IBM AIX5L, AIX 4.3 manual Client checklist, Environment

Client checklist

Depending on your customer’s choice, a mix of migration methods and installation from scratch will be done. Espesically for a base installation, Table B-1should be used to examine the current system settings and to ensure that all important environment parameters are set to their proper values. Also for the first migration installation, the checklist could be used to check the system environment parameter before and after the migration process.

Table B-1 Workstation checklist

Workstation checklist

Task

Value

Checked

Environment

Check actual microcode

Check Timezone (TZ) parameter

Check /etc/security/limits (fsize,...)

Check crontab entries

Check vmtune parameter

Check number of users simultanously login

Check number of processes per user

Check /etc/inittab entries

Check SpaceBall or SpaceMouse driver

Check local login for root user

Check X server settings (-x mbx replaced by -x dbe)

Networking

Check /etc/hosts

Check DNS settings

Check /etc/netsvc.conf or NSORDER variable

Check NIS (yp) settings

Check NFS settings (mount tables)

Check NFS automounter settings and files

Check .rhosts for individual script execution

Check LUM (Licence) definition

CATIA and ENOVIA

Basic settings CAT_MEM or V5MEM

Enlarge /tmp (for *.roll and *.save files)

Check asyncron IO (for VPM DB clients)

Licences for Fortran (nodelocked or LUM Server)

Licences for C++ (nodelocked or LUM Server)

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