AIX-to-Linux Quick Start Comparison
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AIX-to-Linux Quick Start Comparison
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Man Pages
Directory Mappings
User Accounts
General Commands
Printers
TCP/IP
System Files
LVM Commands
Miscellaneous Commands
Software
Devices
AFS
Other References
Directory Mappings
AIX
RedHat Linux
/
/dev/sda2 if SCSI
/dev/hda2 if IDE
Root File System
/dev/hd4
Home Directories
O.S. Executables
Temporary Space
System Variable Data
/home
/dev/hd1
/home is in Root File System
/usr
/dev/hd2
/usr is in Root File System
/tmp
/dev/hd3
/tmp is in Root File System
/var
/dev/hd9var
/var is in Root File System
Boot
Paging
/dev/hd5
/boot
/dev/sda1 if SCSI
/dev/hda1 if IDE
Logical Volume type="paging" Partition Id=82="Linux swap"
See also the Filesystem Hierachy Standard (FHS) for a fuller discussion of the "proper" UNIX file system hierarchy.
Linux has three sets of apparently duplicate directories; /bin & /usr/bin, /sbin & /usr/sbin, and /lib & /usr/lib. This can be
a source of confusion. Under AIX for example, ksh is the default shell and it's normal to see #!/usr/bin/ksh in the first
line of a ksh script. Under Linux, bash (the Bourne-Again Shell) is the default shell and ksh is NOT in /usr/bin/ksh,
leading one to believe Linux does not have ksh. Not true. Under Linux, ksh is at /bin/ksh. (Actually, since /bin is a link
to /usr/bin under AIX, ksh is also at /bin/ksh, so to make bilinugual scripts, #!/bin/ksh is best.)
The reason for these apparently duplicate directories is, in the initial boot phases or when Linux boots into single-user
mode (which is the same thing), only the root file system is mounted. It's true that by default, /usr is in the root file
system, but it may not be. It might be configured in its own partition or even NFS mounted from another machine in R/O
mode. Given this, everything needed to boot Linux or will be needed to repair a broken system, needs to be in the root
file system. Yet to keep the root file system as small as possible, all non-essential files are kept under /usr.
This is also why they say that those 5 directories (/bin, /sbin, /etc, /dev, and /lib) must be in the root partition.
User Accounts
AIX
RedHat Linux
Password Files
/etc/passwd
/etc/security/passwd
/etc/passwd
/etc/shadow
Allow/Deny root's
Remote telnet
Login
rlogin=true
in /etc/security/user stanza
Comment out securetty line in /etc/pam.d/login
Recover root's
Password
Boot from CD or Tape,
Installation/Maintenance
Start Limited Shell
getrootfs hdisk0
vi /etc/security/passwd
At grub boot loader screen,
press "e" to edit,
select "kernel" line
press "e" to edit,
Add " s" at end of line
press <Enter> to accept changes,
press "b" to boot,
at shell prompt, passwd root
Create new user
mkuser
useradd
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rmuser
userdel
The same as their userid, both name and number.
