AIX VM for Test/Dev

Tutorials

• AIX on qemu-system-ppc64
• Run AIX 7.2 on x86 with QEMU – Kwakou SysAdmin
• Qemu模拟器运行AIX 7.2 系统 - 运维小菜鸟 - 博客园 (cnblogs.com)
• Run your AIX VM on x86 using KVM and QEMU (ibm.com)
• qemu7模拟安装aix72,详细过程，附带镜像_aix 7.2版本qcow2格式镜像下载-CSDN博客
• 遷移現有 AIX 7.2 系統至 QEMU VM
• AIX 7.2 虚拟机安装 - 杰哥的{运维，编程，调板子}小笔记 (jia.je)
• AIX for System Administrators: DEVOPS - QEMU (aix4admins.blogspot.com)
• YT: AIX 7.2 installation in QEMU - YouTube
• YT: Install AIX on QEMU using virsh and virt-manager tools - YouTube
• YT: Updates on Install AIX and run PowerHA using virsh and virt-manager - YouTube

QEMU commands

PowerPC System Board-specific

qemu-system-ppc64 --machine help

Install AIX from CD-ROM

Create a VM

mkdir aix72VM
cd aix72VM
qemu-img create -f  qcow2  hdisk0.qcow2  20G

aix_7200-04-00-1937_1of2_112019.iso

cd aix72VM
mv aix_7200-04-00-1937_1of2_112019.iso AIX72.iso

Boot from cd-rom

cd aix72VM

qemu-system-ppc64 -cpu POWER8 \
-machine pseries -m 4096 -serial stdio \
-drive file=hdisk0.qcow2,if=none,id=drive-virtio-disk0 \
-device virtio-scsi-pci,id=scsi \
-device scsi-hd,drive=drive-virtio-disk0 \
-cdrom $PWD/AIX72.iso \
-prom-env "boot-command=boot cdrom:" \
-prom-env "input-device=/vdevice/vty@71000000" \
-prom-env "output-device=/vdevice/vty@71000000"

Type 1 and press Enter

Press Enter

Type 2

Type 4

Type 5

Type 0

Press Enter to install AIX

看到這畫面時，表示 AIX 作業系統已經完成安裝。

輸入 Ctrl + C 離開

Fix boot issue

Boot from cd-rom

cd aix72VM

qemu-system-ppc64 -cpu POWER8 \
-machine pseries -m 4096 -serial stdio \
-drive file=hdisk0.qcow2,if=none,id=drive-virtio-disk0 \
-device virtio-scsi-pci,id=scsi \
-device scsi-hd,drive=drive-virtio-disk0 \
-cdrom $PWD/AIX72.iso \
-prom-env "boot-command=boot cdrom:" \
-prom-env "input-device=/vdevice/vty@71000000" \
-prom-env "output-device=/vdevice/vty@71000000"

Type 1 and press Enter

Press Enter

Type 3

Type 0

Type 1

Type 1

輸入修復開機指令

Fix boot issue

cd /sbin/helpers/jfs2
mv fsck64 fsck64.old
ln -s fsck fsck64

mv logredo64 logredo64.old
ln -s logredo logredo64

sync;sync;
halt

First boot from hdisk

cd aix72VM

qemu-system-ppc64 -cpu POWER8 \
-machine pseries -m 4096 -serial stdio \
-drive file=hdisk0.qcow2,if=none,id=drive-virtio-disk0 \
-device virtio-scsi-pci,id=scsi \
-device scsi-hd,drive=drive-virtio-disk0 \
-cdrom $PWD/AIX72.iso \
-prom-env "boot-command=boot hdisk:" \
-prom-env "input-device=/vdevice/vty@71000000" \
-prom-env "output-device=/vdevice/vty@71000000"

Type vt100

Select: Accept License Agreements

Tips: 如果這裡的畫面出現沒有對齊的情況，且影響到後續的操作。按下 Ctrl + C 先中斷離開，將終端機的字形調更小，然後再重新執行步驟。

Select: Accept Software Maintenance Terms and Conditions

Select: Set root Password

Tip: 設定完密碼後，最後要選擇 Task Completed - Exit to Login。如果略過這，下次在開啟系統時，初始化的步驟仍會再出現。

用剛剛設定的 root 帳密登入

Post-tasks

Fixing the ps

mv /usr/bin/ps /usr/bin/ps.old
ln -s /usr/sysv/bin/ps /usr/bin/ps

Disable some problematic services

rmitab diagd
rmitab rcnfs
rmitab aso
rmitab clcomd
rmitab pfcdaemon
stopsrc -s clcomd
stopsrc -s pfcdaemon