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what is it?
what file does it use? - Used to maintain and manage log files;uses file /var/adm/ras/bootlog
- cfgmgr
- Configures devices and optionally installs device software into the system.
- last
- Displays all the previous logins and logoffs that still have entries in /var/adm/wtmp file.
- bootlist
- Displays and alters the list of boot devices available to the system; allows you to display and alter the list of boot devices from which the system may be booted.
- mpcfg
- Enables a user with root authority to manage service information.
- shutdown
- Used to shut down the system.
- alog -f
- Specifies the name of a log file. If the specified LogFile does not exist,one is created. If the alog command is unable to write to LogFile, it writes to /dev/null.
- alog -L
- Lists the log types currently defined in the alog configuration database. If you use the -L flag with the -t LogType flag, the attributes for a specified LogType are listed
- alog -o
- Lists the contents of LogFile; writes the contents of LogFile to standard output in sequential order.
- alog -q
- Copies standard input to LogFile, but does not write to standard output
- list contents of alog file
- alog -f LogFile [ -o ]
- You can change the default file that is used to log the activities by using
- alog -f LogFile | [ [ -q ] [ -s Size ] ]
- alog -t LogType -V
- The verbosity value specifies the depth of information that is written to a log
- You can use the different attributes of a log type by using the following command:
- alog -C -t LogType [ -f LogFile ] [ -s Size ] [ -w Verbosity ]
- display the current attributes of a log type
- alog -L [ -t LogType ]
- can view the boot log by either using the SMIT fast path
- smitty alog_show
- view the boot log (the log that holds boot information) enter:
- # alog -o -t boot
- The general syntax of the cfgmgr command is as follows:
- cfgmgr [ -f | -s | -p Phase ] [ -i Device ] [ -l Name ] [ -v ]
- cfgmgr -f
- -f Specifies that the cfgmgr command runs the phase 1 configuration
- cfgmgr -I
- -i Device Specifies the location of the installation medium.
- cfgmgr -l
- -l Name Specifies the named device to configure along with its children.
- cfgmgr -p
- -p Phase Specifies the phase that the cfgmgr command runs.
- bootlist syntax
- bootlist [ { -m Mode } [ -r ] [ -o ] [ [ -i ] | [ [ -f File ] [ Device [ Attr= Value ... ] ... ] ] ]
- bootlist -m
- -m mode Specifies which boot list to display or alter. Possible values for the
- bootlist -f
- -f File Indicates that the device information is to be read from the specified
- bootlist -I
- -i Indicates that the device list specified by the -m flag should be invalidated.
- bootlist -o
- -o Displays bootlist with the -m flag. Applies only to AIX Version 4.2 or later
- bootlist -r
- -r Indicates whether to display the specified bootlist after any specified alteration is performed
- To display a boot list use the command:
- # bootlist -m normal -o; If you want to make changes to your normal boot list, use the command: bootlist -m normal hdisk0 cd0