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Note: Only resources that were previously detected by the diagnostics and deleted
from the Diagnostic Test List are listed. If no resources are available to be
added, then none are listed.
AIX Shell Prompt
Note: Use this service aid in Online Service Mode only.
This service aid allows access to the AIX command line. To use this service aid, the
user must know the root password (when a root password has been established).
Note: Do not use this task to install code or to change the configuration of the system.
This task is intended to view files, configuration records, and data. Using this
service aid to change the system configuration or install code might result in
unexplained system problems after exiting the diagnostics.
Analyze Adapter Internal Log
The PCI RAID adapter has an internal log that logs information about the adapter and
the disk drives attached to the adapter. Whenever data is logged in the internal log, the
device driver copies the entries to the AIX system error log and clears the internal log.
The Analyze Adapter Internal Log service aid analyzes these entries in the AIX system
error log. The service aid displays the errors and the associated service actions. Entries
that do not require any service actions are ignored.
Backup and Restore Media
This service aid allows verification of backup media and devices. It presents a menu of
tape and diskette devices available for testing and prompts for selecting the desired
device. It then presents a menu of available backup formats and prompts for the
desired format. The supported formats are tar, backup, and cpio. After the device and
format are selected, the service aid backs up a known file to the selected device,
restores that file to /tmp, and compares the original file to the restored file. The restored
file remains in /tmp to allow for visual comparison. All errors are reported.
Certify Media
This task allows the selection of diskette, DVD-RAM media or hard files to be certified.
Normally, this is done for the following two conditions:
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To determine the condition of the drive and media.
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To verify that the media is error free after a Format Service Aid has been run on the
media.
Normally, one would run certify if after running diagnostics on a drive and its media, no
problem is found, but one still suspects that a problem still does exist.
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