Author: paul.deluca

How do I check disk usage on my AIX server?

View a step-by-step screencast of this process:

  • Log into the AIX server as root via Eterm
  • To see the total size of each filesystem in gigabytes:
df -Pg
  • The standard Eclipse filesystems are located under /u2. Add the “Used” column for each of these filesystems, plus any non-standard Eclipse filesystems that you may have (/train, /backup, etc.)

Will Eclipse run on a Linux workstation?

Eclipse does not support Linux in the desktop environment. For detailed workstation requirements, see our Workstation compatibility page.

Solar will install and run on a Linux desktop with the appropriate version of Java installed, however there are a number of known issues:

  • Local printing is not supported
  • Companion applications are not supported (signature capture, document indexer, manifest processor, etc.)

Eterm will not run on Linux.

Which Linux distributions does Eclipse support?

Red Hat Enterprise Linux is the largest, most widely supported enterprise-class Linux operating system in the business. More importantly, Red Hat Enterprise Linux is the only Linux operating system supported by all of the 3rd product vendors used by the Eclipse platform, including the UniVerse database and Esker VSIFAX fax server software.

If you plan on subscribing to our Linux Technical Support service, you are required to use RHEL and have an active support subscription in place with Red Hat for your production server(s).

For non-production servers, you may use CentOS, which is a popular, free derivative or “clone” of RHEL. For Eclipse purposes, it’s functionally identical, but you won’t have access to the OS vendor for technical support.

We have always allowed our customers to run our software on alternate platforms (e.g. HPUX), but in most cases it’s not worth the additional time and energy. Eclipse does not support any hardware or software platform not listed on our Hardware Compatibility List.

How do I delete old data off my AIX server?

There are two basic options:

Format (Simple, Less Secure Method)

Use the AIX format utility on each individual disk.

  • Run:
diag -T format
  • Use the arrow keys to navigate to each disk in your database volume group.
  • Press ENTER to select each disk that needs to be formatted, and a “+” sign will indicate selection
    • NOTE: You cannot format the disks in your root volume group (OS), because those disks are currently active. (If you need to wipe all rootvg disks as well, you will need to reboot into rescue mode off a mksysb or AIX installation media.)
  • When all disks are selected, press F7 or ESC-7 to start formatting the disks.

Additional details about using the AIX diag commands can be found here: http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/aix/v6r1/index.jsp?topic=/com.ibm.aix.cmds/doc/aixcmds2/diag.htm

Shred (Costly, More Secure Method)

Use a shredding company to physically destroy the disks. Here are some example companies that turned up in a Google search, but have not been verified by Epicor: