AIX FTP Accesses to a Log File

You can do this relatively simply be doing the following:

1. Add the following line to /etc/syslog.conf.

daemon.debug /tmp/daemon.log

2. Create the log file and restart the syslog daemon.

# touch /tmp/daemon.log # refresh -s syslogd

3. Now you must modify your inetd.conf through SMIT. Using smit inetdconf you will add the -l and the -d option.

Now all of the syslog messages from ftpd and other daemons will now appear in the file /tmp/daemon.log.

Creating NMON graphs

Here’s how: (I’ve tested this with Nmon version 9f, which you can download here):

• Run nmon -f for a while. This will create nmon output files *.nmon in your current directory.
• Make sure you’ve downloaded rrdtool.
• Install rrdtool by unpacking it in /usr/local/bin.
• Make sure directory /usr/local/bin is in your $PATH: export PATH=”$PATH:/usr/local/bin”
• Create a directory for the output of the graphs: mkdir output
• Run the nmon2rrdv9 tool (found in the nmon download):
  ./nmon2rrdv9 -f [nmon output file] -d ./output -x
• In directory output an index.html and several gif files will be created. By accessing index.html in a web browser, you can view the graphs.

TSM Web admin GUI on server 5.5 / 5.4

Since TSM (IBM Backup Solution) version 5.3, the old web Admin GUI has been replaced by a servlet called the ISC console. Now, generally everyone dislikes ISC, cause it’s slow, and uses quite some resources. One can, however, restore the old admin GUI in 5.3 :

IBM has made the old gui available for download. The site contains an installation procedure as well.

It really works w/ 5.4 server and used to work very well on 5.5 at my previous site.