Thursday, August 28, 2014

Content of BLV in aix

What is the content of BLV in aix?

The following is the content of BLV
ü  Aix Kernel
ü  Rc.boot
ü  Reduced ODM
ü  Boot commands

AIX kernel
The kernel is always loaded from the BLV. There is a copy of the kernel in
/unix (soft link to /usr/lib/boot/unix_mp or unix_up). This version is used to
build the hd4 file system where the kernel image is read during system
boot.

rc.boot
         This is the configuration script that will be called three times by the init process during boot.

Reduced ODM
          Device support is provided only to devices marked as base devices.

Boot commands

          For example, cfgmgr and bootinfo.