AIX Package Management

+ Installation of AIX packages:

#/usr/sbin/installp -a -d pkg.bff all   

#/usr/sbin/geninstall -d $PWD`for pkg in *.bff;do echo -n "I:$pkg ";done` all

NOTE: Replace 'I:' with 'R:' for .rpm packages

+ Uninstallation of  AIX packages:

#installp -u pkg1 pkg2 pkg3

+ List files in a package:

#/usr/bin/lslpp –f pkg1

+ Print information about package:

#/usr/bin/lslpp –L pkg1

+ Print package info about a file :

#/usr/bin/lslpp -w /path/to/file1 /path/to/file2

+ Verify installed packages:

#/usr/bin/lppchk –f

Few things to note about this blog

I have been receiving emails/requests to review different products and startups from last couple of months. I would love to write reviews about these but cannot due to limited time I get to blog about different stuff.

This is a humble acknowledgment to all those emails that I received so far.

Security in cloud computing

Cloud computing is not a new word. In last few years, cloud computing has evolved not only into enterprise segment but consumer segment too. Even this blog runs in cloud environment with Google App + Blogger.

However, there are few security concerns that come packaged with cloud computing. So below is list of security concerns about cloud computing that I can think of…

+ Authentication and Privileges

+ Logging for Auditing

+ Compliance and Regulations

+ Data protection and data Segregation

+ Disaster recovery and Business continuity

I am sure it doesn’t explain a lot (I will try to explain above points in my future posts) and there will be few more points that could be included in this list. In that case, comments are welcome on this post.

Shared disks on different UNIX platforms

Few CLIs that help user to get list of disks/shared storage attached to any server for different UNIX platforms.

HP-UX:

# /usr/sbin/ioscan -fnC disk

AIX:

# lsdev –Ccdisk

LINUX:

# /sbin/fdisk –l

SOLARIS:

# /usr/sbin/format

Weird text on Gmail Login page

Just tried to log into my Gmail account and login page has weird text displayed however it was still readable. Below is screenshot from my machine.

What could be the problem? Here is explanation from Gmail blog.