AIX

LINUX
DIFFERENCE
Directory
Mappings

AIX

RedHat Linux

Root File System /

/dev/hd4

/
/dev/sda2 if SCSI
/dev/hda2 if IDE

Home Directories /home

/dev/hd1

/home is in Root File System

O.S. Executables /usr

/dev/hd2

/usr is in Root File System

Temporary Space /tmp

/dev/hd3

/tmp is in Root File System

System Variable
/var
Data

/dev/hd9var

/var is in Root File System

Boot

/dev/hd5

/boot
/dev/sda1 if SCSI
/dev/hda1 if IDE

Logical Volume
type=paging

Paging
User
Accounts
Password
Files

AIX
/etc/passwd
/etc/security/passwd

Allow/Deny
rlogin=true in
roots
/etc/security/user stanza
Remote
telnet Login

Recover
roots
Password

Partition Id=82=Linux swap

Boot from CD or Tape,

Installation/Maintenance
Start Limited Shell
getrootfs hdisk0
vi /etc/security/passwd

RedHat Linux
/etc/passwd
/etc/shadow

Comment out securetty line in

/etc/pam.d/login
At grub boot loader screen,
press "e" to edit,
select "kernel" line
press "e" to edit,
Add " s" at end of line
press <Enter> to accept changes,
press "b" to boot,
at shell prompt, passwd root

Create new
mkuser
user

useradd

Delete user rmuser

userdel

Default User
staff=Group ID 1
Group

The same as their userid, both

name and number. E.G. User
Name=jasper, User ID=10167, Group
Name=jasper, Group ID=1016

General
Commands

AIX

RedHat Linux

Absolute Path tar cvf foo.tar

/etc/passwd
tar

tar Pcvf foo.tar /etc/passwd

ping Broadcast ping -c 1

10.224.88.255
Address

ping -b -c 1 10.224.88.255

Admin Helpers smit or smitty

41 redhat-config-* programs in
/usr/sbin & /usr/bin

Performance
Monitor

top
lsof
monitor

top
lsof

System
Activity
Reporter

sar

sar
sysstat

I/O Statistics

iostat

iostat
sysstat

Boot-Time
Error L
og

alog -o -t boot

dmesg

Display Swap
Size

lsps -a

free

Printers

AIX

RedHat Linux

Printer Queues

/etc/qconfig

/var/spool/lpd/lp/*

Control Print Server

Daemon

startsrc -s lpd
stopsrc -s lpd
lssrc
-s lpd

service cups start

service cups stop
service cups status

Submit Print Jobs

enq
lp
lpr
qprt

lpr

LP Statistics

enq -A
lpq
lpstat
qchk

lpq

Remove Print Jobs

cancel
lprm
qcan
enq -x

lprm

Add Printer Queue

smit mkpq

redhat-config-printer
printtool

Remove Printer
Queue

smit rmpq

Default Printer

First Stanza in /etc/qconfig

export LPDEST="pq"

TCP/IP

AIX

RedHat Linux

Network IP
Configuration

lsattr -E -l inet0

/etc/sysconfig/networkscripts/ifcfg-eth*

Name Service
Switch

/etc/netsvc.conf

/etc/nsswitch.conf

Network
Parameters

no -a

sysctl -a | grep net

Secondary IP
Address

ifconfig en0 alias

w.x.y.z

modprobe ip_alias
ifconfig eth0:1 w.x.y.z

Login
/etc/security/login.cfg
Prompt/Herald

System Files

/etc/issue

AIX

RedHat Linux

NFS Client Mounted

Directories

/etc/xtab

/var/lib/nfs/xtab

Max File System Size

128 GB

2 TB

Max File Size

64 GB

2 GB
8192 GB

LVM Commands

(512-byte block size)

(8-KB block size)

AIX

RedHat Linux

Filesystem Table

/etc/filesystems

/etc/fstab

Device Listing

lsdev -C

cat /proc/devices

Disk Information

bootinfo -s hdisk#

cat
/proc/scsi/scsi0/sda/model

LVM Concepts

Partition

Logical Extents

Volume

Logical Volume

Journal File System Type jfs

ext3
reiserfs

Default Volume Group

/dev/rootvg

None

Display Volume Group

lsvg -l rootvg

vgdisplay -v

Modify Physical Volume chpv

pvchange

Prepare Physical Disk

pvcreate

mkdev -c disk -l

hdisk#

List Physical Volume

lspv

pvdisplay

Remove disk from

volume group

reducevg

vgreduce

Move logical volumes to

migratepv
another physical
volumes

pvmove

Create volume group

mkvg

vgcreate

Remove Volume Group

varyoffvg
exportvg

vgremove

Volume Group
Availability

chvg
varyonvg
varyoffvg

vgchange

Restore Volume Group

importvg

vgcfgrestore

Export/Import Volume
Group

exportvg/importvg

vgexport/vgimport

List Volume Groups

lsvg

vgscan

Change Logical Volume

Characteristics

chlv

lvchange

List Logical Volumes

lslv

lvdisplay

Make Logical Volume

mklv

lvcreate

Extend Logical Volume

extendlv

lvextend

Reduce Logical Volume

AIX Reduce LV
Procedure

lvreduce

Remove Logical Volume rmlv

lvremove

Prepare Boot Volumes

bootlist -m normal

grub-install /dev/sda2 if
SCSI
grub-install /dev/hda2 if
IDE

Extend File System

chfs -a size=# fsname

(# is 512-byte
blocks)

