hi Guys...

Does anyone know how to design new SMIT own menus?
Is there any documentation there to read?

I found out that some time ago someone posted a message about a free development program called WinSmit which he claims is the easiest way to create your own SMIT menus, but I think it might be risky to download.
Does anyone know about this?

Regards

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Luis Alberto Rojas Kramer
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Hi Luis Alberto,

yes, there is a documentation to read - https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/aix/7.3?topic=concepts-system-management-interface-tool-smit

It is quite easy if you know how smitty works, can work with ODM and start smitty with custom ODM (for testing purposes). I did it several times in the last years.

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Andrey Klyachkin

https://www.power-devops.com
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Hi Andrey... thank you very much...
Yes, I saw the docs and it is true it is quite easy...but, ...

Do you know if it a way to create new menus that can change when LANG variable varies?
SMIT menues does but not menues added by other apps (for example) like PowerHA

PowerHA SystemMirror

Mueva el cursor al elemento deseado y pulse Intro.

Cluster Nodes and Networks
Cluster Applications and Resources

System Management (C-SPOC)
Problem Determination Tools
Custom Cluster Configuration

Search for PowerHA SMIT panels
Learn more about initial cluster configuration


F1=Ayuda F2=Renovar F3=Cancelar F8=Imagen
F9=Shell F10=Salir Intro=Realizar

Bold text changed automatically because LAND variable was es_ES to Spanish
Main SMIT menu options also changed, but not PowerHA menu and others.
It is any way to redirect headers to a catalog ?

Regards



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Luis Alberto Rojas Kramer
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Original Message:
Sent: Thu January 12, 2023 03:50 AM
From: Andrey Klyachkin
Subject: Own SMIT Menus

Hi Luis Alberto,

yes, there is a documentation to read - https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/aix/7.3?topic=concepts-system-management-interface-tool-smit

It is quite easy if you know how smitty works, can work with ODM and start smitty with custom ODM (for testing purposes). I did it several times in the last years.

------------------------------
Andrey Klyachkin

https://www.power-devops.com
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Hi Luis Alberto,

I didn't do it on my own (always used English), but if you look in sm_name_hdr, you find there:

name = "Add a Standard Journaled File System"
name_msg_file = "smit.cat"
name_msg_set = 19
name_msg_id = 452

If you run dspcat with the corresponding LANG variable you will get different titles you see in SMIT:

$ LANG=en_US dspcat smit.cat 19 452 ; echo
Add a Standard Journaled File System
$ LANG=de_DE dspcat smit.cat 19 452 ; echo
Standard Journaled File System hinzufügen

If you want to get the same behaviour for your smit menus, I think you need a new catalog file with translations for your language and add a reference to it.

Here is the link to the documentation on AIX message facility - https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/aix/7.2?topic=globalization-message-facility


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Andrey Klyachkin

https://www.power-devops.com
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Original Message:
Sent: Fri January 20, 2023 04:01 PM
From: Luis Alberto Rojas Kramer
Subject: Own SMIT Menus

Hi Andrey... thank you very much...
Yes, I saw the docs and it is true it is quite easy...but, ...

Do you know if it a way to create new menus that can change when LANG variable varies?
SMIT menues does but not menues added by other apps (for example) like PowerHA

PowerHA SystemMirror

Mueva el cursor al elemento deseado y pulse Intro.

Cluster Nodes and Networks
Cluster Applications and Resources

System Management (C-SPOC)
Problem Determination Tools
Custom Cluster Configuration

Search for PowerHA SMIT panels
Learn more about initial cluster configuration


F1=Ayuda F2=Renovar F3=Cancelar F8=Imagen
F9=Shell F10=Salir Intro=Realizar

Bold text changed automatically because LAND variable was es_ES to Spanish
Main SMIT menu options also changed, but not PowerHA menu and others.
It is any way to redirect headers to a catalog ?

Regards



------------------------------
Luis Alberto Rojas Kramer
------------------------------


Original Message:
Sent: Thu January 12, 2023 03:50 AM
From: Andrey Klyachkin
Subject: Own SMIT Menus

Hi Luis Alberto,

yes, there is a documentation to read - https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/aix/7.3?topic=concepts-system-management-interface-tool-smit

It is quite easy if you know how smitty works, can work with ODM and start smitty with custom ODM (for testing purposes). I did it several times in the last years.

------------------------------
Andrey Klyachkin

https://www.power-devops.com