Wednesday, April 6, 2011

Determining the system configuration on AIX


I am using an AIX system at work these days. I used a AIX v4 system a few years ago. Since then I have become primarily a Linux person. Now I find myself using AIX again for a few days.

On Linux, the /proc file system is the repository for all system configuration. AIX has a /proc filesystem now but it is not as helpful as on Linux.

Here is a useful command to determine the number of CPUs and CPU information on AIX.

lscfg - Displays configuration, diagnostic, and vital product data (VPD) information about the system.
lsconf - Show basic hardware and configuration details
prtconf - Display system configuration information

Here are a list of other useful commands - AIX commands you should not leave home without.

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