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Operating Systems AIX init not starting processes from inittab Post 302280377 by dukessd on Monday 26th of January 2009 06:21:41 PM
Old 01-26-2009
I assume cron is not running - no sign of it in ps output.
This indicates inittab is stalled, probably on a wait command.
Either comment out everything in the inittab, from the last job showing in the console log until the cron entry, and then ad them back one at a time until you find the one blocking the inittab, or add an entry between each line that writes an update to a log file and then the log file should show where inittab stalls.
Or try checking the ps output (ps -ef) for any inittab wait processes still running, then kill them to see if the inittab continues and starts cron.

HTH
 

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volinstall

volinstall(8)						      System Manager's Manual						     volinstall(8)

NAME

       volinstall - Sets up Logical Storage Manager (LSM) environment after LSM installation

SYNOPSIS

       /usr/sbin/volinstall

DESCRIPTION

       The volinstall script sets up LSM special device files, and add the following lines to the /etc/inittab file:

       lsmr:s:sysinit:/sbin/lsmbstartup  -b  </dev/console  >/dev/console  2>&1  lsm:23:wait:/sbin/lsmbstartup -n </dev/console >/dev/console 2>&1
       vol:23:wait:/sbin/volreconfig -n </dev/console >/dev/console 2>&1

       The first line calls the /sbin/lsmbstartup script, which enables LSM to start automatically on system reboot. The  second  line	calls  the
       /sbin/volreconfig script, which handles any pending encapsulation requests.

       If /sbin/lsmbstartup is not added to the /etc/inittab file, LSM must be started manually after system reboot.

									  Note

       The  volinstall script is automatically invoked by the volsetup, clu_create, and clu_add_member commands. Therefore, running the volinstall
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SEE ALSO

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