E.G. User Name=jasper, User ID=10167, Group
Name=jasper, Group ID=10167
Default User Group staff=Group ID 1
General Commands
Absolute Path tar
AIX
RedHat Linux
tar cvf
[Link] /etc/passwd
tar Pcvf [Link] /etc/passwd
ping Broadcast Address ping -c 1 [Link]
ping -b -c 1 [Link]
Admin Helpers
smit or smitty
41 redhat-config-* programs in /usr/sbin
& /usr/bin
Performance Monitor
top
lsof
monitor
System Activity
Reporter
sar
sar
sysstat
I/O Statistics
iostat
iostat
sysstat
Boot-Time Error Log
Display Swap Size
alog -o -t boot
dmesg
lsps -a
free
Printers
Printer Queues
top
lsof
AIX
RedHat Linux
/etc/qconfig
/var/spool/lpd/lp/*
Control Print Server Daemon
startsrc -s lpd
stopsrc -s lpd
lssrc
-s lpd
service cups start
service cups stop
service cups status
Submit Print Jobs
enq
lp
lpr
qprt
lpr
LP Statistics
enq -A
lpq
lpstat
qchk
lpq
Remove Print Jobs
cancel
lprm
qcan
enq -x
lprm
Add Printer Queue
smit mkpq
redhat-config-printer
printtool
Remove Printer Queue
smit rmpq
Default Printer
First Stanza in /etc/qconfig
export LPDEST="pq"
TCP/IP
AIX
lsattr
-E
-l
inet0
Network IP Configuration
/etc/[Link]
Name Service Switch
no -a
Network Parameters
RedHat Linux
/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth*
/etc/[Link]
sysctl -a | grep net
Secondary IP Address
ifconfig en0 alias w.x.y.z
modprobe ip_alias
ifconfig eth0:1 w.x.y.z
Login Prompt/Herald
/etc/security/[Link]
/etc/issue
System Files
AIX
RedHat Linux
NFS Client Mounted Directories /etc/xtab /var/lib/nfs/xtab
128 GB
2 TB
Max File System Size
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2 GB
Max File Size
(512-byte block size)
64 GB
8192 GB
LVM Commands
Filesystem Table
Device Listing
Disk Information
LVM Concepts
(8-KB block size)
AIX
RedHat Linux
/etc/filesystems
/etc/fstab
lsdev -C
cat /proc/devices
bootinfo -s hdisk#
cat /proc/scsi/scsi0/sda/model
Partition
Logical Extents
Volume
Logical Volume
Journal File System Type
jfs
ext3
reiserfs
Default Volume Group
Display Volume Group
Modify Physical Volume
Prepare Physical Disk
List Physical Volume
Remove disk from volume group
Move logical volumes to another physical volumes
Create volume group
/dev/rootvg
None
lsvg -l rootvg
vgdisplay -v
chpv
pvchange
mkdev -c disk -l hdisk# pvcreate
lspv
pvdisplay
reducevg
vgreduce
migratepv
pvmove
mkvg
vgcreate
Remove Volume Group
varyoffvg
exportvg
vgremove
Volume Group Availability
chvg
varyonvg
varyoffvg
vgchange
Restore Volume Group
Export/Import Volume Group
List Volume Groups
Change Logical Volume Characteristics
List Logical Volumes
Make Logical Volume
Extend Logical Volume
Reduce Logical Volume
Remove Logical Volume
importvg
vgcfgrestore
exportvg/importvg
vgexport/vgimport
lsvg
vgscan
chlv
lvchange
lslv
lvdisplay
mklv
lvcreate
extendlv
lvextend
rmlv
lvremove
Prepare Boot Volumes
bootlist -m normal
grub-install /dev/sda2 if SCSI
grub-install /dev/hda2 if IDE
Extend File System
chfs -a size=# fs-name
(# is 512-byte blocks)
resize2fs
rmlvcopy
lvsplit
Reduce/Split Mirrors
Merge Mirrors
Create Mirrors
Add Mirrors
Create Striped Volumes
System Recovery Tape
Backup
Restore
AIX Reduce LV Procedure lvreduce
lvmerge
mklv -c 2
mklvcopy lv 2
mklv -u 3 -S 64K
lvcreate -i 3 -I 64
mksysb -i /dev/rmt0
savevg -i rootvg
tar cvf /dev/rst0 /
restvg
tar xvf /dev/rst0
Miscellaneous
Commands
Startup script
/etc/rc
/etc/rc.d/rc
Kernel
/usr/lib/boot/unix_up
/boot/vmlinuz (compressed)
/boot/vmlinux (uncompressed)
AIX
RedHat Linux
