Useful IBM AIX/VIOS Links

Here’s some of the more useful IBM/AIX related links I’ve found. When I first started working with AIX, I spent days reading man pages and googling. Hopefully these will help someone out!

pSeries and AIX Information Center

IBM Wikis - AIX 5L Wiki - Home

AIX Quicksheets

AIX - Remove non-existant LVs

Subsystem Device Driver Path Control Module (SDDPCM) installation packages for the AIX operating system.

IBM - Microcode downloads

IBM - Booting in Service Mode

List of ODM Commands and Subroutines

Chapter 1. Network Installation Management (NIM) Introduction

Learn how standard AIX(R) tools can help you determine CPU bottlenecks. IBM performance experts show you how to interpret the reports generated by these tools for CPU utilization, thread priority, and scheduling to improve performance. They also provide two case studies to give you real-world examples.

Configure your swap space (including adding space in an emergency) to get the most out of your system. In this article, you’ll learn how to monitor your system to determine an effective swap space figure as well as examine methods for using swap space for more than just secondary random access memory (RAM).

IBM - POWER5 code matrix

VIOS documentation support

IBM Capacity on Demand: Activation code

Get more information on the virtualization capabilities of IBM(R) POWER5(TM) servers. Follow along as Nigel Griffiths illustrates how to set up and use the IBM Virtual I/O Server (VIO Server). In his previous article, ‘POWER5 Virtualization: How to set up the SUSE Linux Virtual I/O Server’, he described the benefits of the IBM POWER5 servers and provided examples on how to set up the environment for pSeries(R) p5 and eServer(TM) OpenPower(TM) systems.

Dynamic LPAR tips and checklists for RMC authentication and authorization

TSM Commands

Learn how to improve security between logical networks. In this article, Nigel Griffiths describes the benefits of working with VLANs using the IBM Virtual I/O Server (VIO Server).

PowerAIX User Groups - Power AIX

Non-AIX related, but very useful information on System Z and mainframe maddness