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Can I log in as root change the password then stay logged in and open another session to test. That way if it fails I am still in first session to try and change it again.

I want to change the root password on an AIX box. What is the best method to do this so i do not get myself locked out. When I do i search the results come up for resetting the password if you are...

I do a mksysb to tape twice a month. Daily there is backup run to tape of a datavg that is on the system. I have a Windows server that acts as a BDR fro the windows and linux servers. I do an image...

Currently I am backing up AIX to tape. I would like to setup a back that goes to another server either windows or linux that we already backup and send offsite automatically. Is this possible?
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I have an issue with my aix box. the power went down. I got the box back up and can log into it. the datavg drives are not showing as active. How do i make them active. let me know if you...

thanks for all the help . once i changed the ulimit to unlimited on the AIX box it worked like a charm.

i can write files and directories to the mount from AIX. the ulimit on the ubuntu server is set to unlimited. the ulimit on the AIX box is not set to unlimited will that have an affect? If the rootvg...

I am trying to do a mksysb to a mounted directory that i hava on an ubuntu server. I have 80Gb of space on the ubuntu server. the job fails with message backup medium write error: File to large. What...

Sweet! thanks that help. I tried smit on the production box but was not seeing fs I needed. Thanks for this I was able to get what I needed done on the prod box.

I an trying to increase the file size on an AIX 5.3 box. I think i am missing the correct syntax for the command. Here is was i am trying on a test box

# lsvg rootvg
VOLUME GROUP: rootvg ...

I Was able to ssh into the AIX box. now i cannot When I run the command to start it it comes back that is was started, but still does not work. Here is a shot i what i see

# server:/> lslpp -l |...

I have been mounting a directory to share with a windows pc. If i reboot the AIX box the mount goes away. How can i make the mount permanent? Here is the command I use to make the mount

exportfs...

Thanks for the reply. I ran these commands. from the results below i thing it is running. I did get an error on the last command.

hmpprod:/> ls -l /var/spool/cron/crontabs
otal 56
rw-r--r-- ...

Can crontab be removed from an AIX system. We had a script that was running on the system. It stopped working. An outside vendor said that crontab does not exist on the system. and that is why it is...

thank you i missed adding the pc to the aix hosts file. I had done that for the server. it works now

tried that and it still did not work. When i first tested i did this on server 2008 r2 and it all worked fine with the code i listed.

windows 7 pro does not had nfs. windows 7 enterprise and ultimate do

I am trying to set a share between windows and an AIX server. I was able to do this to a windows 2008 server. I am now trying to get this to worked on a windows 7 enterprise pc. below is what i get....

Thanks guys for the help. I have been able to get my data backed. I am trying to get one mksysb done to a mounted volume. I have created a nfs mount to a linux nas device. is this the correct syntax ...

mkcifsmnt -f /cifs_fs -d AIX -h hmpsrv01 -c mrwadmin -p password -x 755 -w HMP

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I am new to using AIX. I am trying to figure out how to make a backup of the system. there is a rootvg and a datavg on it. I would like to get both but datavg is the one i really need. I...