AIX VM with qemu
Introduction
What can it be used for?
AIX Training and Practice
Testing/Developing Environment for AIX
Cybersecurity Lab for AIX
Running AIX on your laptop for whatever you want to accomplish
Prerequisities:
1. QEMU Install
2. aix_7200-04-00-1937_1of2_112019.iso
3. Fedora 40 Linux Install (Recommended)
QEMU commands
PowerPC System Board-specific
qemu-system-ppc64 --machine help
cobra@fedora-vm:~$ qemu-system-ppc64 --version
QEMU emulator version 8.2.6 (qemu-8.2.6-3.fc40)
Copyright (c) 2003-2023 Fabrice Bellard and the QEMU Project developers
??? QEMU ????? ps, crontab, cron, java ?????
Install AIX from CD-ROM
Create a VM disk
mkdir aix72VM
cd aix72VM
qemu-img create -f qcow2 hdisk0.qcow2 20G
??: AIX ???? 7200-03-00 ?????????
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
????????? AIX ???????????
?? Ctrl + C ??
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
????????
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: ????????????????????????????? Ctrl + C
???????????????????????????
Select: Accept Software Maintenance Terms and Conditions
Select: Set root Password
“ Tip: ???????????? Task Completed - Exit to
Login????????????????????????????
?????? root ????
Post-tasks
- Disable some problematic services
rmitab diagd
rmitab rcnfs
rmitab aso
rmitab clcomd
rmitab pfcdaemon
stopsrc -s clcomd
stopsrc -s pfcdaemon
- Network setup
On Linux)
net_tap.sh:
BRIDGE=virbr0
NETWORK=192.168.99.0
NETMASK=255.255.255.0
GATEWAY=192.168.99.1
DHCPRANGE=192.168.99.2,192.168.99.50
TAP=tap0
sudo ip link add $BRIDGE type bridge
sudo ip link set dev $BRIDGE up
sudo ip addr add dev $BRIDGE $GATEWAY/$NETMASK
sudo ip tuntap add $TAP mode tap
sudo ip link set $TAP master $BRIDGE
sudo ip link set up dev $TAP
# Uncomment the following lines to enable the DHCP server
#dns_cmd=(
# dnsmasq
# --strict-order
# --except-interface=lo
# --interface=$BRIDGE
# --listen-address=$GATEWAY
# --bind-interfaces
# --dhcp-range=$DHCPRANGE
# --conf-file=""
# --pid-file=/var/run/qemu-dnsmasq-$BRIDGE.pid
# --dhcp-leasefile=/var/run/qemu-dnsmasq-$BRIDGE.leases
# --dhcp-no-override
#)
#echo ${dns_cmd[@]} | sudo bash
Run net_tap.sh
bash net_tap.sh
Allow access to internet
sudo firewall-cmd --permanent --zone=public --add-interface=tap0
sudo firewall-cmd --permanent --add-masquerade
sudo firewall-cmd --reload
Boot with network interface tap0
qemu-system-ppc64 -cpu POWER8 \
-machine pseries -m 4096 -serial mon: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 \
-net nic -net tap,script=no,ifname=tap0 \
-prom-env "boot-command=boot disk:" \
-nographic
On AIX)
# Check the network interface
lsdev -Cc if
lsdev -Cc adapter
# Set the ip
chdev -l en0 -a netaddr=192.168.99.100 -a netmask=255.255.255.0 -a state=up
route add 0 192.168.99.1
# Alternatively, using the following command instead
/usr/sbin/mktcpip -h'aixvm' -a'192.168.99.100' -m'255.255.255.0' -i'en0' -g'192.168.99.1' -A'no' -t'N/A'
echo "nameserver 1.1.1.1" > /etc/resolv.conf
- Increase the filesystem size
lsdev -Cc disk
lscfg -vl hdisk0
chfs -a size=+1024M /home
chfs -a size=+2048M /opt
chfs -a size=+512M /tmp
chfs -a size=+2048M /usr
chfs -a size=+1024M /var
- Install OpenSSH
mount -v cdrfs -o ro /dev/cd0 /mnt
mkdir /tmp/ssh_install
cd /mnt/installp/ppc
cp openssh* /tmp/ssh_install
cd /tmp/ssh_install
installp -acgXYd . openssh.base openssh.license openssh.man.en_US openssh.msg.en_US
lssrc -s sshd
- Fix the RPM issue
“ error: cannot open Packages index using db4 - Invalid argument (22)
error: cannot open Packages database in /opt/freeware/packages
error: db4 error(22) from dbenv->open: Invalid argument
Solution: fixrpm.sh
#!/usr/bin/ksh
cd /opt/freeware
rm -f *.rpm.packages.tar
tar -chvf `date +"%d%m%Y"`.rpm.packages.tar packages
rm -f /opt/freeware/packages/__*
/usr/bin/rpm --rebuilddb
exit 0
Edit /etc/initab, insert the line after the rctcpip
rctcpip:23456789:wait:/etc/rc.tcpip > /dev/console 2>&1 # Start TCP/IP daemons
fixrpm:23456789:once:/fixrpm.sh > /dev/null 2>&1 # Added by Alang
- Install AIX Toolbox
Download the files
dnf_aixtoolbox.sh :
https://public.dhe.ibm.com/aix/freeSoftware/aixtoolbox/ezinstall/ppc/dnf_aixtoolbox.sh
openssl-1.1.2.2000.tar.Z :
https://www.ibm.com/resources/mrs/assets?source=aixbp&S_PKG=openssl
cd /home/worktmp
uncompress openssl-1.1.2.2000.tar.Z
tar -xvf openssl-1.1.2.2000.tar
cd openssl-1.1.2.2000
installp -qaXFY -d . openssl.base openssl.license openssl.man.en_US
openssl version
cd /home/worktmp
rpm --rebuilddb
ksh dnf_aixtoolbox.sh -y
/opt/freeware/bin/dnf update
/opt/freeware/bin/dnf install bash
- Optional tasks
> Custom the prompt, create the profile /.profile
PS1="`whoami`@`hostname -s`:"'${PWD##*/}> '
> Timezone
smitty > System Environments > Change/Show Date and Time > Change Time Zone Using
System
echo $TZ
> The ordering of certain name resolution services
“ ?? ping ??????????????
