Basic AIX tape utility and scripting commands

AIX Tape Utility Commands

• tapeutil To run the menu version

• /dev/rmt0 = Tape drive

• /dev/smc0 = Tape library

• lsdev -Cc tape List the devices

• tapeutil -f /dev/rmt0 mount 2 To mount tape from slot 2

• tapeutil -f /dev/rmt0 unmount 2 To unmount tape from slot 2

• restore -Tvqf /dev/rmt0 > file To list information on a tape saved with backup or savevg

• tar tvf /dev/rmt0 > file To list information on a tape saved with tar

• tcl -f /dev/rmt0.1 fsf 3; restore -Tvqf /dev/rmt0 > file To list information on a tape saved with mksysb

• lsattr -l rmt0 -E To list the current values of the attributes for the tape device, rmt0

AIX script Commands

• Script to compare condition with "or" "and" condition
• condition1= $(ls -la | /tmp/file2.txt | wc -l)
• condition2 = $(ls -la | /tmp/file2.txt | wc -l)
• if [ "$condition1" = "1"  ] || [ "$condition2" = "2"  ] then echo "ok 1 or 2 is accepted" else echo "error only 1 or 2 is accepted"
• if [ "$condition1" = "1"  ] && [  "$conditions2" = "2"  ] then echo "ok 1 and 2 is accepted" else echo "error only 1 and 2 is accepted"

File Transfer Protocol (ftp)

• ftp://user:password@machine/../../directory Url of an ftp ressource

Server X

• Start a server x
• ps -ef | dtlogin (identifiy all the process dtlogin)
• kill <PID> (kill the process from the result of the ps command)
• cd /etc
• sh rc.dt (Start the server X)

CD-ROM - DVD-ROM

• CD-ROM utility
• cdromd Automatically mounts a CD-ROM or DVD-ROM when it is inserted (man cdromd for more details)
• cdeject Eject a media from a CD drive managed by the cdromd daemon
• cdumount  Unmounts a previously mounted file system on a device managed by cdromd
• cdmount Make a file system available for user on a device managed by cdromd
• mount -V cdrfs -o ro /dev/cd0  /cdrom Mount a cd-rom