Installation guide

3-2
Bull S.A.May 25th, 1999
• make command: All AIX commands must have their options set before the arguments;
so, for the make command use the syntax: make –f <makefile> <target>
The syntax make <target> –f <makefile> accepted by most UNIX systems is not
accepted by AIX 4.x.
• The root user account can be locked (by the root user) using: # smit lockuser but
cannot be unlocked because root cannot log in anymore!
In such a situation, you need to:
– boot in SERVICE mode from a bootable media (CD–ROM, system backup...),
– access rootvg from maintenance shell,
– edit /etc/security/user
– for root, change: stanza account_locked = true
to: account_locked = false
• setmaps –t (or –i, –o) cannot be run by non–root users to load map files.
As a workaround use:
# chown root /usr/bin/setmaps
# chmod u+s /usr/bin/setmaps
• If you do not have a Graphic Adapter, you will get an error label GRAPHICS recorded
in the error log at each system reboot.
To avoid it, you can remove the fileset devices.graphics.com using:
# chmod –x /usr/lib/methods/startlft
• In order to improve the performance of products using iFOR/LS (Fortran compiler, C
compiler, Bull OSI communications) we strongly advise you to configure iFOR/LS with:
– /usr/lib/netls/conf/auto_config (if only nodelocked keys are used)
or:
– /usr/lib/netls/conf/netls_config (if concurrent keys are used).
• During some update or migration operations, the nodelock file containing the licenses is
renamed nodelock.V2. To recover the licenses already installed, it is necessary to copy
the /usr/lib/netls/conf/nodelock.V2 in /usr/lib/netls/conf/nodelock.
• Before a tcopy command is performed, check that both tapes are configured with the
same block size values.
The default “block size” for tape is different on Escala or DPX/20 (512) and Estrella
(1024). On Estrella, when you use a tape created on Escala or DPX/20, make sure the
block_size for the tape drives are identical.
Estrella series 300 only
• OpenFirmware 1.2
To boot from DAT 4mm or QIC TDC4222, enter the following command at
OpenFirmware command line prompt:
boot tape
• If you get the following error: ERROR ”CANNOT OPEN DEBLOCKER PACKAGE”, you
must use the boot tape command under the OpenFirmware prompt (the operation
takes about 15 minutes).
• Reset button
By default, the Reset Button is used to reboot the System. If you want to start a dump
with the Reset Button, and automatically reboot after, enter:
sysdumpdev –k
chdev –l sys0 –a autorestart=true