resize2fs

Reduce/Split Mirrors

rmlvcopy

lvsplit

Merge Mirrors

lvmerge

Create Mirrors

mklv -c 2

Add Mirrors

mklvcopy lv 2

Create Striped Volumes mklv -u 3 -S 64K

lvcreate -i 3 -I 64

System Recovery Tape

mksysb -i /dev/rmt0

Backup

savevg -i rootvg

tar cvf /dev/rst0 /

Restore

restvg

tar xvf /dev/rst0

Miscellaneous
Commands

AIX

RedHat Linux

Startup script /etc/rc

/etc/rc.d/rc

Kernel

/usr/lib/boot/unix_up

/boot/vmlinuz (compressed)
/boot/vmlinux (uncompressed)

Kernel
Parameters

lsattr -E -l sys0
no -a

sysctl -a

Reconfigure
the Kernel

chdev -l sys0 -a

cd /usr/src/linux
make mrproper
make menuconfig
make dep
make clean
make bzImage
make install
make modules
make modules_install
cp arch/i386/boot/bzImage
/boot/vmlinuz-2.2.16
cd /boot
mv initrd-2.4.21-20.ELsmp initrd2.4.21-20.ELsmp.save
mkinitrd initrd-2.4.21-20.ELsmp $
(uname -r)vi /boot/grub/grub.conf

List modules

genkex

lsmod

Load module

insmod

Unload
module

rmmod

Initialize
System

install_assist

netconf

Physical RAM bootinfo -r

free

Kernel Bits

bootinfo -K

getconf WORD_BIT

Crash Utility

crash

lcrash

Trace System
syscalls
Calls

strace

OS Level

oslevel

uname -r

Run Level

who -r

runlevel

Tape Control

tctl

Core Dump
Files

/var/adm/ras

mt

/etc/environment
Timezone
Management /etc/profile

NTP Daemon

Software

/etc/sysconfig/clock

/etc/ntp.conf
startsrc -s xntpd
stopsrc -s xntpd
lssrc -s xntpd

/etc/ntp.conf
service xntpd start
service ntpd stop
service ntpd status

AIX

RedHat Linux

Install
Software

installp -a rpm -i package

Uninstall
Software

installp -u rpm -e package

List
Installed
Software

lslpp -L
all

rpm -qa

Verify
Installed
Software

lppchk -v

rpm -V package

List Files

lslpp -f
fileset

rpm -ql package

List
Installed
Patches

instfix -i

Package
Owner

lslpp -w
path

rpm -qf file

SW
Directory

/usr/lpp

/var/lib/rpm

cfgmgr

echo "scsi add-single-device 0 1 2 3" >

/proc/scsi/scsi
will reprobe for a single device only on Card 0,
Channel 1, Device 2, Lun 3, and add it if it is
found

Rescan
SCSI Bus

AFS
Code
Source

AIX
IBM Transarc's Lab

RedHat Linux
www.openafs.org

AFS
Cache
/usr/vice/
cache

Should be defined as
its own file system
before installing AFS. Same.
100MB is minimum. 1GB
is better.

mkdir /tmp/afs
cd /tmp/afs
scp -p
jasper@jasper:/afs/d/software/base/linux
/openafs-1.2.11/* .
rpm -ivh *rpm
cd /tmp
vi /usr/vice/etc/cacheinfo and set the
ftp jasper
cache size to 95% of the number of 1K
cd
blocks of /usr/vice/cache. 95% of 1GB
/afs/d/software/base/AF
(my standard), is 953850.
S_3.6
vi /usr/vice/etc/ThisCell
Install
get afsinstall.sh
set the cell name to delphion.com.
Direction get afsclient-42.tar
vi /usr/vice/etc/CellServDB
quit
s
replace all existing lines with
chmod +x afsinstall.sh
>delphion.com # Thomson-Delphion
./afsinstall.sh
10.224.88.241 #afs1.delphion.com
afsclient-42.tar
To start AFS, service afs start
rm afsinstall.sh
To allow AFS-authenticated logins,
afsclient-42.tar
ftp's, etc,
cd /etc/pam.d
cp -p system-auth system-auth.Before.AFS
cp -p --reply=yes /tmp/afs/system-auth
system-auth
rm -rf /tmp/afs

@sys
rs_aix42
(fs
sysname)

i386_linux24

/local ->

Delphion- /afs/d/@sys/local
Standard /u -> /afs/d/u
/usr/afsws ->
Links

/local -> /afs/d/@sys/local

/u -> /afs/d/u

/afs/d/@sys/usr/afsws

Devices

AIX

RedHat Linux

Install Devices

cfgmgr -v

Remove Device

rmdev -l

Device Drivers

lscfg

CPU

lsdev -Cc processor

List Terminal

lsdev -Cc tty

Diagnostics

diag

lspci
pnpdump

Whole Disk

/dev/hdisk#

/dev/sda

/dev/MAKEDEV

cat /proc/cpuinfo

CDROM

/dev/cd0

/dev/cdrom

CDROM File System

Type

cdrfs

iso9660

Rewinding Tape Drive /dev/rmt0

/dev/rst0

Non-rewinding Tape
Drive

/dev/rmt0.1

/dev/nrst0

Floppy Drive

/dev/rfd0

/dev/fd0

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