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While upgrading MQ instanaces on AIX, we may have multiple versions of MQ installed at the same time. These are some usful lslpp commands to find the multiple versions installed, or no longer installed as the case is now.… more »

Creating passwords that needed to be randomly generated and at least 16 characters long. more »

I am in the process of updating the firmware for about 30 Power Systems and wanted to share how to do this from the command line as I find the command line much quicker and easier when updating frame firmware. more »

How to Enable or Disable LPM for an LPAR from the HMC command line. more »

Are you using crontab to schedule scripts you are testing or developing before they go live?  I have seen a few system administrators running scripts via crontab when they need to run a one off script or they are testing new scripts. more »