Monthly Archives: November 2008

AIX: Useful Resources

AIX 3rd Party Packages IBM AIX Toolbox Prebuilt RPM packages for AIX http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/p/os/aix/linux/toolbox/download.html Ordering AIX Refresh Media You need login/password for this site. Good to order new media such as OS http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=111&context=SWG10&q1=order+refresh+media&uid=isg3T7000019&loc=en_US&cs=utf-8&lang=en

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Solaris: Release 10/08 Now Available

Just received an email this morning from Sun that Solaris 10 (10/08) is now available for download. This release includes the following features: • ZFS boot on x86 and SPARC systems • Support for new Intel Xeon, AMD Opteron, UltraSPARC … Continue reading

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AIX: Disk Mirroring w/ mirrorvg

Just last week I received a new IBM pSeries 550! I admit, my first time setting this thing up was a bit frustrating. We did not have any Hardware Management Console (HCM), but through trial and error I was able … Continue reading

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