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lsattr -E -l sys0
no -a
Kernel Parameters
Reconfigure the Kernel
sysctl -a
cd /usr/src/linux
make mrproper
make menuconfig
make dep
make clean
make bzImage
make install
make modules
make modules_install
cp arch/i386/boot/bzImage /boot/vmlinuz-2.2.16
cd /boot
mv [Link] [Link]
mkinitrd [Link] $(uname -r)
chdev -l sys0 -a
vi /boot/grub/[Link]
List modules
Load module
Unload module
Initialize System
Physical RAM
Kernel Bits
Crash Utility
Trace System Calls
OS Level
Run Level
Tape Control
Core Dump Files
genkex
lsmod
insmod
rmmod
install_assist
netconf
bootinfo -r
free
bootinfo -K
getconf WORD_BIT
crash
lcrash
syscalls
strace
oslevel
uname -r
who -r
runlevel
tctl
mt
/var/adm/ras
Timezone Management
/etc/environment
/etc/profile
/etc/sysconfig/clock
NTP Daemon
/etc/[Link]
startsrc -s xntpd
stopsrc -s xntpd
lssrc -s xntpd
/etc/[Link]
service xntpd start
service ntpd stop
service ntpd status
Software
Install Software
Uninstall Software
List Installed
Software
Verify Installed
Software
AIX
RedHat Linux
installp -a
rpm -i package
installp -u
rpm -e package
lslpp -L all rpm -qa
lppchk -v
rpm -V package
List Files
lslpp -f
fileset
rpm -ql package
List Installed
Patches
instfix -i
Package Owner
lslpp -w
path
rpm -qf file
SW Directory
/usr/lpp
/var/lib/rpm
Rescan SCSI Bus cfgmgr
Devices
Install Devices
Remove Device
echo "scsi add-single-device 0 1 2 3" > /proc/scsi/scsi
will reprobe for a single device only on Card 0, Channel 1, Device
2, Lun 3, and add it if it is found
AIX
cfgmgr -v
RedHat Linux
/dev/MAKEDEV
rmdev -l
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Device Drivers
CPU
List Terminal
lscfg
Diagnostics
diag
lspci
pnpdump
Whole Disk
CDROM
CDROM File System Type
Rewinding Tape Drive
Non-rewinding Tape Drive
Floppy Drive
/dev/hdisk#
/dev/sda
/dev/cd0
/dev/cdrom
cdrfs
iso9660
/dev/rmt0
/dev/rst0
/dev/rmt0.1
/dev/nrst0
/dev/rfd0
/dev/fd0
AFS
Code Source
lsdev -Cc processor cat /proc/cpuinfo
lsdev -Cc tty
{ c 9 0}
{ c 9 128 }
AIX
RedHat Linux
IBM Transarc's Lab
[Link]
Should be defined as its own file
AFS Cache
system before installing AFS.
/usr/vice/cache 100MB is minimum. 1GB is better.
Same.
Install
Directions
mkdir /tmp/afs
cd /tmp/afs
scp -p
jasper@jasper:/afs/d/software/base/linux/openafs1.2.11/* .
rpm -ivh *rpm
vi /usr/vice/etc/cacheinfo and set the cache size
to 95% of the number of 1K blocks
cd /tmp
of /usr/vice/cache. 95% of 1GB (my standard), is
ftp jasper
cd /afs/d/software/base/AFS_3.6 953850.
get [Link]
vi /usr/vice/etc/ThisCell
set the cell name to [Link].
get [Link]
vi /usr/vice/etc/CellServDB
quit
replace all existing lines with
chmod +x [Link]
>[Link] # Thomson-Delphion
./[Link] [Link]
rm [Link] [Link] [Link] #[Link]
To start AFS, service afs start
To allow AFS-authenticated logins, ftp's, etc,
cd /etc/pam.d
cp -p system-auth [Link]
cp -p --reply=yes /tmp/afs/system-auth systemauth
rm -rf /tmp/afs
@sys
(fs sysname)
rs_aix42
DelphionStandard
Links
/local -> /afs/d/@sys/local
/u -> /afs/d/u
/usr/afsws > /afs/d/@sys/usr/afsws
Other References
FAQ
Online Manual
Technical Support
Phone Number
Free Software
Certification
i386_linux24
AIX
/local -> /afs/d/@sys/local
/u -> /afs/d/u
RedHat Linux
AIX-FAQ
Linux FAQ
AIX 4.3 Books
Linux Documentation Project
RS/6000 TechSupport Red Hat support
1-800-CALL-AIX
1-888-REDHAT1
Bull
Linux Software Map
[Link]
RHCT & RHCE
[Link]
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