Finally on aix 6.1 ibm have introduced mounting of iso directly without raw copy on lv: Check if necessary loopback device is available # lsdev -C | grep loop if nothing returned, run: # mkdev -c loopback -s node -t loopback loop0 Available If the device is not present on system you get this error: 1320-003 loopmount: Specified loopback device is not found in ODM Now for mount: # loopmount -i /iso/dvd.iso -l loop0 -o "-V cdrfs -o ro" -m /mnt/dvd And umount: ...
Example of PowerVM virtual dvd setup: login: padmin padmin's Password: 1 unsuccessful login attempt since last login. Last unsuccessful login: Mon Jan 31 18:51:28 CST 2011 on /dev/vty0 Last login: Mon Jan 31 18:28:29 CST 2011 on /dev/vty0 $ $ mkrep -sp rootvg -size 10G Virtual Media Repository Created Repository created within "VMLibrary" logical volume $ mkvopt -name 6_1_6osp.iso -dev cd0 -ro $ $ mkvdev -vadapter vhost1 -fbo -dev vcd1 vcd0 Available $ loadopt -vtd vcd0 -disk 6_1_6osp.iso $ unloadopt -vtd vcd0
If you need to user ibm lto tape drive inside IBM, Adic, Dell tapelibrary, with Tivoli Storage Manager is necessary to use Download latest driver from IBM Fixcentral: Storage Systems => Tape Systems => Tape device drivers and software => Linux Get two two RPMs (my system is an RHEL 5 on 32bit hardware) : lin_tape-1.61.0-1.src.rpm <== Kernel module lin_taped-1.61.0-rhel5.i386.rpm <== Binary services First step, rebuild the source: # rpmbuild --rebuild lin_tape-1.61.0-1.src.rpm` ` Installing lin_tape-1.61.0-1.src.rpm Executing(%prep): /bin/sh -e /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.625 + umask 022 + cd /usr/src/redhat/BUILD + cd /usr/src/redhat/BUILD + rm -rf lin_tape-1.61.0 + /bin/gzip -dc /usr/src/redhat/SOURCES/lin_tape-1.61.0.tgz [cut] Wrote: /usr/src/redhat/RPMS/i386/lin_tape-1.61.0-1.i386.rpm Executing(%clean): /bin/sh -e /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.18792 + umask 022 + cd /usr/src/redhat/BUILD + cd lin_tape-1.61.0 + rm -rf /var/tmp/lin_tape-1.61.0-1-root-root + exit 0 Executing(--clean): /bin/sh -e /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.18792 + umask 022 + cd /usr/src/redhat/BUILD + rm -rf lin_tape-1.61.0 + exit 0 Second step, install all: ...
# lppchk –v lppchk: The following filesets need to be installed or corrected to bring the system to a consistent state: 9a33182fe26f1beae04e59e5cb6d3cdb 0.0.0.0 (COMMITTED) # lslpp -L Backup the ODM using the following command: # tar -cvf /tmp/odm.tar ./etc/objrepos ./usr/lib/objrepos # export ODMDIR=/usr/lib/objrepos # odmget -q name= lpp # odmdelete -q name= -o lpp # odmdelete -q lpp_name= -o product # odmdelete -q lpp_id= -o history # odmdelete -q lpp_id= -o inventory # export ODMDIR=/etc/objrepos # odmdelete -q name= -o lpp # odmdelete -q lpp_name= -o product # odmdelete -q lpp_id= -o history # odmdelete -q lpp_id= -o inventory # export ODMDIR=/etc/objrepos Check lppchk -v again to see if those entries are gone from ODM
0516-1734 extendlv: Warning, savebase failed. Please manually run 'savebase' before rebooting. If you run savebase -v and you get “non-bootable LV name given” try reconstucting your /dev/ipldevice file. Run savebase -v again and if you get the same error, try follow procedure: # bosboot -ad /dev/hdiskX (a disk that has hd5 on it) # bosboot -ad /dev/hdiskY (a disk that has hd5 on it) # ipl_varyon -i [You’ll get a return on every physical disk on the system] ...
Memo: lslpp List the package that owns a file # lslpp -w List the files in a package # lslpp -f List all packages installed # lslpp -L
There is an annoying bug (or feature depends on point of view) every restart/reconnect managed by NetworkManager, restore the original /etc/hosts loaded on startup. I’ve made a 3 line script inspired by visudo to manual edit the hosts file and prevent the other unexpected modifies: File like (with +x attribute): /usr/sbin/vihosts #!/bin/sh sudo chattr -i /etc/hosts sudo vim /etc/hosts sudo chattr +i /etc/hosts
Another stupid Citrix ICAClient issue on Redhat linux: [leo@thinkleo2 ~]$ /usr/lib/ICAClient/wfcmgr -icaroot /usr/lib/ICAClient Warning: Missing charsets in String to FontSet conversion Warning: Missing charsets in String to FontSet conversion Warning: Unable to load any usable fontset Error: Aborting: no fontset found Solution 1 force language C (my favourite for any lang problems): [leo@thinkleo2 ~]$ export LANG=C Solution 2 remove charset cjkuni: [leo@thinkleo2 ~]$ sudo yum remove cjkuni* Loaded plugins: priorities, product-id, refresh-packagekit, rhnplugin, subscription-manager Updating Red Hat repositories. Setting up Remove Process Resolving Dependencies --> Running transaction check ---> Package cjkuni-fonts-common.noarch 0:0.2.20080216.1-34.el6 will be erased ---> Package cjkuni-fonts-ghostscript.noarch 0:0.2.20080216.1-34.el6 will be erased ---> Package cjkuni-ukai-fonts.noarch 0:0.2.20080216.1-34.el6 will be erased ---> Package cjkuni-uming-fonts.noarch 0:0.2.20080216.1-34.el6 will be erased --> Finished Dependency Resolution Dependencies Resolved ============================================================================================================================= Package Arch Version Repository Size ============================================================================================================================= Removing: cjkuni-fonts-common noarch 0.2.20080216.1-34.el6 @anaconda-RedHatEnterpriseLinux-201105101829.i386/6.1 0.0 cjkuni-fonts-ghostscript noarch 0.2.20080216.1-34.el6 @rhel-i386-workstation-6 6.2 k cjkuni-ukai-fonts noarch 0.2.20080216.1-34.el6 @rhel-i386-workstation-6 17 M cjkuni-uming-fonts noarch 0.2.20080216.1-34.el6 @anaconda-RedHatEnterpriseLinux-201105101829.i386/6.1 21 M Transaction Summary ============================================================================================================================= Remove 4 Package(s) Installed size: 37 M Is this ok [y/N]: y Downloading Packages: Running rpm_check_debug Running Transaction Test Transaction Test Succeeded Running Transaction Erasing : cjkuni-fonts-ghostscript-0.2.20080216.1-34.el6.noarch 1/4 Erasing : cjkuni-ukai-fonts-0.2.20080216.1-34.el6.noarch 2/4 Erasing : cjkuni-uming-fonts-0.2.20080216.1-34.el6.noarch 3/4 Erasing : cjkuni-fonts-common-0.2.20080216.1-34.el6.noarch 4/4 duration: 336(ms) Installed products updated. Removed: cjkuni-fonts-common.noarch 0:0.2.20080216.1-34.el6 cjkuni-fonts-ghostscript.noarch 0:0.2.20080216.1-34.el6 cjkuni-ukai-fonts.noarch 0:0.2.20080216.1-34.el6 cjkuni-uming-fonts.noarch 0:0.2.20080216.1-34.el6 Complete! [leo@thinkleo2 ~]$
