Symptoms

Must run Grabs on an AIX host.

Cause

Must run Grab.

Resolution

Instructions for running the Grab on a AIX host. Ensure that this is done with root account. Download the grab utility from https://central.dell.com/solutions/GrabUnixLinux (requires a Dell account). Create a directory for grab.Change (CD) to the directory. created in Step 1.Put the grab utility in that directory.Untar grab utility [tar xvf emcgrab_AIX_v4.7.1.tar].When it untars, it creates a directory inside that directory called grab.Cd into the underlying grab directory (now you are in /grab/grab).Do a ll or ls to see the packages in there, look for grab.sh.After finding the gab.sh there, run [./emcgrab.sh] while inside that directory.This runs the utility usually takes 10 minutes or more to run, and creates a directory that is called outputs. The grab is copied automatically in there. Once complete, upload the resulting compressed file (tar file) to the case or provided FTP location.

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