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The following are the steps required to establish a new RS/6000 as a machine in the Mt Xia AIX Web environment.

Each web environment machines will have two internal 18 GB drives and will NOT have any connections to external EMC drives. Since the second internal drive will be used as a mirror of the first, all file systems will reside within the root volume group (rootvg). The build process will consist of creating a complete image of the base machine on hdisk0, then mirroring the root volume group onto hdisk1.

1. Install AIX 4.3.3, TCB, and the latest maintenance level. The Trusted Computing Base (TCB) must also be installed at this time. It CANNOT be installed after AIX is installed, it MUST be installed during the initial system load.
2. Create each additional logical volume required by the Mt Xia AIX standard configuration. The following table associates the host name of each machine with the three character identifier to use when creating volume groups, logical volumes, and file systems.

Host Name	3 Character ID
ftwpd01	pdx
ftwpd02	pdx
ftwqapd01	pdq
ftwdvpd01	pdd
ftwdvws01	wsd
ftwqaws01	wsq
ftwqaht01	htq
ftwdvht01	htd
ftwhti01	hti
ftwhti02	hti
ftwedgi01	egi
ftwedgi02	egi
ftwdvedg01	egd
ftwqaedg01	egq
ftwdb201	db2
ftwdvdb201	dbd
ftwdb202	db2
ftwqadb201	dbq

1. Logical Volume: /dev/XXX##ctmalv (inner middle) (128mb)
• $ mklv -yXXX##ctmalv -aim rootvg 4 hdisk0
2. Logical Volume: /dev/XXX##hloglv (inner middle) (128mb)
• $ mklv -yXXX##instlv -aim rootvg 4 hdisk0
3. Logical Volume: /dev/XXX##instlv (inner edge) (128mb)
• $ mklv -yXXX##instlv -aie rootvg 4 hdisk0
3. Create each additional file system required by the Mt Xia AIX standard configuration.
1. File System: /home/logs
• $ crfs -v jfs -a bf=true -dXXX##hloglv -m/home/logs -Ayes -prw -tno -a nbpi=4096 -a ag=64
• $ mount /home/logs
2. File System: /bmc/ctmagent
• $ crfs -v jfs -a bf=true -dXXX##ctmalv -m/bmc/ctmagent -Ayes -prw -tno -a nbpi=4096 -a ag=64
• $ mount /bmc/ctmagent
3. File System: /usr/sys/inst.images
• $ crfs -v jfs -a bf=true -dXXX##instlv -m/usr/sys/inst.images -Ayes -prw -tno -a nbpi=4096 -a ag=64
• $ mount /usr/sys/inst.images
4. Create user groups
• Group ID: 5690136 - Group Name: controlm
5. Create Users
• User ID:    0 - User Name: shutdown
• Home Directory: /shutdown
• Primary Group: system
• Initial Program: /bin/ksh
• Description: System Shutdown User
• User ID: 2751564 - User Name: ctmagent
• Home Directory: /bmc/ctmagent
• Primary Group: controlm
• Initial Program: /bin/csh
• Description: CONTROL-M/Agent
6. Create initial passwords
• User Name: shutdown
• User Name: ctmagent
7. Create directories
• /home/logs (root.controlm 775)
• /home/logs/backup (root.system 755)
• /home/logs/system (root.system 755)
• /home/logs/shutdown (root.system 755)
• /home/logs/ecs (root.system 777)
• /home/locks (root.system 755)
8. Install TSM backup client software
• Create a directory to hold the TSM files
• Download the TSM tarball into the directory you created.
• Un-tar the tarball "tar -xvf tsmtarball.tar" in the directory you created.
• Create Directory mkdir /usr/software (root.system 755)
• Modify tsm-instl
Comment out:
• # compress tsm732.tar
• # tar -xvf tsm732.tar
and insert the following line:
• zcat tsm732.tar.Z | tar -xvf -
• Run the script tsm-instl
• Modify /usr/tivoli/tsm/client/ba/bin/dsm.opt
• Modify /usr/tivoli/tsm/client/ba/bin/dsm.sys
• Modify /var/tsm/inclexcl.dsm
• Register the target machine name with TSM
9. Install CONTROL-M/Agent software
10. Check to see that Korn Shell 93 is installed
    • /usr/dt/bin/dtksh
11. Setup Time Server Synchronization
12. Install startup/shutdown scripts
• /etc/rc.local (root.system 755)
• /etc/rc.shutdown (root.system 755)
• /shutdown/.profile (shutdown.system 740)
13. Install utility scripts
• /home/bin/ecsrun (root.system 755)
• /home/bin/statroll (root.system 755)
• /home/bin/startAll (root.system 755)
• /home/bin/stopAll (root.system 755)
14. Install system health check scripts
• /home/bin/logmessage.ksh (root.system 755)
• /home/bin/chkdisks (root.system 755)
• /home/bin/getvmstat (root.system 755)
• /home/bin/getiostat (root.system 755)
• /home/bin/getpsstat (root.system 755)
15. Install backup scripts
• /home/bin/bakdaily (root.system 755)
• /home/bin/riscbackup.full (root.system 755)
16. Modify the bootlist to NOT boot from tape
• bootlist -m normal -o cd0 hdisk0 hdisk1 rmt0
17. Modify "/etc/inittab" to run startup scripts
• rclocal:2:wait:/etc/rc.local > /dev/console 2>&1      # Start Local Processes
• tsm::once:/usr/bin/dsmc sched > /dev/null 2>&1      # TSM Scheduler
• dsmcad:2:once:/usr/tivoli/tsm/client/ba/bin/dsmcad > /dev/null 2>&1      #TSM Web Client
18. Edit "cron" permissions
• Remove the file "/var/adm/cron/cron.deny"
• Remove the file "/var/adm/cron/cron.allow"
• Remove the file "/var/adm/cron/at.deny"
• Touch the file "/var/adm/cron/at.allow"
• Edit the file "/var/adm/cron/cron.allow"
• Add "root"
19. Add Error Logging to the ODM
20. Mirror the "rootvg" from the internal hdisk0 to hdisk1
21. Recreate the boot image to Mirror the "rootvg" from the internal hdisk0 to hdisk1
22. Schedule system scripts with ECS
• bakdaily
• riscbackup.full
• chkdisks
• getvmstat
• getiostat
• getpsstat
• statroll