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Monitor CPU, Memory and Network on AIX

Posted on June 17, 2011 by SoCRaT

Very good two commands to monitor CPU, Memory and Network on AIX: netstat and vmstat e.g. “netstat 5”, views the network activity, reports every 5 seconds, change 5 to 10 if you want every 10 seconds and so on. e.g. … Continue reading →

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Configure Ganglia Data Monitoring Agent (gmond) to send data to multiple Data Collection Agents (gmetad)

Posted on June 16, 2011 by SoCRaT

Edit the “/etc/gmond.conf” file, and just copy the udp_send_channel section, one copy for every host, e.g. udp_send_channel { host = 10.11.x.x port = 8649 ttl = 1 } udp_send_channel { host = 10.11.x.y port = 8649 ttl = 1 } … Continue reading →

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Installing a Text-based Browser on AIX (Lynx)

Posted on June 14, 2011 by SoCRaT

If you want a very simple text-based web browser in order to test responses on an AIX server and don’t want to waste time and bandwidth using Firefox – if it exists – and an X-session, use “Lynx”, Here are … Continue reading →

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How to overcome NFS through firewall issues using NFS4, while maintaining compatibility with NFS3 clients (Draft)

Posted on June 8, 2011 by SoCRaT

NFS4 server uses port 2049 only, no port mapping Run “startsrc -s nfsrgyd” on client and server Must use public file system, list the available using “nfsd -getnodes”, or else you’ll get an error indicating “No such filesystem or directory” … Continue reading →

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Resolve Hostname on AIX

Posted on May 19, 2011 by SoCRaT

host “hostname” e.g. host “myhost” Output: myhost is 10.11.212.134,  Aliases:   wkms2

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