AIX commands most used in Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM)

AIX commands most used in Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM)

How to check the tape devices list in AIX ? # lsdev -Cc tape  How to check the adapters in AIX ? # lsdev -Cc adapter How to chec... 03:29

How to check the tape devices list in AIX ?

# lsdev -Cc tape

 How to check the adapters in AIX ?

# lsdev -Cc adapter

How to check the errors in OS level in AIX ?

# errpt -a

how to move (cut/paste) the files form one directory to another directory in AIX?

# mv   /dir1/dir2<filename>  /dir4/dir5/dir6/<filename>

Remove/delete the directory and files in AIX ?

# rmdir -r <dirname>     

To check which software applications are installed in AIX ?

# lslpp - l tivoli.tsm*

How to change permissions of a file/directory ?

# chmod 777 <file/dirname>

How to configure tape devices in AIX ?

# cfgmgr

How to install any software packages in AIX ?

using # smitty installp Or  # installp -agXd /softwares/install.bin

How to uninstall software packages for example all the tsm client softwares ?

# smitty remove tivoli.tsm.* Or # installp -ug tivoli.tsm.*

How to start TSM B/A Client schedule services in AIX in background?

# cd /usr/tivoli/tsm/client/ba/bin/ nohup dsmc sched  &    

How to start TSM web client services in AIX ?

# nohup dsmcad &  

How to start B/A client in web-browser ?

http://ip.address.of.server or domain name>:1581

How to start the TSM LANFree storage agent services in AIX ?

# cd  /usr/tivoli/tsm/StorageAgent/bin/nohup ./dsmsta &       

How to check the TSM services are running in AIX ?

# ps -ef | grep -i  dsmserv   

How to start the TSM services in AIX ?

For TSM 5.5 --> # cd /usr/tivoli/tsm/server/bin

For TSM 6.X --> # cd /opt/tivoli/tsm/server/bin

and then run below command to start in background  # ./dsmserv &

How to check the tape serial number in AIX ?

# lscfg -vpl <devicename> (Ex- rmt1)

How to check the file size in AIX ?

# df -k <filesystemname> (To check in kbs)

# df -m <filesystemname>(To check in mbs)

# df -g <filesystemname> (To check in gbs)

How to verify the list of files in a directory ?

# ls -ltr

How to change the ownership of the file ?

# chown username:groupname <filename>

How to copy the file from one dir to another dir ?

# cp <filename> /dir/dir/<filename>

How to check if the port number is working or not in AIX ?

# netstat -an <portnumber>