VIOS Useful Commands :

VIOS Commands :

Accept all VIOS license agreements

license -accept

(Re)Start the (initial) configuration assistant

cfgassist

Shutdown the server

shutdown

›››    Optionally include -restart

List the version of the VIOS system software 

ioslevel

List the boot devices for this lpar 

bootlist -mode normal -ls

List LPAR name and ID

lslparinfo

Display firmware level of all devices on this VIOS LPAR

lsfware -all

Display the MOTD

motd

Change the MOTD to an appropriate message 

motd "*****    Unauthorized access is prohibited!    *****"

List all (AIX) packages installed on the system 

lssw

------ Equivalent to lslpp -L in AIX

Display a timestamped list of all commands run on the system 

lsgcl

   display the current date and time of the VIOS 

chdate

Change the current time and date to 3:03 PM AUGUST 4, 2012

chdate -hour 1 \

       -minute 2 \

       -month 3 \

       -day 4 \

       -year 2009

Change just the timezone to AST 

chdate -timezone AST (Visible on next login)

›››   The date command is availible and works the same as in Unix.

Brief dump of the system error log

errlog

Detailed dump of the system error log

errlog -ls | more

Remove error log events older than 30 days

errlog -rm 30

›››   The errlog command allows you to view errors by sequence, but does not give the sequence in the default format.

• errbr works on VIOS provided that the errpt command is in padmin's PATH.