AIX Readiness Checklist
AIX Readiness Checklist
1 Architecture Diagram
2 DR Replication
3 Rack Diagram & details
4 AIX Server Inventory
5 Business critical servers
6 Server -DB -Application mapping details with spoc
7 Cluster /GPFS /RAC details
8 IP details & Free IP if any and Port opening-mapping details
9 Non Expiry Password details
10 Password minage /max age / ACL any ?
11 Applicatin ID details
12 AIX Backup details
13 AIX Last backup /FS restore deails
14 DNS server details -Verify the Primary & Seconday DNS Configuration Status
15 NTP server details
16 NFS details
17 Patching information /update tracker
18 Firmware upgrade tracker
19 Mksysb details
20 System config backup details
21 DR config backup
22 Check the Disk dual path
23 Check the disk & vscsi attribute values
24 Rootvg should not contain application or non OS related filesystems
25 VSCSI /NPIV /HBA /Multipathing details
26 Monitoring details
27 Backup config details
28 Storage details
29 System recovery Procedure
30 VIO backup
31 VIO config backup
32 NIM server
33 RISK
34 Security Policies
35 Unix Monthly Report
36 Change History
37 MI Report
38 Call Category
39 Change Category
40 HACMP cluster snapshot
41 HMC backup details /Profile backup
42 Assest license details
43 EOS /EOSL
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Total number of Frames -Servers in DC without Valid IBM Support Contract for hardware Support
Total number of Frames - Servers without 3rd party Support contract for hardware Support
Do you have HMC to manages frames in your account ? If yes how many & details
Do you have Virtual HMC to manages frames in your account ? If yes how many & details
Do we have HMC support
HMC runnig version
Do you take care of HMC upgrade ,update ,migration
HMC backup
Profile backup
how hscroot credentials for hmc is managed
Individual credentials with hscroot privileges ?
ASMI credentials for each frame
Location of the HMC's
Callhome configured
Configured any customer notification -alert configuration
DR Details
How frequently DR activity will be perfomed