Thank you so much for the information.
Original Message:
Sent: Thu August 22, 2024 03:50 AM
From: Ivan Montesino Martinez del Cerro
Subject: AIX 7.2 boot stuck after fresh installation
Hi there,
in my opinion you are probably hitting the typical old problem of AIX (or VIOS/IVM) StandAlone fresh installation from DVD using console with a serial RS232 cable connection on physical S1 or S2 port after a DVD fresh install: you simply are not getting the getty login prompt after the last reboot of AIX installation process.
In order to unlock you and have the login prompt you should start AIX in maintenance mode and add "clocal" to the STTY attributes for login and STTY attributes for RUNTIME using SMIT. (for tty0, tty1 vty0 or whatever you have in your 750 standalone server).
You can find details of the problem/solution here:
You can find more on starting AIX in maintenance mode here(valid also with no-HMC standalone systems booting from physical CD/DVD):
Hope that helps.
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Original Message:
Sent: 8/21/2024 12:15:00 PM
From: Paul Queen
Subject: RE: AIX 7.2 boot stuck after fresh installation
In my experience if it gets that far its fine. Only issue would be a mount that it cant mount. Boot to safe mode...directions below:
Boot a server into maintenance mode for system recovery from NIM server:
1. From NIM master: smitty nim_mac_op
2. Select target client to boot
3. Select maint_boot
4. Select a spot to use ( same level as client )
5. ( Have a vtmenu console window open first )
6. Set server to boot in SMS mode
7. In SMS set boot options to the network device to boot from NIM server ( set remote IPL and then set boot device )
Additional:
1. Select option-1 "Access a root volume group".
2. Select "0" to continue.
3. Type a number to display a volume group you think might be root.
4. Find the volume group that has the rootvg LVs listed.
5. Select option "1 or 2" "Access this volume group and start a shell / or "start shell before mounting filesystems". ( option 1 worked in our last test )
6. Set your TERM: export TERM=vt100
7. If commands not available type "exit" once….should then go to where you can enter commands and work on the target systems filesystems. Seems to need full path for editing any files…be sure to enter full path to target or may give error of "not found" or similar.
8. If had to to step 7 re-enter export TERM=vt100 of vt 220.
Do your repair actions.
When finished type: "reboot". ( this didn't work try option 1 to mount rootvg in step 5 )
Then edit the /etc/filesystems and remark out anything that doesnt have to be mounted ( anything other then OS mounts ). Also for NFS mounts make sure the mount option is set to soft not hard. Reboot and it should come up.
Also If you leave it long enough.....10 or 15 minutes....it will eventually timeout and come to a login prompt.
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Paul Queen
Original Message:
Sent: Tue August 20, 2024 03:38 AM
From: Yotsapat Kullavorachot
Subject: AIX 7.2 boot stuck after fresh installation
Hi. Could anyone help me solve this problem. My customer has rent IBM Power 750 (8233-E8B) from my company. He install AIX 7.2 (aix_7200-04-01) and stuck on boot process after ecpvdpd line. H/W seem normal on ASMI.
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Welcome to AIX.
boot image timestamp: 01:48:33 01/01/1970
The current time and date: 00:00:00 00/00/0000
processor count: 24; memory size: 382976MB; kernel size: 45422205
boot device: /pci@800000020000200/pci1014,02BD@1/sas/disk@ff0000:2
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Saving Base Customize Data to boot disk
Starting the sync daemon
Mounting the platform dump file system, /var/adm/ras/platform
Starting the error daemon
System initialization completed.
TE=OFF
CHKEXEC=OFF
CHKSHLIB=OFF
CHKSCRIPT=OFF
CHKKERNEXT=OFF
STOP_UNTRUSTD=OFF
STOP_ON_CHKFAIL=OFF
LOCK_KERN_POLICIES=OFF
TSD_FILES_LOCK=OFF
TSD_LOCK=OFF
TEP=OFF
TLP=OFF
Successfully updated the Kernel Authorization Table.
Successfully updated the Kernel Role Table.
Successfully updated the Kernel Command Table.
Successfully updated the Kernel Device Table.
Successfully updated the Kernel Object Domain Table.
Successfully updated the Kernel Domains Table.
Successfully updated the Kernel RBAC log level.
Kernel tables will be updated after reboot.
OPERATIONAL MODE Security Flags
ROOT : ENABLED
TRACEAUTH : DISABLED
System runtime mode is now OPERATIONAL MODE.
Setting tunable parameters...complete
Starting Multi-user Initialization
Performing auto-varyon of Volume Groups
Activating all paging spaces
0517-075 swapon: Paging device /dev/hd6 is already active.
The current volume is: /dev/hd1
Primary superblock is valid.
The current volume is: /dev/hd10opt
Primary superblock is valid.
Performing all automatic mounts
Multi-user initialization completed
Checking for srcmstr active...complete
Starting tcpip daemons:
0513-059 The syslogd Subsystem has been started. Subsystem PID is 3604850.
0513-059 The sendmail Subsystem has been started. Subsystem PID is 3998108.
0513-059 The portmap Subsystem has been started. Subsystem PID is 4391314.
0513-059 The inetd Subsystem has been started. Subsystem PID is 3998390.
0513-059 The snmpd Subsystem has been started. Subsystem PID is 4325784.
0513-059 The hostmibd Subsystem has been started. Subsystem PID is 3998620.
0513-059 The snmpmibd Subsystem has been started. Subsystem PID is 4456844.
0513-059 The aixmibd Subsystem has been started. Subsystem PID is 4522382.
Finished starting tcpip daemons.
Starting NFS services:
0513-059 The biod Subsystem has been started. Subsystem PID is 3474314.
0513-059 The rpc.lockd Subsystem has been started. Subsystem PID is 3343256.
Completed NFS services.
0513-059 The lldpd Subsystem has been started. Subsystem PID is 2687602.
0513-059 The ecpvdpd Subsystem has been started. Subsystem PID is 6226552.
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Yotsapat Kullavorachot
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