main.cf file Postfix related parametes: smtpd_sasl_authenticated_header = yes smtpd_sasl_auth_enable = yes smtpd_sasl_type = dovecot smtpd_sasl_path = private/auth dovecot.conf file Dovecot related parameters: auth default { mechanisms = plain login […removed irrelevance parameters…] socket listen { client { path = /var/spool/postfix/private/auth mode = 0660 user = postfix group = postfix } } }
This simple script transform a linux box into a DVB-S Satellite router to receive data from Eurobird 9E used by EUMETSAT to redistribute weather satellite image. REQUIRE: DVB Tools SMCroute PCI Card supported by Linux/DVB Tools (ex. Skystar 2) #!/bin/bash #################################################################### # # # Leonardo Rizzi # # Late night 24/04/2010 # # Revision 1.0 # # Tune DVB-S pci card for Eurobird 9E shifted from 13E Hotbird # # Tune, set net PID, Enable multicasting ecc. ecc. blah blah buuuu # # # #################################################################### #Globalvar DTUNE="/usr/bin/dvbtune" DNET="/usr/bin/dvbnet" MROUTE="/usr/sbin/smcroute" IFCONFIG="/sbin/ifconfig" SERVICE="eumetsat" #Set dvbcard 0-3 INT="0" #Set multicast forwarding interface and ip (by default TelliCast bind on 192.168.238.238) MINT="eth1" MIP="192.168.238.238" #Set absolute frequency in Hz FREQ=11977000 #Set polarization POL=H #Set symbol rate SYR=27500 #Set PID one space for value separation PID="100 300 301 302 500 509 510 511" #Begin start!! case "$1" in start) # Pre-Start check test -x $DTUNE || { echo "$DTUNE not installed or not configured properly"; if [ "$1" = "stop" ]; then exit 0; else exit 5; fi; } test -x $DNET || { echo "$DNET not installed or not configured properly"; if [ "$1" = "stop" ]; then exit 0; else exit 5; fi; } test -x $MROUTE || { echo "$MROUTE not installed or not configured properly"; if [ "$1" = "stop" ]; then exit 0; else exit 5; fi; } test -x $IFCONFIG || { echo "$IFCONFIG not installed or not configured properly"; if [ "$1" = "stop" ]; then exit 0; else exit 5; fi; } test -d /dev/dvb/adapter$INT || { echo "DVB$INT device not installed or not configured properly"; if [ "$1" = "stop" ]; then exit 0; else exit 5; fi; } # Tuning the dvb frequency echo "" echo "Tune the satellite donwlink on interface ${INT}" ${DTUNE} -c ${INT} -f ${FREQ} -p ${POL} -s ${SYR} -m >/dev/null 2>&1 & # Set address on local forwarding interface and bring it up echo "" echo "Set multicast forwarding interface ${MINT}" ${IFCONFIG} ${MINT} ${MIP} multicast up # Set PID on active dvb interface echo "" echo "Set net interface for listed PID:" for i in ${PID} do echo "Bring up PID $i" ${DNET} -a ${INT} -p $i>/dev/null 2>&1 done # Set address on dvbs interfaces and bring it up echo "" echo "Set net interface up:" for ii in {0..7} do echo "Bring up dvb net interface $ii" ${IFCONFIG} dvb${INT}_$ii 192.168.22$ii.238 up >/dev/null 2>&1 done # Start multicast router echo "" echo "Enable Multicast Router" ${MROUTE} -d #PID 100 multicast forward echo "Set multicast for PID 100" ${MROUTE} -a dvb0_0 192.168.1.1 224.223.222.34 ${MINT} ${MROUTE} -a dvb0_0 192.168.1.1 224.223.222.36 ${MINT} ${MROUTE} -a dvb0_0 192.168.1.1 224.223.222.40 ${MINT} ${MROUTE} -a dvb0_0 192.168.1.1 224.223.222.223 ${MINT} #PID 300 multicast forward echo "Set multicast for PID 300" ${MROUTE} -a dvb0_1 192.168.1.1 224.223.222.21 ${MINT} ${MROUTE} -a dvb0_1 192.168.1.1 224.223.222.31 ${MINT} ${MROUTE} -a dvb0_1 192.168.1.1 224.223.222.32 ${MINT} ${MROUTE} -a dvb0_1 192.168.1.1 224.223.222.37 ${MINT} ${MROUTE} -a dvb0_1 192.168.1.1 224.223.222.226 ${MINT} ${MROUTE} -a dvb0_1 192.168.1.1 224.223.222.252 ${MINT} ${MROUTE} -a dvb0_1 192.168.1.1 224.223.222.253 ${MINT} #PID 301 multicast forward echo "Set multicast for PID 301" ${MROUTE} -a dvb0_2 192.168.1.1 224.223.222.23 ${MINT} ${MROUTE} -a dvb0_2 192.168.1.1 224.223.222.33 ${MINT} ${MROUTE} -a dvb0_2 192.168.1.1 224.223.222.38 ${MINT} ${MROUTE} -a dvb0_2 192.168.1.1 224.223.222.39 ${MINT} ${MROUTE} -a dvb0_2 192.168.1.1 224.223.222.35 ${MINT} ${MROUTE} -a dvb0_2 192.168.1.1 224.223.222.227 ${MINT} ${MROUTE} -a dvb0_2 192.168.1.1 224.223.222.251 ${MINT} #PID 302 multicast forward echo "Set multicast for PID 302" ${MROUTE} -a dvb0_3 192.168.1.1 224.223.222.25 ${MINT} #PID 500 multicast forward echo "Set multicast for PID 500" ${MROUTE} -a dvb0_4 192.168.1.1 224.223.222.1 ${MINT} ${MROUTE} -a dvb0_4 192.168.1.1 224.223.222.22 ${MINT} ${MROUTE} -a dvb0_4 192.168.1.1 224.223.222.28 ${MINT} ${MROUTE} -a dvb0_4 192.168.1.1 224.223.222.27 ${MINT} ${MROUTE} -a dvb0_4 192.168.1.1 224.223.222.29 ${MINT} ${MROUTE} -a dvb0_4 192.168.1.1 224.223.222.30 ${MINT} #PID 509 multicast forward echo "Set multicast for PID 509" ${MROUTE} -a dvb0_5 192.168.1.1 224.223.222.248 ${MINT} ${MROUTE} -a dvb0_5 192.168.1.1 224.223.222.249 ${MINT} ${MROUTE} -a dvb0_5 192.168.1.1 224.223.222.250 ${MINT} #PID 510 multicast forward echo "Set multicast for PID 510" ${MROUTE} -a dvb0_6 192.168.1.1 224.223.222.231 ${MINT} ${MROUTE} -a dvb0_6 192.168.1.1 224.223.222.232 ${MINT} ${MROUTE} -a dvb0_6 192.168.1.1 224.223.222.233 ${MINT} ${MROUTE} -a dvb0_6 192.168.1.1 224.223.222.234 ${MINT} ${MROUTE} -a dvb0_6 192.168.1.1 224.223.222.235 ${MINT} ${MROUTE} -a dvb0_6 192.168.1.1 224.223.222.236 ${MINT} ${MROUTE} -a dvb0_6 192.168.1.1 224.223.222.237 ${MINT} ${MROUTE} -a dvb0_6 192.168.1.1 224.223.222.239 ${MINT} ${MROUTE} -a dvb0_6 192.168.1.1 224.223.222.240 ${MINT} ${MROUTE} -a dvb0_6 192.168.1.1 224.223.222.242 ${MINT} ${MROUTE} -a dvb0_6 192.168.1.1 224.223.222.243 ${MINT} ${MROUTE} -a dvb0_6 192.168.1.1 224.223.222.244 ${MINT} ${MROUTE} -a dvb0_6 192.168.1.1 224.223.222.245 ${MINT} ${MROUTE} -a dvb0_6 192.168.1.1 224.223.222.246 ${MINT} ${MROUTE} -a dvb0_6 192.168.1.1 224.223.222.247 ${MINT} sleep 5 ;; stop) # Stopping the dvb card echo "" echo "Stopping Satellite Downlink" killall dvbtune >/dev/null 2>&1 echo "" echo "Stopping Multicast Routing" # Stopping Multicast Router ${MROUTE} -k # Disable dvbs interfaces and remove active PID echo "" echo "Shutting down DVB-S interfaces" for iii in {0..7} do /sbin/ifconfig dvb0_$iii down >/dev/null 2>&1 ${DNET} -d $iii >/dev/null 2>&1 done # Remove and disable multicasting forwarding interface echo "" echo "Shutting down multicasting forwarding interface" ${IFCONFIG} ${MINT} del ${MIP} multicast ${IFCONFIG} ${MINT} down ;; restart) $0 stop $0 start ;; status) PID1='pidof dvbtune' echo "" echo "Tuning subsystem running at pid" $PID1 PID2='pidof smcroute' echo "" echo "Mulicast router running at pid" $PID2 ;; multicast) echo "Multicasting Routing table:" ip mroute show ;; *) echo "Usage: $0 [start|stop|restart|status|multicast]" ;; esac exit;s