Edit: /etc/netsvc.conf
hosts = local, bind4
> Set the environment variables
Edit: /etc/environment
# Fix for not properly displaying with smitty on the tmux
TERM=xterm
??????
- ?? CD ISO ?
??qemu ???? -cdrom /path/to/your-cd.iso
qemu-system-ppc64 -cpu POWER8 \
-machine pseries -m 4096 -serial mon: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 \
-net nic -net tap,script=no,ifname=tap0 \
-prom-env "boot-command=boot disk:" \
-nographic
AIX ????
mount -v cdrfs -o ro /dev/cd0 /mnt
- ???2?????
? Linux ????? 5G ???? hdisk1.qcow2
cd aix72VM
qemu-img create -f qcow2 hdisk1.qcow2 5G
?????????????
-drive file=hdisk1.qcow2,if=none,id=drive-virtio-disk1 \
-device scsi-hd,drive=drive-virtio-disk1 \
??????
qemu-system-ppc64 -cpu POWER8 \
-machine pseries -m 4096 -serial mon:stdio \
-cdrom $PWD/AIX72.iso \
-device virtio-scsi-pci,id=scsi \
-drive file=hdisk0.qcow2,if=none,id=drive-virtio-disk0 \
-device scsi-hd,drive=drive-virtio-disk0 \
-drive file=hdisk1.qcow2,if=none,id=drive-virtio-disk1 \
-device scsi-hd,drive=drive-virtio-disk1 \
-net nic -net tap,script=no,ifname=tap0 \
-prom-env "boot-command=boot disk:" \
-nographic -smp 2
? AIX ??????? hdisk1
root@aixvm:> lspv
hdisk0 00000000375ffb46 rootvg active
hdisk1 none None
root@aixvm:> lsdev -Cc disk
hdisk0 Available 00-10 MPIO Other Virtio SCSI Disk Drive
hdisk1 Available 00-10 MPIO Other Virtio SCSI Disk Drive
root@aixvm:> lscfg -vpl hdisk1
hdisk1 qemu_virtio-scsi-pci:0000:00:02.0-LW_0 MPIO Other Virtio SCSI Disk Drive
Manufacturer................QEMU
Machine Type and Model......QEMU HARDDISK
Part Number.................
ROS Level and ID............322E352B
Serial Number...............
EC Level....................
FRU Number..................
Device Specific.(Z0)........00000512FA000012
Device Specific.(Z1)........
Device Specific.(Z2)........
Device Specific.(Z3)........
Device Specific.(Z4)........
Device Specific.(Z5)........
Device Specific.(Z6)........
PLATFORM SPECIFIC
Name: disk
Node: disk
Device Type: block
- ?? vCPU
?? QEMU ?? 1 vCPU???? AIX ??????????????? vCPU?
qemu-system-ppc64 ??????
-nographic -smp 2,sockets=2,cores=1,threads=1
- ????????
qemu-system-ppc64 ????????????
-net nic \
-net nic \
-net tap,script=no,ifname=tap0 \
????? mac addr.
-net nic,macaddr=56:44:45:30:31:31 \
-net nic,macaddr=56:44:45:30:31:32 \
-net tap,script=no,ifname=tap0 \
References
AIX on qemu-system-ppc64
Run AIX 7.2 on x86 with QEMU – Kwakou SysAdmin
Qemu?????AIX 7.2 ?? - ????? - ??? (cnblogs.com)
Run your AIX VM on x86 using KVM and QEMU (ibm.com)
qemu7????aix72,?????????_aix 7.2??qcow2??????-CSDN??
???? AIX 7.2 ??? QEMU VM
AIX 7.2 ????? - ???{?????????}??? (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
libvirt: QEMU command-line passthrough
Revision #105
Created 25 September 2024 13:34:07 by Admin
Updated 16 October 2024 15:08:34 by Admin
