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AIX Readiness Checklist

The document contains a list of 43 items related to IBM Power infrastructure details including: server inventory, configurations, backups, support contracts, monitoring, patching, disaster recovery processes, and operational procedures. It requests information about environments, software/firmware versions, technical resources and change management processes. The level of detail requested is high and covers all aspects of managing and maintaining the IBM Power infrastructure.

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AIX Readiness Checklist

The document contains a list of 43 items related to IBM Power infrastructure details including: server inventory, configurations, backups, support contracts, monitoring, patching, disaster recovery processes, and operational procedures. It requests information about environments, software/firmware versions, technical resources and change management processes. The level of detail requested is high and covers all aspects of managing and maintaining the IBM Power infrastructure.

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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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CTQ

Total Number of Power compute servers -Lpars under Wipro Scope

Do you have the updated inventory of Power compute servers


Total number of Critical Power compute Servers (LPARS) ?
Total Number of DC Sites for this account
Total number of Power compute Servers in production environment
Total number of Power compute Servers (lpars) in QA environment
Total number of Power compute Servers (Lpars) in Development environment /Non Prod environment
Total no of Frames in environment
Total no of Frames in production environment ? -Dedicated or shared
Total number of Frames in QA environment ?Dedicated or shared
Total number of Frames in Development environment /Non Prod environment ? Dedicated or shared
Total number of Frames -Servers in DC with Valid IBM Support Contract for hardware Support
Total number of Frames - Servers with 3rd party Support contract for hardware Support

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

Daily HC is in place across all estate

Rootvg should not contain application or non OS related filesystems


rootvg mirrored for All Production servers
rootvg mirrored for All non Production servers
How root credetials for servers are managed (lpars)
Individual credentials with sudo is enabled for accessing servers ? Or what method is followed
System config backup is in place to refer during unknown reboot or hardware faulty
DR config backup is in place ?
/var , /tmp ,/home and other rootvg fs should not be > or = to 85% .
Secondary login should be enabled to track sudo users actioned details
Storage details connetced to all AIX servers
Storage array general recommendation
Queue depth should be set at device level ,whats is current value
For Oracle with filesystems, “aio” asynchronous I/O is configured
Any raw FS other than AIX VG
Veritas installed & configured for FS any ?
VLAN /Subnet details
IP details
Is it monitoring configured for all servers -lpars
Is it backup configured for all servers
Monitoring tool details
Backup tool details
IP details & Free IP if any and Port opening-mapping details

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DNS server details -Verify the Primary & Seconday DNS Configuration Status
NTP server details
NFS details
NIM server details
NIM Client details with IP /Subnet
LPPSOURCE /SPOT details
Mksysb for ALL Production server with location
Mksysb for ALL non Prod server with location
Vendor support -call login & tracker details
Details about any future plan /tech refresh /migration

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

Total no of VIO servers in DC

Do you have SAN VIO


Do you have LAN VIO
Do you take care VIO upgrade /migration
Current level of VIO -IOSlevel
Single ,dual or multiple VIO
Shared ethernet adapter configuration
Dual vio server with VLAN tagging
Shared ethernet adapter failover with load sharing settings ?
VSCSI Map information with respect to each vios & clients (server -client)
NPIV Map information with respect to each vios & clients
Fiberchannel adapter configuration
Disk attributes & alogirithm
VLAN information with respect to each pair vios
Is it rootvg mirrored in VIO server for Prod environment
Is it rootvg mirrored in VIO server for QA ,DEV ,non Prod environment

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SEA config current status
VIO config backup
VIO IOSBACKUP (vio mksysb)

Live Partion Mobility (LPM)

Is it LPM available & manageable


List out the frame ,server details under LPM
Is it offline or online LPM

What is the frequency of Firmware upgrades for IBM Power servers ?


What is the frequency of microcode upgrade ?
What is the current Firmware installed on IBM Power Systems in production Environment? (N-1 , N-2)
What is the current Firmware installed on IBM Power Systems in non production Environment? (N-1 , N-2)
Do you have monitoring enabled for all devices for IBM Power Infrastructure. ?
Call home configured on Production Frames ?
Call home configured on non Production Frames ?
What is the current OS /TL/SP installed on IBM Power Systems -LPARS in production Environment? (N-1 , N-2) & details
What is the current OS /TL/SP installed IBM Power Systems -LPARS in QA Environment? (N-1 , N-2) & details
What is the current OS /TL/SP installed on IBM Power Systems in Development environment /Non Prod Environment? (N-1 ,

DR Details
How frequently DR activity will be perfomed

Any storage replication in place


Total Number of Power compute servers -Lpars under Wipro Scope
Total Number of DC -DR Sites for this account
Total number of Power compute Servers -LPARS in DR environment
Total no of Frames in DR environment
DR config backup
Total number of Frames -Servers in DC -DR with Valid IBM Support Contract for hardware Support
Total number of Frames - Servers in DC -DR with 3rd party Support contract for hardware Support
What is the current OS /TL/SP installed on IBM Power Systems -LPARS in DR Environment? (N-1 , N-2) & details
What is the current Firmware installed on IBM Power Systems in DR Environment? (N-1 , N-2)
How Many Team members are trained on IBM Power Systems -AIX

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Applicable Focus Priority Value
Area

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nt? (N-1 , N-2) & details
N-2) & details
on Prod Environment? (N-1 , N-2) & details

, N-2) & details

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S.NO Details
1 Daily Health checkup
2 OS Patching -TL /SP upgrade
3 Usermangement SOP
User id creation
User deletion
User Modification
Group Permission
ACL any
4 FS extension -Standalone
5 FS extension -HACMP
6 LUN addition & FS extension -VSCSI via VIO standalone fs
7 LUN addition & FS extension HACMP -VSCSI via VIO /NPIV
8 Lun adddition for RAC /ASM disk
9 Lun remoaval on RAC /ASM disk
10 LUN addition & FS extension GPFS
11 FS extension GPFS
12 Lun removal & Fs removal Standalone
13 Lun removal & Fs removal GPFS /HACMP
14 NIM Client /Master
15 VG Creation /LV Creation /FS creation
16 Mirroring rootvg for Lpar
17 Mirroring rootvg for VIO
18 Mksysb restore procedure
19 Server recovery procedure
20 Pagging space addition /reduction
21 Replacing pagging space
22 Dumpsize increase
23 HMC shutdown Procedure
24 HMC start Procedure
25 AIX Lpar shutdown /Startup Procedure
26 HMC management Procedure
27 LPAR /DLPAR management /Operation procedure
28 Frame shutdown /Startup Procedure
29 HACMP Install /upgrade procedure
30 HACMP startup /shutdown Procedure
31 HACMP failover /fallbackup Procedure
32 HMC upgrade /install procedure
33 VIO NPIV -creation procedure
34 VIO NPIV management procedure
35 VIO install /upgrade procedure
36 Recovering the VIO Server (padmin) Password without a Reboot.
37 Firmware install /upgrade procedure
38 File System Migration across Storage without downtime - Best Practice to migrate from 1 Storage Box to another in AIX
39 AIX Client FS backup config

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40 AIX Client FS backup restore
41 HMC backup procedure
42 HMC profile backup procedure
43 HMC recovery procedure
44 VIO recovery procedure

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m 1 Storage Box to another in AIX

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