible. If you then click on CTRL-ALT-DEL the system will reboot.
CTRL-ALT-F2: Takes you back to the Xserver window.
CTRL-ALT-BACKSPACE: Kills of the Xserver and will start a new -fresh- one, so you can login again.

vtmenu - Open virtual console from SSH on HMC

Here is short how to "open vitual console from SSH on HMC"

Login to HMC ant type vtmenu:

hscroot@hostname:~> vtmenu

 Retrieving name of managed system(s) . . . Server-xxxx-xxx-xxxxxxxxx

 ----------------------------------------------------------

  Partitions On Managed System:  Server-xxxx-xxx-xxxxxxxxx

  OS/400 Partitions not listed

 ----------------------------------------------------------

   1)    Partition name                           Running

   2)    Partition name                           Running

Recovering Oracle

Here is nice schema how to recover oracle:

http://examples.oreilly.com/unixbr/oracle.html

TSM WiKi

TSM Wiki:
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/wikis/display/tivolistoragemanager/Home

LPAR and VIO on IBM AIX UNIX Servers

Virtual I/O (VIO) and Virtualization

Briefly What is Virtualization?

The Virtual I/O Server is part of the IBM System p5 Advanced Power Virtualization hardware feature. Virtual I/O Server allows sharing of physical resources between LPARs including virtual SCSI and virtual networking. This allows more efficient utilization of physical resources through sharing between LPARs and facilitates server consolidation.

This allows a single machine to run multiple operating system (OS) images at the same time but each is isolated from the others. POWER4 based machines started this in 2001 by allowing many Logical Partitions (LPAR) to run on the same machine using but each using different CPUs, different memory sections and different PCI adapter slots. Next came with POWER4, the ability to dynamically change the CPU, memory and PCI adapters slots with the OS running. With the introduction of POWER5 in 2005, further Virtualization items have been added:

1. Less than a whole CPU can be allocated to a LPAR
2. The LPARs sharing CPUs can be setup to allow automatic load balancing (in milliseconds)
3. The sharing of disks, networks, optical devices (CD/DVD) using a VIO Server (see below)

For whole article read:
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/wikis/display/virtualization/VIO
Source: IBM DeveloperWorks Wiki

HA/Clustered SAN Storage Solution for VMware?

VMware server HA is resolved by "VMware HA" already but what's about HA on storage level?

I mean real storage HA, no single point of failure, switchover without down time, synchronous mirroring between two storages, CDP - continuous data protection.
Have you ever thought about any solution to ensure HA on storage level?
I have spent many hours, days to find out proper solution.

VMware ESX/ESXi hosts can be placed into groups called clusters. A cluster contains 2 to 32 ESX hosts that work cooperatively together to provide features such as VMware HA and DRS. All the virtual machines in this HA cluster are protected by VMware HA. VMware HA detects failures of the ESX hosts, so when an ESX host fails, VMware HA moves and restarts the virtual machines on another unaffected ESX host in the cluster. Shared storage is an important component of the solution. Since the storage array stores the virtual disks of possibly all the virtual machines, even the smallest disruption can create a wide range of effects in a storage array where availability is vital.

I've found solutions: SAN storage cluster or SAN virtualization.
Read more bellow....

TSM Reporting Error -- Server Information

Operational Reporting reports fail with errors, either ANS1051E Invalid password, or empty report with:
Error -- Server Information

Results

Cause:
The administrator password used in the Operational Reporting configuration is out of sync with the password stored on the TSM Server.

IOBlazer - Storage stack micro-benchmark for VMware

How to do stress test and benchmark of storage subsystem in virtual environment?
Here is the answer: IOBlazer is storage / disk benchmark for VMware.

IOBlazer is a multi-platform storage stack micro-benchmark. IOBlazer runs on Linux, Windows and OSX and it is capable of generating a highly customizable workload.

Oracle Database 11g: Interactive Quick Reference Guide to Oracle Database 11g Release 2

Oracle Database 11g: Interactive Quick Reference Guide to Oracle Database 11g Release 2 

	Top DBA Views: Key DBA static data dictionary views and dynamic performance views organized by product feature areas
	Architecture: A single diagram that illustrates the relationships between key database memory structures, processes, and storage
	Background Processes: A comprehensive list that categorizes the background processes and flags which are new in Oracle

Download the Oracle Database 11g Interactive Quick Reference

Source: Oracle's Database Application Developer Newsletter