AzCopy is a command-line tool that is used for copying data to and from Azure Storage Blob, File, and Table services, or to and from objects within the same storage account, and even between different storage accounts. AzCopy is available in two flavors: AzCopy on Windows AzCopy on Linux There are two versions of AzCopy […]
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AIX HMC CommandLine Reference (Cheat Sheet)
The Hardware Management Console (HMC) is used to control the System p servers connected to a private network. Control functions such as power on/off, dynamic logical partitioning (DLPAR), logical partitioning (LPAR), and capacity upgrade on demand (CUoD) are handled by the HMC. In the InfiniBand environment, the HMC has an important function: it runs the […]
Using iptrace command in AIX
iptrace is a utility for recording Internet packets received from configured interfaces. You can provide a filter to capture only important network data. You can only trace data between local and remote host (not between two remote hosts). The iptrace utility runs as a daemon, and you must stop it with the kill command. The […]
vgextend Command Examples in Linux
Logical Volume Manager 2 (LVM2) allows you to aggregate physical storage devices into volume groups. You can then divide that aggregated space into one or more logical volumes. Once created, logical volumes can be extended to utilize unused space within the volume group, allowing the file system residing on the logical volume to be extended […]
setpci command – configure PCI device
There are lots of different I/O ports in use on the Linux system at any time, so your output will most likely differ from this example. With PnP, I/O port conflicts aren’t very common, but it is possible that two devices are assigned the same I/O port. In that case, you can manually override the […]
db_load command – generate db database
The db_load utility reads either the output format used by the dump utilities or (optionally) a flat-text representation created using other tools, and stores it into a Berkeley DB database. Syntax: db_load [-nTV] [-c name=value] [-f file] [-h home] [-t btree | hash | queue | recno] file The input to db_load must be in […]
bsdtar command – Read and write tape archive files
FreeBSD uses a version of tar written from scratch to replace the older GNU tar, called bsdtar. bsdtar can behave completely consistently with GNU tar, and can also behave in strict accordance with POSIX tar. If you’re at all concerned about the differences between GNU tar, POSIX tar, and bsdtar, read man tar(1) for all […]
What is spfile in Oracle Database
What is an SPFILE? A server parameter file (SPFILE) is a new feature introduced in Oracle9i. Initialization parameters stored in a server parameter file are persistent, in that any changes made to the parameters while an instance is running can persist across instance shutdown and startup. This eliminates the need to manually update initialization parameters […]