vrmconfig

PURPOSE

     Installs peripheral devices.

SYNOPSIS
     vrmconfig [ [ -m mfile ] [ -h helpdir ] [ -l spfile ] [ -s syfile ] ]
               [ [ -startup ] [ -shutdown ] ]
               [ [ [ -v ] [ -u ] ] [ [ -a ] [ -d ] ] stanza ]

DESCRIPTION

     The  vrmconfig  command   installs  VRM  device  drivers.
     Normally, it  runs automatically at each  system startup.
     Its exit value is the number of errors it encountered.

     Note:  Most  users will  never need  to run  this command
     from the command line.

     The vrmconfig command performs its operations through the
     /dev/config driver.

FLAGS

     -a  stanza   Adds devices to a running system.  vrmconfig
                  processes    the    specified   stanza    in
                  /etc/system or  the file specified  with the
                  -s flag.
     -d  stanza   Deletes  a  device  from a  running  system.
                  vrmconfig processes the  specified stanza in
                  /etc/system or  the file specified  with -s.
                  The special file list produced includes com-
                  mands  to  remove  relevant  special  files,
                  since vrmconfig assumes  that the device has
                  been removed from the configuration.
     -h  helpdir  Specifies  the directory  that contains  the
                  configuration helper  programs.  The default
                  value is /etc.
     -l  spfile   Specifies the output special file list.  The
                  default value is specials.
     -m  mfile    Specifies  the  input  master  configuration
                  file.  The default value is /etc/master.
     -s  syfile   Specifies  the  input  system  configuration
                  file.  The default value is /etc/system.
     -u           Causes only  AIX-related configuration steps
                  to be performed, that is, AIX driver instal-
                  lation calls.   This flag  may be  used only
                  with the -a or -d flags.

     -v           Causes only  VRM-related configuration steps
                  to  be  performed,   that  is,  DefineDevice
                  calls.  This flag may  be used only with the
                  -a or -d flags.
     -shutdown    Causes  all installed  drives to  be deleted
                  for shutting down the system.  Special files
                  are not deleted, since the actual configura-
                  tion is not considered changed.
     -startup     Causes all defined  devices to be configured
                  in  at system  start up.   (Any stanza  that
                  contains   the   attribute   noipl=true   is
                  skipped.)   For devices  such as  minidisks,
                  which   remain  configured   between  system
                  restarts, vrmconfig does  not perform "once-
                  only"  configuration  steps.   It  does  not
                  modify special files that already exist.

FILES

     /etc/confgstatus    Status file recording current config-
                         uration status.
     /etc/system         Default system file.
     /etc/master         Default master file.
     specials            Default special file list.
     /etc                Default directory  containing config-
                         uration helper programs.
     /etc/vrmdd          Directory   containing   VRM   device
                         driver modules.
     /vrm/vrmdd          Directory   containing   VRM   device
                         driver modules.
     /etc/ddi            Directory containing  device specific
                         information files.

RELATED INFORMATION

     The following command:  "config."

     The master and system files in AIX Operating System Tech-
     nical Reference.

     Installing and Customizing the AIX Operating System.